Art and Design

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Art History Resources on the Web
Hundreds of useful links. Search for a specific art period or location, research resources including image and journal sites.
http://arthistoryresources.net/ ARTHLinks.html

Artcyclopedia
An excellent starting point if you are looking for a particular artist or work of art. Search by name of artist, by words in the title of a work of art or by gallery. Browse by name, medium, subject and nationality. You can also search for information and artists by art movement.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com

Artlibraries.net
A virtual catalogue of art history resources, artlibraries.net allows you to search across the collections of major art libraries in Europe for books, exhibition catalogues and articles.
http://artlibraries.net/ index_en.php

Getty Provenance Indexes
Over one million records containing material from auction catalogues and archival inventories of western European works of art dating from the late 16th century to the early 20th century.
http://www.getty.edu/ research/ tools/ provenance/ index.html

Google Art Project
Wander online around many of the world's great art galleries and zoom in on art works to view them in detail. With some you can even see the individual brush strokes.
http://www.googleartproject.com/

Mother of All Art and Art History Links
Extensive site with links to: art history and fine art departments, research resources, image collections and art museums and galleries, mainly in the USA.
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/ mother

National Art Library at the V&A
Based at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the National Art Library is the UK's national fine and decorative arts reference library. You can visit in person or contact the library by e-mail, fax or phone. Click "National Art Library Catalogue" for resources and click "Finding Information" for helpful sources and links. "Artists Study Guide" has a useful list of major art texts and auction sales records held at the library.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/ page/ n/ national-art-library/

Public Catalogue Foundation
The Public Catalogue Foundation, a charity, photographs and records oil paintings in publicly owned collections in the UK, for example: works in museums and paintings in council buildings, universities, hospitals, police and fire stations. Many of these works are not on display and the aim of The Foundation is to improve public access. A series of priced colour catalogues on a county-by-county basis is being published and the 'Oil Paintings in Public Ownership: Artist Index Volumes I-XX' can be freely downloaded from the PCF's website.
http://www.thepcf.org.uk

The Voice of the Shuttle: art and art history pages
Substantial list of art links including sections on art history, individual artists and movements, art theory, technology and journals.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/ browse.asp?id=2707

VADS: the online resource for the visual arts
This extensive collection of over 100 000 visual arts images from VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service) is a wonderful resource bringing together very diverse collections. These range from the Design Council Archives and Slide Collection, to the Central St Martins Museum and Study Collection. Fully searchable, you can find images of embroidery, hats, houses, furniture and posters for example.
http://www.vads.ac.uk/

Vincent Van Gogh: the Letters
With this fascinating site you can look at all 902 surviving letters written and received by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), many of them illustrated. Search by correspondent, period, place and for those with sketches. The results offer a facsimile of the letter, an English translation, notes and links to associated art works.
http://vangoghletters.org/ vg/

Web Gallery of Art
Database of European painting and sculpture of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1000 to 1850). Excellent images at various magnifications.
http://www.wga.hu

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