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Arts
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Great
Web Sites
- ArtLex
A lexicon of artistic terms with pronunciations and definitions.
(http://www.artlex.com)
- National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections
in the world illustrating major achievements in painting,
sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the
present. Learn about the museum and its exhibits by exploring
this informative Web site. (http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm)
Images/Artists
- Mark Harden's Artchive
This is an intelligent, well-researched Site. Here you’ll
find links arranged alphabetically by artist, and also by
artistic period/movement. Over 2,000 images and over 200
artists. (http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm)
- CGFA
Virtual Art Museum
A cross-referenced index of artists, by time period and
country. (http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/index.html)
- Artcyclopedia: Guide to Fine Art on the Internet
Guide to museum-quality art on the Internet. Search hundreds
of art museum sites for exhibits and artists. Over
7,500 artists. An extensive searchable database for fine
art. Search or browse by artist name, era/movement, nationality,
subject, medium and museum name. (http://www.artcyclopedia.com/)
- Web
Museum: Famous Paintings Exhibit
Another useful database. Here you can search by artist,
theme or period/movement. (http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/)
- World
Art Treasures: Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
This site is the Winner of Britannica Internet Guide Award.
It features over 100,000 slides from the collection of art
historian Jacques-Edouard Berger and provides historical
context for this art. Each slide has a fun sliding puzzle
too. (http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/)
Art
History
- Art
History Resources on the Web
This is a very comprehensive, well-researched list of links
to art history resources for a wide range of cultures and
time periods. Highly recommended. (http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html)
Ancient
& Non-Western Art
- Old
Stones
This site presents selected resources on the art
history of ancient civilizations, including: Egypt, Greece
and Rome, Asia, and the Middle East. Two timelines (BC
and AD)
help you find the time period and region you're looking
for. (http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/)
- Nonwestern
Art Links
Includes selections of African, Islamic, Asian and other
nonwestern arts. (http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/links/non_western.html)
- The
Art of Empire
This site will help you to understand the artistic
and cultural visions of a variety of famous empires which
existed sometime in the range of 1450 to 1650 CE. Includes
information about the Ottomans, Aztecs, Incas, Mughals and
more. (http://www.smcm.edu/academics/aldiv/art/
webcourses/arth100/empire/emphome.html)
Color
in Art
- Color Matters
This is a wonderful site with all kinds of interesting information
about color: it’s psychological, cultural, physiological,
as well as visual effects. (http://www.colormatters.com/entercolormatters.html)
- Color Theory and
Mixing
This site contains a variety of lessons on topics such as
the history of color, the psychological and optical effects
of color. (http://www.wetcanvas.com/ArtSchool/Color/ColorTheory/)
- The Contemporary Art Experience
Features the work of 10 women. The site contains interviews
with the artists, analyses of their work, a virtual gallery
and an e-card center. (http://library.thinkquest.org/26183/)
- Perseus Encyclopedia
This site from Tufts University includes materials related
to the art of the ancient world, as well as literature,
architecture, drama and more. (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/)
- The Wonderful Styles of Art
This entertaining site will educate you about the wide variety
of artistic styles - surrealism, impressionism, post-impressionism,
pop art, and cubism for example – and then, guide you through
the process of learning to draw in some of these styles.
(http://library.thinkquest.org/J002045F/)
Books
in Your Libraries
- Links
to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System.
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help?
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