Selected Art Reference Tools & Resources

There are a wealth of Internet sites that are useful for research in the Arts.

Below is a short list that staff and patrons at the Krieble Library have found useful. This list is also avaialble on the library's website at: http://www.lymeacademy.edu/The_Library/librefonline.htm

Please post a reply with any other websites you'd like us to add to the list.

Art Images for College Teaching
Site affiliation: Educational Description: Links to images of Western and Non-Western art. A free-use image resource for the educational community. URL: http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/

Art in Context
Site affiliation: Non-profit organization Description: An online reference library for the publication and dissemination of information about artists and where to find their work. Browsable index for: museums, galleries & dealers, artists, current exhibitions and links to images. URL: http://www.artincontext.org/

ArtLex
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: A visual art dictionary for artists, students and educators in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education. URL: http://www.artlex.com/

Artnet
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: Website provides information to buy, sell and research fine art online. Links to over 1,300 galleries, 36,000 works and 13,000 artists from around the globe. URL:http://www.artnet.com/

AskArt
Site affiliation: Commercial Description: "the artist blue book". Provides information about thousands of American artists and related links to museums, auction houses and much more. URL:http://www.askart.com/AskART/index.aspx

CAMEO- Conservation & Art Material Online
Site affiliation: Educational Description: CAMEO is a searchable encyclopedia and contains chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on over 10,000 historic and contemporary materials used in the conservation, preservation, and production of artistic, architectural, and archaeological materials. URL:http://www.mfa.org/cameo/frontend/

Dan Gheno's Recommended Art Links Page
Site affiliation: Personal /educational website Description: Dan's links list for: Artist Resources & Indexes, Art History, Technical Information Online for Artists, Art Journals, Print Resources Online, Anatomy Links, Museums, Artists and Places to find Art. Also provides a return link to Dan's Painting & Drawing home page. URL:http://www.dangheno.net/links.htm

Art History Resources on the Web
Site affiliation: Academic Description: Chris Witcombe's Award winning site. Links for Pre-History to 20th C. Art, research resources and more. URL:http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

ADAM
Site affiliation: Educational Description: The Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway a searchable catalogue describing Internet resources. Browse under the subject headings: Architecture, Fine Art, or Museum Studies. Try a search with the terms "sculpture", "Francis Bacon", or "figures"... URL:http://adam.ac.uk/sindex.html

The Mother of All Art History Links
Site affiliation: Academic Description: Art History Departments, Research Resources, Visual collections, Online Images, Fine Arts Schools, Art Museums, and other useful resources. URL:http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/mother/

Connecticut Artists Project
Site affiliation: Academic Description: This searchable database aims to provide information about the visual artists who have lived or worked in Connecticut from early times to the present.

URL:http://webapps.lib.uconn.edu/ConnArt/

Web Gallery of Art

Site affiliation: Educational Description: The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 13,900 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available. Guided tours, free postcard and other services are provided for the visitors.

URL:http://www.wga.hu/

NY Public Library Digital Gallery
Site affiliation: Educational Description: The Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library. Subjects include the applied sciences, book arts, fine and decorative arts, history, performing arts, and social sciences.

URL:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm