Internet Resources - General Resources
These quality internet resources have been selected by the librarian specializing in art.
- AIGA: The Professional Association for DesignThough founded as the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the largest professional organization for design is now known as AIGA.
- Google Art ProjectExplore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
- Metropolitan Museum of ArtCurrent exhibits, events, and research.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art HistoryA chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
- Museum of Modern ArtHouses modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books and artist's books, film, and electronic media.
- Museum of Online MuseumsOnline collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests. The MoOM is organized into three sections: the Museum Campus, the Permanent Collection, and Galleries, Exhibitions, & Shows.
- National Gallery of ArtCollections and links.
- National Museum of the American Indian: Collections SearchIncludes a representative sample of the National Museum of the American Indian's object and historic photo collections. Search the collection for peoples/cultures, artists/individuals, places, or object specifics.
- Resources in Art and Architecture on the WebCompiled by Karen Bouchard, Scholarly Resources Librarian for Art and Architecture at Brown University.
- Web Gallery of ArtThis Web gallery of Art contains over 9,200 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800. Includes a blend of visual and text, with biographies of many significant artists. Use the search engine to find pictures in the collection or try one of the guided "tours."
- Europeana CollectionsHas made available 53,666,656 artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe.
- Princeton Art MuseumOver 43,000 images available from historical photographs that document key European and Eastern monuments and notable works of art from Classical, Byzantine, and Gothic stylistic periods.
- Ad*AccessOver 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements dated between 1911 and 1955.
- Met PublicationsFive decades of publications on art history, available to read, download and search for free.
- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on the Internet ArchiveOver 200 free digital art books and exhibition catalogs provided by the Guggenheim Foundation.
- The Museums of the City of ParisFree images of artworks in the public domain, housed in the 14 museums in Paris.
- Princeton Index of Medieval Art online databaseA database of images and descriptive data related to the iconography of works of art produced between late Antiquity and the sixteenth century.