Visual & Performing Arts   

 

• Archives of American Art
  • Nearly 6,000 archival collections of papers and records of artists, art organizations, galleries, art collectors, dealers, curators, critics, administrators, and others, ranging in date from Colonial Times to the present, and approximately 2,000 interviews conducted for AAA's Oral History Program, begun in 1958 to document the visual arts in the United States.
• Artcyclopedia
  • Guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet
• Art History 
  • Resources on the web by professor Christopher Witcombe, Art History Dept., Sweet Briar College, Virginia Online since 24 October 1995
• Art History Network
  • One stop resource for Art History, Archaeology and Architecture resources on the web.
• Eras of Elegance
  • Overviews of important historical eras, with information on daily life, diet, fashion, key personalities, artistic movements, inventions and discoveries, from ancient times to the early twentieth century.
• Glossary of Art Movements 
  • Brief descriptions of major movements in the visual arts.
• History of Photography
  • From its beginnings till the 1920s by Dr. Robert Leggat, author of Photography in School: a Guide for Teachers
• ImageFinder
  • Digital image and sound databases maintained by the library of the University of California at Berkeley.
• Masters of Photography  
  • There is a summary for each photographer, articles, samples of photographs, and a bibliography of online and print resources for further study.
• Mother of All Art and Art History Links Pages
  • Available courtesy of the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan
• Museum of Fine Arts - Boston
• Portland Museum of Art
•           As the largest art museum in the state of Maine, the Portland Museum of Art serves as a vital cultural resource for all who visit.
• Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art  
  • More than 20,000 images are available for online viewing, and are accessible by subject browsing or searching by artist's name.
• Timeline of Art History
  • The Timeline of Art History is a 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.
• World Art Treasures  
  • The principal purpose of World Art Treasures is to promulgate the discovery and love of art.