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ART WEBSITES

 

  • American Cut Glass  : "There was a time in U.S. history when elegance and manners were status symbols, indicating one's station in life. Among the most coveted of the symbols was American Brilliant Cut Glass." This website provides articles, a photo gallery, and recommended reading for those interested in American cut glass.
  • Angels on the Web  : Annotated web directory to information on angels in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths. Includes a categorized collection of thumbnails and links to over 550 images of Angels from Medieval manuscripts to contemporary computer art.
  • Art a GoGo  : "Art over easy" -- this site provides links to museums, events, exhibitions, and ways to learn about art in an easy-to-read, jargon-free style.
  • Art History Resources on the Web  : This comprehensive Art History resource organizes links by civilization and then by subheadings, such as Prehistoric Art with Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Art subheadings. It proceeds through Ancient Near East, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art in Early Europe, Art in the Middle Ages, into the Renaissance, and so on. It then organizes contemporary links by country and also offers links to art museums and galleries.
  • Art Industri  : "The world of art at your fingertips." A comprehensive site with everything you ever wanted to know about art. Includes directories of artists, icons and motifs, movements, resources, and more.
  • The Artchive  : Over 2,000 scanned images of fine art, historical background on art and artists, theory and criticism, and rotating "gallery" exhibitions.
  • Artcyclopedia : Over 700 leading arts sites indexed to create a searchable, thorough database of online images of visual art and the locations of the original works worldwide.
  • ArtNet : Excellent resource for images, artist biographies, auction results, art books for sale, galleries and museum exhibitions, and art research resources, with a focus on contemporary art and artists.
  • AskART : AskART.com is the world's most comprehensive database about North American artists. Information includes dates, states, methods, biographies, subjects for which best known, a decade by decade breakdown of 20th century literature in which they are referenced, and total number of auction lots sold and unsold of their works." Also find dealers who are affiliated with each artist, museums where their works are held, and, for some artists, image galleries of their works.
  • British Museum : Images of famous works owned by the British Museum are pictured here, along with the history of the museum and general information about collections, exhibits, departments, tours, and events. Educational materials about the cultures represented in the Museum's collections are also available here.
  • Cranky Librarian : Search for public domain books and art works online here, as well as searching by author and artist.
  • Education by Design: The Bienes Center's WPA Museum Extension Project Collection : An online exhibit and digital database of over 700 educational and visual aids from a collection at the Broward County (FL) Main Library produced under the Works Administration Program (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. The site also includes a brief history of the WPA and a select bibliography.
  • Hermitage Museum : The official website of the Hermitage Museum has online exhibits and a lot of information. Available in English or Russian.
  • Latin American Art Directory: South American, Central American, Mexican and Caribbean Art Gallery : The Latin American Art Directory is an online journal for Latin arts and culture. This site allows you to read biographies and interview transcripts with famous Latin American artists; read current articles on issues in the Latin America artists’ community; view and review Latin art collections from major museums; and browse a directory of museums and other institutions housing Latin art collections. Available in both English and Spanish.
  • Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp : This is a multimedia timeline of the works of the sculptor, painter and author, Marcel Duchamp. Through animation, you can interact with Duchamp's artworks. Look for the bibliography at the end of the timeline.
  • National Museum of Women in the Arts : "The only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists. In the pages that follow you will discover a wealth of information about the museum, selected artists, our collection, and many services. You may choose to examine images of works from our permanent collection. Artist profiles feature the lives of selected women artists and corresponding bibliographies lead you to new sources of information."
  • Pictures Catalogue: The National Library of Australia's Pictorial Collection : "This catalogue contains descriptions of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and three-dimensional objects held in the Pictorial Collection of the National Library of Australia. The emphasis is on Australian material, with some material relating to New Zealand, Antarctica, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific. The main time period covered is late eighteenth century to the present day. The Collection includes thousands of portraits of significant Australians. The Pictorial Collection contains approximately 45,000 paintings and 550,000 photographs; most of this material has been catalogued with individual descriptions or collection summaries. All these descriptions and summaries can be searched on this database. Of the material that has been catalogued, over 30,000 items have been digitised. These images are available through this catalogue, for research and study purposes."
  • Smithsonian Archives of American Art : Featuring the extensive collections of the Archives of American Art, this website offers access to "an endless treasure trove of raw material for art historians and scholars in other fields to explore."
  • Taoism and the Arts of China : This site provides essays on the Taoist tradition, illustrated by works from the Art Insitute of Chicago's Taoism and the Arts of China exhibit. Glossary links within the text assist the reader in understanding the important terms and concepts associated with Taoism. The site also includes lesson plans and an extensive list of references.
  • the-artists.org : the-artists.org features an "extended database of 20th Century and contemporary visual artists. The masters of the past hundred years are represented with their portrait, dates and places of birth and death, with links to webresources to find anything you want to know about them, with images of their work, comprehensive biographies and articles, and if it exists, the artist's personal website."
  •  Universes in Universe : International arts focus with a tab to biennial listings around the globe. 
  • University of Virginia, Bayly Art Museum: Virtual Exhibitions : Five online exhibitions: "Universes in Collision: Men and Women in 19th-Century Japanese Prints", "In Our Time: Contemporary Art from the Bayly Art Museum Collections", "The Power of Woe, the Power of Life: Images of Women in Prints from the Renaissance to the Present", "African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning", and "The Art of the African Mask". Each exhibit includes extensive text and digital images. "In Our Time" exhibit includes QuickTime VR(QTVR) interactive browsing.
  •  WebMuseum : The WebMuseum is a non-profit collaborative effort on the part of many museums and galleries worldwide to provide access to visual images tht are out of copyright. Images, exhibitions, an index of artists, and a glossary of art terms may be found here.

 

 

 

BOOK ARTS

 

 

DRAWING

 

 

  • Mind and Matter: A Guide to Drawing Materials and Techniques : "A comprehensive reference on the materials, techniques, and process of drawing." Includes information on supports, dry and liquid media, and the functions of drawing throughout history.
  • Figure-Drawing Lab : An online tutorial for artists and students showing the techniques of portraying the human figure. Useful graphics and bibliography.

 

 

PAINTING

 

§      About.com: Painting : An Internet guide for artistic painting, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include instruction and techniques, color theory, famous painters and galleries, painting supplies, painting for youth, and career as an artist.

§      Art of the First World War : This site commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Armistice through "an exhibition of 110 paintings brought together by the major history museums of Europe. World War I as seen by 54 painters on both sides." The paintings are arranged by painter or grouped chronologically by stages of the war. Text discussing the war and each painter is interspersed throughout the exhibit. Versions of the site are available in English, French, and German.

§      The Life and Work of Artist Anton S. Tobey : This is a very comprehensive site on the life and works of the late artist Anton S. Tobey. "The site contains over 300 of Tobey’s murals, portraits of famous people, his published paintings in Life and The Golden Books series and an illustrated biography of him with over 50 illustrations of him with family, at work and teaching art."

§      Mexico Ilustrado: Los murales mexicanos : Here you will find background information and images from Mexico’s best-known artists: the muralistas. Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros are profiled with a number of their most famous works; also features historical background about the political and social context in which this movement and its artists arose. In Spanish.

§      Russian Painting : Russian artistry from medieval Russia to the present.

§      The Shakespeare Art Museum  : Featuring the writings and visual works (oil paintings, graphics, and watercolors) of visual artist Hannah Tompkins, these works based on the plays and themes of William Shakespeare were displayed at the Shakespeare Art Museum in Ashland Oregon. The Museum was founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization by Wolf Tomkins and Hannah Tompkins. "At the museum, Hannah often gave gallery talks and tours sharing her wit and wisdom of the Shakespearean experience." The museum closed in 1990 and Hannah died of cancer five years later. This online art museum displays Tompkin's oil paintings, multi-color graphics, and watercolors with her text and descriptions, all dealing with the works and themes of Shakespeare.

§      The Vincent van Gogh Information Gallery : "The site currently contains information about all of Van Gogh's paintings." It has "grown to more than 2,330 pages and 2,345 graphics." Besides viewing the paintings online, you can download databases listing the paintings, Van Gogh stamps, or Van Gogh's Correspondence for free. There's also a biography and chronology of Van Gogh's life.

§      Voices from the Gaps : This site promotes women writers and artists of color. It was designed and is maintained by the University of Minnesota and contains biographies and literary analysis of the artists' work. The site also has blogs from the artists and recorded interviews. Though much of the analysis is done by students at the university, it is a good place to start research about these artists and writers.

§      Web Gallery of Art : "The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1750), currently containing over 8,000 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours are available."

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

 

 

  • About.com: Photography : An Internet guide to photography & photographers, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include cameras & other equipment, taking & developing pictures, film vs. digital photography, rights & copyright, and history of photography.
  • African Imagery : This website brings together photographers who focus on Africa. Artists are solicited to contribute; their photographs are available for viewing in the Galleries.
  • Albumen: History, Science and Preservation : "Presenting the art and science of albumen printing, this site brings together 19th Century technical instruction, contemporary research, an online forum for conservation treatment and a wealth of images. This unique resource is dedicated to those who value the application of technology to the creative process of image making."
  • The Alternative Photographic Process FAQ : "The purpose of this FAQ is to introduce the novice to the field of alternative photographic processes. Alternative photographic processes are usually considered to be any photographic process that does not use the methods and technology of current silver-gelatin materials. This FAQ is not meant to be used as a guide to alternative process work, but as an introduction and reference for finding further information." Provides brief information about each process, as well as a bibliography of references, a listing of journals and magazines, and a directory of companies that sell the materials needed for the processes.
  • American Museum of Photography : You can take a guided tour of the museum or view online photographic exhibits. "Exhibitions at The American Museum of Photography are drawn from the Collection of Wm. B. Becker. This privately-held collection is concentrated on the first 75 years of photography--from shortly after the medium's invention in 1839 until the first World War." There's also a primer, describing early photographic processes.
  • CameraQuest's Classic Camera Profiles :
  • Looking into a Nikon F3 US Navy as opposed to a Nikon F US Navy? Numerous images and description of most cameras produced in this century. Exhaustive serial number lists for particular camera models, methods of design and production, and scanned photos taken by particular models. Includes "My Not So Objective Picks and Pans": frank advice for consumers on actual value and worthiness of particular cameras and accessories. Buying guides for inexperienced photographers and photographers on a budget.
  • Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum :
  • The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum exhibits stereoviews, engravings, maps, and documents illustrating the history of the first transcontinental railroad. Detailed discussion of the photographic processes used to create the images are included. There is also dicussion of the contribution of the Chinese workers who helped build the railroad.
  • The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography :
  • "An Illustrated Chronological History Of The Development Of Motion Pictures Covering 2,500 Years Leading To Cinematography In The 1800's... This is a retrospective history of the dawn of film, and a pre-history of cinema itself. The body of this text deals with the origin of motion pictures and the ancestors of cinema beginning from approximately nine hundred years before the birth of Jesus Christ our Saviour, and culminating in the final decade of the nineteenth century."
  • Daguerrean Broadside : The history of daguerreotypes, the forerunner to modern photography. Contains images of daguerrotypes and their history for researchers and the general public. Also has links to related sites.
  • Digitaltruth: Photo Source : A site hosting a variety of resources related to photography. Resources include a film development chart; formulae, how-to's, and technical data; links for downloading guides, computer software, and other utilities; and links to photography-related Web sites.
  • Dizionario English - Italian : This source is a scrollable English to Italian dictionary of photography. The words are listed by the English word, followed by the Italian translation. Users can jump to a specific letter of the alphabet through the appropriate link.
  • Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian : Twenty volumes of photogravure images of native North Americans produced by Edward Sheriff Curtis between 1907 and 1930. Accompanied by narrative text.
  • The Empire That Was Russia : A Library of Congress exhibition of photographs of architecture, ethnic peoples, transportation, and people at work from the last years of the Russian Empire. Photographs taken by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii and rendered into color via digichromatography.
  • Florida State Archives Photographic Collection : "The Florida Photographic Collection is a nationally recognized component of the Florida State Archives and contains over 790,000 still photographs and approximately 2,000 movies and video tapes. The collection spans a wide range of visual images from copies of mid 15th Century maps to current photographs. In a concentrated effort to make the collection available to the largest possible audience, the Florida State Archives applied for grant funding under the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) to digitize a large part of the collection and to make it accessible through the internet. This web site is a result of that project. We will continue to add photographs to the site as they are cataloged and scanned." Searchable.
  • Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory : A searchable collection of digitized photographs from the files of Library and Archives Canada, covering 1843 through the mid-20th Century. This collection documents the history of Canada and the history of Canadian photography. Included is an essay on "Decoding Photographs."
  • FreeFoto.com : "FreeFoto.com is one of the largest collections of free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet. The comprehensive, yet easy to navigate site features 50 main sections with over 1000 sub headings. The photographs are free to private non-commercial users and for sale to other users. FreeFoto.com contains over 28,000 images with new pictures being added every week." Searchable.
  • Guide to better pictures from KODAK : This site is provided by KODAK. You'll learn how to manipulate shutter speed and depth of field to produce stunning pictures. You'll read about auto-focus and manual SLR cameras and discover a variety of electronic flash techniques that will improve your photos. You'll learn how to position the subject and use viewpoint and foreground frames to enliven scenes. And you'll find out about different films so you can choose the one best for you."
  • Guide to the rec.photo FAQs and Other WWW Resources in Photography : Index of WWW sites for FAQs relating to photography. Organized by topic.
  • Handmade Photographic Images : Has articles concerning such topics as infrared and ultraviolet photography, history of pinhole photography, alternative photographic methods and FAQ's. There is also a gallery showing images created using the different methods. There are also links to related sites.
  • A History of Photography : "This is not designed to be a course on the history of photography such as a resource to dip into. In addition to pen-portraits of many of the most important photographers of the period, it contains information on some of the most significant processes used during the early days of photography. The project was confined to the first eighty years or so, as this is often a convenient cut-off point in books and when dividing courses into a syllabus. To some extent this has been a frustration, in that there have been many important developments and many interesting photographers who practised during and subsequent to that date. It is hoped that a sequel will be forthcoming in due course."
  • Images Canada : "Images Canada provides central search access to the over 65,000 images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions. Through Images Canada, you can find images of the Canadian events, people, places and things that collectively are our heritage."
  • Introduction to Photography : A collection of six articles written by a professional photographer, originally written for a local photographic course he taught for a technical college years ago. A good site for a beginner interested in learning the basics of photography. The articles include everything from looking at various types of cameras, how they work, the shutter and shutter speed, depth of field, exposure, and lenses.
  • Large Format Photography : Discusses the pros and cons of using large format photography, equipment needed, and mistakes to avoid. There are numerous articles on reviews of different types of cameras, accessories, and equipment. There are also links to related sites.
  • The Massive Dev Chart : "The world's largest film development chart." Charts of development times for dozens of types of film in sheet, roll, and 35mm.
  • Masters of Photography : "This archive of great photography includes biographies, articles, and scanned images that are viewable in three size formats."
  • Modern Ruins : This site has beautiful photodocumentaries of modern ruins, mostly around New York. Some use Quicktime panoramas, but most are regular photos. The artist gives brief introductions to his approaches to the different photographed locations.
  • The Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive : "This site contains images owned and/or represented by the Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive Inc. (MPTV) - home to over 23,000 classic images dating from the 1910's to the present." You can search for and view images online, but you must obtain the proper rights if you wish to make further use of the images.
  • National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives : Provides access to historical and contemporary anthropological materials on the world's cultures and the history of anthropology.
  • Photo.net : A web site containing Internet resources related to photography. Categories include discussion groups and mailing lists, photo exhibits, equipment reviews, and technique/how to information for traditional and digital photography. There is a search function available.
  • PhotoForum on the Internet : "This is the website for the PhotoForum on the Internet, an active mail list dedicated to photography educators, professionals and students. The site includes access to a large database of schools worldwide that teach photography, an extensive FAQ file, exhibition services, employment opportunities, etc."
  • Photographic Libraries : The photographic library and archival resource contains national and private photographic collections. The Photographic Library Directory is a unique resource that provides a broad range of visual resources.
  • Photography Articles by RIT Faculty Members : "This is an eclectic list including some recent as well as "vintage" articles by several current and past members of the faculty of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at RIT. They range from topics on infrared photography, ultraviolet, synchroballistic, panoramic, peripheral, schlieren, photofinish, and many other topics."
  • Photography on the Road : Covers the basics of taking good photographs while traveling on the road. It covers what to bring and what not to bring. Includes basic etiquette of taking photographs of native people in the places being visited. There is a bibliography of selected readings and links to related sites.
  • Photography@nationalgeographic.com : The photo archive features the work of National Geographic photographers, along with their comments and biographies. The Camera Bag and Q & A sections offer tips for photographers.
  • PhotoLinks : A database of Internet resources related to photography. Listings contain annotations written by the site submitter. You can browse by category, region or alphabetically, or search the collection.
  • Pinhole Visions : "Pinhole Visions provides organized access to all types of information on pinhole photography, and most especially to the work of pinhole photographers. This site is continually updated as more pinhole enthusiasts add to the pinhole knowledge pool." The site includes galleries of pinhole photography, a directory of pinhole artists on the web, news about pinhole photography developments, and learning resources.
  • Publishing/Graphics Arts Glossary : "This glossary contains the technical and business terms from the fields of publishing, photography, computers, graphic design and printing." The list is an excerpt from the book "Editing Your Newsletter - How to Produce an Effective Publication Using Traditional Tools and Computers," by Mark Beach.
  • The Short Courses : This digital photography site provides 'short courses' in "choosing a digital camera", "digital photography", "digital video", "the digital darkroom", "getting better digital photos", and "digital camera resource center".
  • Suffering Under a Great Injustice : Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar : "In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's best-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. In "Suffering under a Great Injustice": Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar, the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress presents for the first time side-by-side digital scans of both Adams's 242 original negatives and his 209 photographic prints, allowing viewers to see his darkroom technique and in particular how he cropped his prints."
  • W J's Homepage : This site is an excellent technical resource on Infrared Photography. This is a personal home page which describes how to develop your own IR film in both color or black and white formats, saving a person that would like to experiment pictorially time and money. This page is also a good source to find images made with IR film as well as used camera equipment.
  • NYPL, Best of the Web Arts & Humanities
  • Optical Toys
  • The Nocturnes Night Photography Web site

 

SCULPTURE

 

 

  • Art Nut Sculpture Parks and Gardens : This is a sculptor's website that provides a directory of sculpture parks and gardens located all over the world. Contact information is provided for each location.
  • Sculptor.org : "A Comprehensive Resource for Sculptors." This website has links to everything about sculptors and for sculptors, both beginning and advanced, as well as resources for research about sculpture.
  • Web Gallery of Art : "The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1750), currently containing over 8,000 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours are available."
  • Worlds Intertwined: The Etruscan World : Virtual gallery from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The Etruscans were a great pre-Roman civilization in Italy, and the museum has a very fine collection of Etruscan artifacts.

 

FOLK ART

 

 

  • Latvian Folklore and Traditional Culture : "Various materials about Latvian folklore and traditional culture, for example, Latvian folklore groups catalogue which contains descriptions, photos and sound recordings of almost all Latvian folk groups." The site also presents "Information about Latvian traditional musical instruments and Information on folklore activities."
  • Quilts and Quiltmaking in America: 1978-1996 : "Showcases materials from two American Folklife Center collections, the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (1978) and the "All-American Quilt Contest" sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' End, and Good Housekeeping. Together these collections provide a glimpse into America's diverse quilting traditions. The quilt documentation from the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, an ethnographic field project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service, includes 229 photographs and 181 recorded interviews with six quiltmakers in Appalachian North Carolina and Virginia. These materials document quilts and quilting within the context of daily life and reflect a range of backgrounds, motivations, and aesthetic sensibilities. The materials presented from the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest collection include images of approximately 180 winning quilts from across the United States. The collection represents a wide range of quiltmaking, from highly traditional to innovative, and the quilts pictured exhibit excellent design and technical skill in a variety of styles and materials."

 

 ART HISTORY

 

 

  • Aiwaz.net : A site dedicated to an alternative history of art.
  • American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920: a Study Collection from the Harvard Graduate School of Design : "This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. It represents the work of Harvard faculty, such as Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Bremer W. Pond, and James Sturgis Pray, as well as that of prominent landscape architects throughout the country. The collection offers views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System. In addition to photographs, views of locations around the country include plans, maps, and models. Hundreds of private estates from all over the United States are represented in the collection through contemporary views of their houses and gardens (including features such as formal gardens, terraces, and arbors )."
  • Architecture on the Web : Highly extensive resource for all things architecture on the Web. Contains information on competitions, historic periods and styles (with images), CAD drawings and models, a list of Pritzker Prize winners, biographies of "the masters", educational resources, and links to significant architectural monuments alphabetically by city. A very good starting point for architectural research.
  • Art History Resources on the Web : This comprehensive Art History resource organizes links by civilization and then by subheadings, such as Prehistoric Art with Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Art subheadings. It proceeds through Ancient Near East, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art in Early Europe, Art in the Middle Ages, into the Renaissance, and so on. It then organizes contemporary links by country and also offers links to art museums and galleries.
  • Art Industri : "The world of art at your fingertips." A comprehensive site with everything you ever wanted to know about art. Includes directories of artists, icons and motifs, movements, resources, and more.
  • Art of the First World War : This site commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Armistice through "an exhibition of 110 paintings brought together by the major history museums of Europe. World War I as seen by 54 painters on both sides." The paintings are arranged by painter or grouped chronologically by stages of the war. Text discussing the war and each painter is interspersed throughout the exhibit. Versions of the site are available in English, French, and German.
  • The File Room :"The File Room is an illustrated archive on censorship that you can browse, as well as add cases to." You can browse the archive by date, location, grounds for censorship, or medium. Each case includes a picture, a description of the artwork, of the incident, and the result. The website also provides a bibliogaphy and list of anti-censorship resources.
  • Historic House Architecture :A well-written and easy-to-understand guide to American residential architectural styles of the Late-Victorian through Modern periods. Also includes "architectural police" tips on things to avoid when renovating historic houses.
  • The Jewish History Resource Center : "The Jewish History Resource Center is a project of the Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History. Over 6000 links to websites in over 30 categories dealing with Jewish History have been visited by our team and have been found to be of value to those interested in Jewish History."
  • The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt : This online exhibit includes a virtual tour inside a full-scale tomb, the exhibition film, and multimedia slideshows of specific objects. To use these multimedia resources, you must have QuickTime or RealPlayer installed on your computer.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art: ART HISTORY TIMELINE
  • Mother of all Art and Art History Links Page : Sponsored by the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan.
  • Reaching Out: The Evolution of Communication : This is an "educational web site that takes visitors on a journey of discovery through the fascinating world of communication. It is about the development of verbal and non-verbal communication through human history." The site, which includes a timeline, covers the spoken and written word, mass media, and various communication technologies throughout history.
  • TVparty! : A nostalgic tribute to the history of television, from the advent of the medium until the present day. Read about and watch video clips of your favorite shows and commercials from the past, learn about TV-related scandals and mysteries, find out what happened to stars from the past, and discover interesting and little known facts. Covers all genres (drama, comedy, variety shows, commercials, animation, children's shows, TV specials, etc.)
  • Worlds Intertwined: The Etruscan World : Virtual gallery from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. The Etruscans were a great pre-Roman civilization in Italy, and the museum has a very fine collection of Etruscan artifacts.

 

CERAMICS WEB RESOURCES

 

  • American Ceramic Society : An organization concerned with the advancement of ceramics. Offers a useful "Ceramics Information" page with technical details on creating ceramic art.
  • Ceramics: Art and Perception : The publisher of Ceramics: Art and Perception and CeramicsTECHNICAL supports a site with articles from the journals, lists of events, and other links.
  • Ceramics Monthly : The popular ceramics magazine offers selected articles, lists of workshops, calls for entries, and other ceramics links.
  • NCECA - National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts : Professional organization of individuals whose interests, talents, or careers are focused on ceramic arts. Has information on conferences, publications, and links to other sites.
  • Pilchuck Glass School  : The largest and most comprehensive center for artists who create with glass.
  • The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art : The museum, located at the New York State College of Ceramics, has over 8,000 works of ceramic and glass.
  • Studio Potter : "A non-profit organization dedicated to the service of the international community of ceramic artists and crafts people" provides exerpts from its journal, galleries, networks, etc.
  • Virtual Ceramics Exhibit  : An online gallery of contemporary ceramic art with information on individual artists.

 

FIBERS WEB RESOURCES

 

  • Fiberarts Magazine of Textiles : Provides information about and promotes contemporary fiber art and mixed media. It reviews exhibitions and explores trends and issues in the field.
  • Friends of Fiber Art International : Organization of members from the United States and 18 other nations that are joined in their appreciation of contemporary fiber art.
  • Handweavers Guild of America : An international, nonprofit organization for spinners, weavers, dyers, basketweavers, and educators in fiber arts. It includes guilds and associations, educational programs, conferences and meetings, and links to other resources.
  • Textile Society of America  : The society for all those interested in textiles offers workshops, publications, conferences, and a jobs list.
  • The Textile Museum : From the museum in Washington, D.C., a site including exhibition schedule, the care and display of textiles, links, and the "textile of the month".
  • Museum for Textiles : A museum in Toronto that is exclusively devoted to the collection, exhibition, and documentation of textiles from around the world.

 

PRINTMAKING WEB RESOURCES

 

  • American Print Alliance : A non-profit consortium of printmakers councils.
  • Printmaking Links : List of links to sites on university programs, workshops, commercial fine arts presses, organizations, non-toxic printmaking, online magazines, history, museums and galleries, equipment, and supplies.
  • Dictionary of Printmaking Terms : A fine list provided by the Philadelphia Print Shop, Ltd.
  • Printworks Magazine : Articles on artists, information on workshops, societies, exhibitions, application forms and free software.

 

ARTIST TECHNIQUES & MATERIALS

 

 

 

ART COUNCILS

 

 

MORE ART & ARTISTS RESOURCES

 

 

 

 

--Many of these websites and descriptions were taken from the Internet Public Library (www.ipl.org) and the University of Michigan Library (http://www.lib.umich.edu/) 2007.

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