Looking for Art on the Net

The following are some sites I've found that might help students looking for artwork on the net.  These are mostly general sites or museums that allow students to view images by period, artist or theme.  If you have any addresses or suggestions, please email me.

Art History

Site created by Dr. Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe, Professor, Department of Art History, Sweet Briar College, Virginia

Web Museum

This site, designed by Nicholas Pioch is quite extensive and allows you to connect with the closest server (ours here in FL is at UCF).

art in context

The library's Art in Context web site provides free public access to information that is added by curators, dealers, artists, writers and others from around the world. On the Web since 1995, now serving over 700,000 images per month and viewed by over 50,000,000 visitors, Art in Context is in the top 1% of the most linked-to sites on the Internet. Member Metropolitan New York Library Council.

National Gallery of Art

This is the one in Washington, D.C.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yup.  The big one in NYC.

Philadelphia Museum of Art

I grew up with this one (in person, not on the net) and I think it rocks.

Virtual Library Museums Page

Access to all the museums on-line.

ArtCyclopedia

Guide to art museums on the net.

Russian Art

this is a site connected to Auburn University.

Russian Painting

This one is from Rollins College.

Russian Art Gallery

The Russian Art Gallery is a non-commercial presentation of Russian art intended for educational purposes.

The Museum of Russian Art

It's in Minnesota; go figure.

Teacher.net: History of Russia: Russian Art

More links for Russian art and images.

rev. 11/05