Wooster School - John D. Verdery Library

Primary Source Links

Museums

• Art History Resources on the Web - Explore the history of art throughout the ages. Organized by date and/or region.
• Artcyclopedia - Art encyclopedia where you can browse or search for an artist and their art.
• Ikons: Windows into Heaven - "An introduction to the history of ikons and how to paint them."
• Origins of American Animation - From the Library of Congress, this site explores the history of animation from 1900-1921.
• Mother of all art & art history links page

Art- & Art History-Related Resources

• Art Source
• FineArt Forum Directory of Online Art Resources
• Academic Resources from FineArts Forum
  A list of university departments and other art-related schools from around the world.
• WebMuseum: Artist index
  From the WebMuseum in Paris, a bibliographic index by artist with historical information and artistic analysis of the artist's work. Includes visual examples of the work.

• The Getty
• Ancient Through Medieval
• WebMuseum: Gothic Painting (1280-1515) A collection of Gothic paintings from the Louvre's WebMuseum.
• Renaissance to Present
  • WebMuseum: Baroque (1600-1790)
    A collection of Baroque art from the Louvre's WebMuseum.
  • WebMuseum: The Italian Renaissance (1420-1600) A collection, along with explanatory text, of the Italian Renaissance from the Louvre's WebMuseum.
  • WebMuseum :The Northern Renaissance (1500-1615)
  • WebMuseum: Impressionism (1860-1900) A collection as well as some explanatory material on European Impressionist painting from the Louvre's WebMuseum.
  • WebMuseum: Cézanne, Paul
    A special collection of works by the post-Impressionist artist.
  • WebMuseum: The 20th century
    A collection of twentieth century art from the Louvre's WebMuseum.
• Cultures Outside of the Western Tradition
  
  • World Art Treasures A sampling of art from India, China, Japan, and other East and South Asian cultures.
• Museums, World Wide Arts Resources
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Allows you to tour the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gardner’s Companion Site with quizzes, flash cards, crosswords, etc.
http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&flag=student&product_isbn_issn=
9780155050907&disciplinenumber=37

Stokstad Companion Site with pronunciations http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_stokstad_arthistrev_2/0,9324,1425089-,00.html

General Information
http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/tl001.html
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/
http://www.questia.com/library/art-and-architecture/art-history.jsp?CRID=art-history&OFFID=se2q&KEY=art%20history
http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
http://art-design.umich.edu/mother/
http://www.artchive.com/
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/index.html
http://www.wga.hu/index1.html
http://www.arthistoryclub.com/index.html
http://www.all-art.org/contents.html
http://historylink101.com
http://www.archaeolink.com/index.htm
http://www.eyeconart.net/history/directory.htm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
http://www.arthistoryguide.com/
http://www.artmovements.co.uk/home.htm

Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com/

CSUSJ Picture Site by themes
http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/

19th Century Art
http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/
20th Century Art
http://www.arthistory-famousartists-paintings.com/TwentiethCenturyPainting.html
Aegean
http://www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/aegeanhtml/framesetminoan.html
African
http://www.homestead.com/wysinger/ancientafrica.html
American
http://www.askart.com/AskART/index.aspx
Ancient Mediterranean
http://www.artic.edu/cleo/index.html
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/general_contents.html
Asian
http://www.asia-art.net/history.html
Baroque
http://www.arthistory-famousartists-paintings.com/BaroqueArt.html
British and Irish Art
http://www.artguide.org/
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/art.htm
Byzantium
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/
http://afgen.com/byzantium_introduction.html
Cave Art
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/caveart/index.html
http://www.historylink101.com/1/prehistory/prehistoric_art.htm
Chinese
http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/china/shang.html
http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/timelines/china/china.html
Selected Christian
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/splendors/splendors.html
http://www.servius.org/Christian/
Cubism
http://www.arthistory-famousartists-paintings.com/Romanticism.html
Egyptian
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/new_pyramid/pyramids/html/el_pyramid_intro.htm
http://www.mfa.org/egypt/amarna/ex_hi_ind.html
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/artisans/art.html
http://www.teacheroz.com/egypt.htm
Enlightenment
http://www.teacheroz.com/Enlightenment.htm
Etruscan
http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/art/art.html
French
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bnf/
French Paintings
http://mistral.culture.fr/cgi-bin/liste-alphabetique-eng
Gothic
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/quinceorchardhs/art/2000-2001/arthistory/gothic/gothic.html
http://history-world.org/gothic_art_and_architecture.htm
http://www.arthistory-famousartists-paintings.com/GothicArt.html
Greek (Ancient)
http://historylink101.com/ancient_greece/ancient_greece_art.htm
http://www.ancient-greece.org/
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
http://www.geocities.com/yioulepp/GreekHistory.htm#AncientGreece
http://www.teacheroz.com/greeks.html
Impressionism
http://www.arthistory-famousartists-paintings.com/Romanticism.html
India
http://www.ancientweb.org/India/index.htm
http://www.indiaheritage.org/history/history_ancient_north.htm
Islam
http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/eip.htm
http://www.islamfortoday.com/history.htm#culture
Japan
http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/ANCJAPAN/ANCJAPAN.HTM
Korean
http://www.all-art.org/history330-3.html
Mesoamerican
http://www.eyeconart.net/history/ancient/mesoamerican.htm
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/mexico/mexicoindex.html
http://www.ancientmexico.com/
Mesopotamian
http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/
http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/htm/Units/Upper/arts/a/history/art_hist_0203/03_Mesopotamian.htm
Middle Ages
http://www.teacheroz.com/Middle_Ages.htm
Modernism
http://www.zeroland.co.nz/modernism_art.html
Native American
http://www.nativeart.net/
http://www.nativetech.org/
http://www.american-native-art.com/publication/native_history.html
Postmodernism
http://www.toronto-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/postmodernism.htm
Realism
http://www.arthistory-famousartists-paintings.com/Realism.html
Renaissance
http://www.teacheroz.com/renaissance.htm
http://www.arthistory-famousartists-paintings.com/RenaissanceArt.html
Roman
http://www.eyeconart.net/history/ancient/rome.htm
http://www.ghg.net/shetler/rome/
http://www.teacheroz.com/romans.htm
Romanesque
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/quinceorchardhs/art/2000-2001/arthistory/romanesque/fnns.html
http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/~goth/arth164/
http://www.arteguias.com/ (in Spanish)
Romanticism
http://www.arthistory-famousartists-paintings.com/Romanticism.html
Ukrainian
http://www.ukrainian-art.com/

Artist of the Day, Mystery Picture
http://arthistory.about.com/
Organized by Movement/School/Artists’ Biographies http://wwar.com/artists/
How the Iraq War is effecting Art History and European and Far Eastern resources http://rubens.anu.edu.au/
Timeline and cultural resources http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
On the lighter side: An Art History Adventure http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
5 questions changed monthly
http://carolsutton.net/the5qarthistory.quiz.html
Museums
http://vlmp.museophile.com/
Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/
Los Angeles County
http://www.lacma.org
Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en
Metropolitan
http://www.metmuseum.org/
National Gallery of United Kingdom
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
Smithsonian
http://www.americanart.si.edu/index3.cfm
Uffizi
http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/musei/uffizi/
Vatican
http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html

Student Research
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=70

Lists of Links:
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3404#id3811
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Art_History/
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html