Art Links

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GENERAL ART HISTORY LINKS
http://www.prenhall.com/janson/
WWW Study guide and on-line resources to accompany Janson's History of Art text--includes:  outlines, quizzes, message board, chat, and more.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
GREAT, comprehensive site with 100's of links to all periods of art history.
http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/mother/
The MOTHER of all art history sites, museums, collections, research, resources
http://www.harbrace.com/art/gardner/Anc.html
Gateway to Art History--Extensive--Companion site to Gardner's Art Through the Ages.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
Great site to look up any artist, bios, many visuals and links to museum collections
http://ww.ar.com/
Gateway to 100's of interesting Internet art sites--includes search engine
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Art_History/
Guides to Art, Architecture, Artists, Periods and Movements
http://www.artlex.com/
Visual Arts Dictionary and Guide to 1,000's of art-related terms
http://www.dc.infi.net/~gunther/tl001.html
A virtual museum of timelines for ancient and non-Western art.
http://www.arthistory.net/
Art history network of resources for art history, archaeology, and architecture.
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/michelli/browser2-1.html
Huge Art History browser (for all periods) by Michelli, check it out.
http://www.edgamesandart.com/arthistorylinks.html
Various art and art history links here, many different cultures represented.
CTICH
An on-line guide to Internet art history resources and links.
Art Historian's Circle Webring
Webring you can join--a collection of websites/discussion groups about art history
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/art.html
THE SHUTTLE: 100's of art history links sponsored by UC Santa Barbara--great resouces here
http://infoplease.lycos.com/art.html
Art History Almanac by Information Please--all periods and many non-Western traditions
http://arthistory.about.com/arts/arthistory/mbody.htm
Articles and links to all Western art periods from About.com
 

ARCHITECTURE
http://www.archiseek.com/
Archiseek,on-line architecture directory, numerous links, historical & modern
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
Great resource, search by building, architect, or city/location--3D models too!
http://library.advanced.org/10098/
Architecture Through the Ages, many cultures, cathedrals.
http://architecture.simplenet.com/
Architecture On-Line, links to European architecture, Yahoo architecture page, etc.
http://architecture.about.com/arts/architecture/mbody.htm
About.com's links to archtitects, buildings, periods and much more
 

PHOTOGRAPHY
www.photographymuseum.com/
The American Museum of Photography, great site for the history of photogrpahy
"http://masters-of-photography.com/"
Great site, look up photographer, articles, resources, photos
"http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Photography/Photographers/Masters/"
Yahoo's comprehensive list of master photographers
Photolinks
A site with numerous photography-related links, history, museums, exhibitions, processes
http://photography.about.com/arts/photography/mbody.htm
About.com's links to photographers and all things photography related

ASIAN ART
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/html/chinese/links.html
WWW Virtual Library, Asian Studies, 100's of links to Chinese & Japanese art
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/HIGH/OI_Museum_Highlights.html
http://www.pacasiamuseum.org/
Wonderful local resource for art of the Pacific Islands and Asia
http://www.chinapage.com/museum.html
Resource for Chinese art and Chinese art museums
http://www.chinapage.com/china.htmlag
"China The Beautiful" page with painting, calligraphy, culture

http://www.op.net/~uarts/lin/we_c.html
Chinese painting from varioius dynasties
http://www.indiatouristoffice.com/Culture/art-histroy.htm
Nice chronology, timeline, for Indian art and architecture
http://sr.johnson.tripod.com/

Concise Encarta article on Indian art and architecture with links
http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.htm
Good intro to Islamic art sponsored by L. A. County Museum of Art
http://www.hindunet.org/
Hindu arts, temples, customs, history, religion, many links
http://sr.johnson.tripod.com/

WebMuseum articles on Japanese art
http://sr.johnson.tripod.com/

Japanese art slide gallery, listed by era/style
http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/10/01031000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1
On-line Encarta article Korean Art and Architecture

ART MUSEUMS
THIS AREA
http://www.lacma.org/
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
http://www.getty.edu/museum/
The J. Paul Getty Museum
http://www.nortonsimon.org/
The Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
http://members.tripod.com/Sr.johnson/www.huntington.org/ArtDiv/HEHARTHOME.html
The Huntington Library and Museum, San Marino
http://www.MOCA-LA.org/
The Museum of Contemporary Art
ArtScene/
Virtual guide to art museums and exhibitions in southern California

IN THE UNITED STATES
http://www.sfmoma.org/
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org/
The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
http://www.artic.edu/
The Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.guggenheim.org/
Guggenheim Museum, New York
http://www.nga.gov/
The National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.
http://www.echonyc.com/
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
http://www.clemusart.com/
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
http://www.philamuseum.org/
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
http://www.unt.edu/dfw/dma/
The Dallas Museum of Art
http://www.samtripl.org/
The Seattle Museum of Art

WORLDWIDE
http://mistral.culture.fr/louvre/
Site of the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris--with virtual collection.
http://www.british-museum.ac.uk/
The British Museum, London
http://www.tate.org.uk/
The Tate Gallery, London
http://www.idsc.gov.eg/culture/egy_mus.htm/
The Egyptian Museum
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html
The Vatican Museum, Vatican, Rome-5,000 religious images on file
http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/
The Galleria degli Uffizi, The Uffizi Gallery, Italy
http://www.culture.gr/
The Acropolis Museum, Greece, Greek art and culture
http://www.hermitage.ru/
The Hermitage Museum, Russia
http://museoprado.mcu.es/
The Prado Museum, Spain's national gallery
http://www.artguide.org/uk/AG.pl?Action=1532564M&Axis=905061638Y
The National Gallery of Scotland
http://national.gallery.ca/
The National Gallery of Canada

OTHER INTERESTING SITES
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums.html
A comprehensive guide to virtual museums throughout the world
http://www.artcom.com/museums/
A guide to 1,700 virtual museum sites of all kinds in the U. S.
http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/ENGLISH/SCIENCES/CHAUVET/cha.html
Chauvet cave, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, oldest cave-painting site in the world
http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/
Take a virtual tour of preshistoric cave art at Lascaux, France
NetSERF/
Medieval architecture, archaeology, art, culture, music, literature--many links
Rabbit In The Moon
Mayan art, architecture, civilization, glyphs, calendar
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/main.html
Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, University of Memphis
http://http://www.ancientgreece.com/
Good site for art, architecture, geography, history and culture of Ancient Greece
http://www.illusionworks.com/
Comprehensive site for optical and sensory illusions