Library Research Guides: Art: Web Resources

Art Resources Available Online

Art History Resources on the Web
Art in Context
Information about artists and where to find their work
Art on Film Online
ArtSource
A gathering point for networked resources on art and architecture
The Artchive
The Artcyclopedia
Great art online from over 8,000 famous painters, sculptors and photographers at art museum sites & image archives worldwide
Artnet
AskArt
The American Artists Bluebook, extensive information about over 32,000 artists (partially accessible for free)
The Daily Cartoonist
A news blog for professional cartoonists
Editorial Cartoons (comics.com)
A source of various comics on the Web, links to more than 45 political cartoonists
The Getty Information Institute
Googe's Image Search
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History
MoMA Online Database
The MoMA collection contains almost 200,000 works of modern and contemporary art. More than 81,000 works are currently available online.
Smithsonian Institution Research & Information System (SIRIS)