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FINE ART SCHOLARLY RESOURCES

 

Useful Links  (listed alphabetically)

Also see the Research page for links to individual topics.

 

• Institute of Fine Arts at New York University

• Marymount Manhattan College

• Gardner's Art Through the Ages - Book Companion Site

    Books:

• Abebooks: Used, out of print and hard to find books for purchase.

• Alibris: Used, new and out of print books and textbooks for purchase.

• Barnes & Noble.com: Same day delivery in Manhattan (free on $25 or more)

    Museums & Alternative Spaces:

• Asia Society, New York

• Art Institute of Chicago

• The British Museum

• Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum

• Dia Art Foundation

• Exit Art Alternative Art Space

• Frick Collection and Reference Library

• Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

• Guggenheim Museum, New York

• Guggenheim Museum, Venice

• Hermitage Museum

• International Center of Photography (ICP)

• J. Paul Getty Museum

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art

• Louvre Museum

• Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

• Musée d'Orsay, Paris

• Musée National of the Middle Ages, Paris  (Musée Cluny)

• Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

• Museum of Modern Art, New York

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

• National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

• National Gallery, London

• New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

• Picasso Museum, Barcelona

• Picasso Museum, Paris (in French)

• Pompidou Centre, Paris

• P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

• Rodin Museum, Paris

• San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

• Smithsonian Institution

• Uffizi Gallery, Florence

• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Ancient Greek World Virtual Gallery at UPenn Museum.

• Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

• Vatican Museums, Rome

• Victoria & Albert Museum

• *Also see Art History Resources on the Web for links to museums and galleries listed by country.

    Research Libraries, Institutes & Resources

• Art History Resources on the Web: Huge gateway to links on all aspects of the history of art arranged categorically according to chronology, movements, regions, etc. Also, links to museums and galleries arranged by country. Timelines, misc., etc. Great resource.

• ArtChive: Gallery of images indexed by artist thanks to Mark Harden's laborious efforts.

• ArtNet: Contemporary Art Resource including artist and gallery listings.

• ArtStor: Largest digital image library online. Institutional subscribers only. Can be accessed from libraries, universities and museums.

• College Art Association: The membership organization for those involved in all aspects of art and art history. Publishes Art Bulletin and Art Journal.

• Getty Research Institute

• Grove Art Online/Grove Dictionary of Art: Resource on the visual arts from prehistory to present day. Over 45,000 articles on fine arts, decorative arts, and architecture. Over 130,000 images with links to hundreds of museums and galleries around the world. Subscribers only . Can be accessed through institutional subscribers - ie. libraries, universities, etc.

• Guggenheim Collection Online

• JStor: Scholarly journal archive. Search journal articles in full text. Institutional subscribers only.

• National Geographic Society: Information on world geography & culture.

•               The Genographic Project- Trace your deepest ancestry through analysis of your DNA.

• New York Public Library, NYPL Catalog search engine and NYPL Digital Image Gallery

• Perseus Digital Library of Tufts University: Source materials digital library. Especially for research in Classics. Overview of Greek history.

• Project Muse: Scholarly journals online. Institutional subscribers only. Can be accessed at the NYPL and some colleges and universities.

• Society of Architectural Historians: The Society of Architectural Historians is an international not-for-profit membership organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide. Fellowships & grants.

• Wadsworth Publishing: Includes study aids for Gardner's Art Through the Ages, which include practice quizzes, flashcards, timelines, chapter outlines and topics links, etc. Very useful tool!

• Web Gallery of Art: virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries.

 

 

 

 

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