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ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library of art images associated with information and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning, and scholarship. ARTstor currently contains approximately 400,000 images from a wide range of cultures and time periods. The database is growing and will eventually reach 500,000.

 

Saskia Art Images Collection
The collection contains 32,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including images from many important collections. The core art history images include works from over one hundred museums , including the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, the Uffizi, the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the National Museums in Athens, Rome and Stockholm, museums in Berlin, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, Cleveland Museum and the San Francisco museum. Images from archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey and Egypt are also included.

 

Grove Dictionary of Art
An electronic version of the Dictionary of Art, a comprehensive coverage of the history of art and architecture worldwide. Each essay contains biographical information on the artist (or architect), as well as analysis of the work. Explanations of some frequently used technical terms are also included.
Search by artist or architect last name, first name to find quick facts, in depth essays and in some cases,
images.

 

Museums with Image Resources
The Louvre
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The National Gallery of Art (select "images only" when searching)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Art Institute of Chicago
Guggenheim Museum (New York)
Getty Museum of Art


Miscellaneous Image Sites
New York Public Library
Olga's Gallery (search by artist last name)
SkyscraperPage.com


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