Art History

Sister Wendy's American Collection - From PBS - Sister Wendy Beckett, nun and art commentator, takes viewers on a tour through six of America's greatest art museums.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sisterwendy/index.html

ARC International - The Art Renewal Center - Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.
http://www.artrenewal.org

Mark Harden's Artchive - An art archive with thousands of images that are accessed through an alphabetical list of artist's names and art styles. Covers every style of art from ancient and African to impressionist and modern.
http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Art History with Michelli - The Art Browser divides categories of resources by time period and their movements.
http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli/

ArtMagick - Virtual art gallery displaying paintings and poetry from art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries with an emphasis on displaying works of art by artists who have been forgotten or neglected in recent years.
http://www.artmagick.com/

OCAIW: Art Images on the Web - Orazio Centaro's site. Includes a long alphabetical listing of artists and includes links to images that reside on both the OCAIW site and other artist sites on the Web.
http://www.ocaiw.com/

Audio Recordings of Great Works of Art - Exploring the aural aura of masterworks as found in the sounds in the immediate locations of highly regarded paintings, sculptures, and other artworks.
http://www.auralaura.com/

About.com: Art History - Online community and resource guide for the artists and art periods of the past.
http://arthistory.about.com/

Resources in Art History for Graduate Students - This newsletter lists grants, fellowships, internships, conferences, publication and study abroad opportunities for graduate students in art history and closely related areas.
http://www.efn.org/~acd/resources.html

Andres Blaisten Museum - Masterpieces of Mexican Art from the XIX and XX Centuries from private collections.
http://www.museoblaisten.com/

Art History at Loggia - Explores the history of art with information about artists, styles, and periods. Includes resources and reference materials about art history, searchable database, and forums.
http://www.loggia.com/art/arthistory.html

New Deal Art During the Great Depression - Information and photographs of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. There are biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.
http://www.wpamurals.com/

Mexican Masks - Collection of authentic danced masks from Mexico and Guatemala with discussions and comments on the art of collecting and other curious observations. Antique masks, patination techniques, insect infestation, techniques of collecting.
http://www.mexicanmasks.us/

Lübeck's Dance of Death - Dances of Death in Lübeck, Tallinn, Berlin and Denmark. Pictures, books and primary sources. Several books are reproduced.
http://www.dodedans.com/

HuntFor Art History - Quick reference for all periods in the art history, images and links.
http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/

Carol Gerten's Virtual Art Museum - Broad gallery that includes biographies and images for hundreds of well-known American, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Japanese artists.
http://cgfa.dotsrc.org/

Art Historians' Guide to the Movies - A record by Craig Eliason of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies, arranged by period.
http://personal.stthomas.edu/cdeliason/ahgttm.htm

Christian Art and Artists from Late Medieval to Modern - Examples illustrating the development of Christian art, from the Christian Traveler's Guides.
http://www.christian-travelers-guides.com/art/christian2.html

Delineavit et Sculpsit - The Internet stepping stone for all those interested in Old Master prints and drawings: publications, events, links to the world's main print rooms, and the periodical Delineavit et Sculpsit.
http://www.delineavit.nl/

Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World - A site exploring the enduring fascination of the Mona Lisa, including history, parodies, homages and comments from site visitors.
http://www.studiolo.org/Mona/MONALIST.htm

World Art Treasures - Based on the Jacques-Edouard Berger collection of images of art objects and essays devoted to the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe.
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/

The Getty Provenance Index - Collects and disseminates information related to the history of collecting and the provenance of individual works of art.
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/provenance_index/

WebMuseum: Famous Paintings - Offers images and historical context for artists and art movements ranging from Gothic and Renaissance to Impressionism and Pop.
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/

Art in the Picture.com - Offers an introduction to visual art history. Famous artist's galleries and biographies, movements, major museums.
http://www.artinthepicture.com

Artists and Ancestors - Exhibition of miniature portraits from XVIII - XX century, information about artists and sitters.
http://portrait-miniature.blogspot.com