Research Guides: Art & Art History: Websites

Selected websites for Art & Art History

smARThistory
This is a smart and fantastic website that speaks to Art History majors of all eras! Users can search by time, style, artist or theme. Users can contribute photos or content if they wish. Have fun searching around on this one.
Mother of all Art and Art History Links Page
Provides links to Art History Depts, Research Resources, Resources for Visual Collections, Image Collections and Online Art, Online Exhibits, Art Museums, and more.
Artcyclopedia
Provides links to museums, image archives, artist sites, and other sites on the web for select artists, articles on select art topics, and more.
National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
Search by subject, artist, or medium, watch videos, listen to podcasts, and more.
Smithsonian Institution
Search over 2 million records with 265,900 images, video and sound files, electronic journals and other resources from all across the Smithsonian.
Bibliography of the History of Art
Note that the database search includes both BHA (covering 1990-2007) and the International Bibliography of Art (IBA), covering the years 2008 and part of 2009. Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is the world's most comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of western art. BHA includes articles from over 1,200 journals. The link above leads to a list of names and ISSNs of each of those journals.

Other Helpful Websites

The official website of the Art Institute of Chicago. Check here for the current exhibition and information about their extensive collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is the official website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Here you will find information on their collection, upcoming lectures and events, concerts and special programs.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is funded by the Heilbrunn Foundation, New Tamarind Foundation, and Zodiac Fund. The Timeline is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museum's collection. It is an invaluable reference and research tool for students, educators, scholars, and anyone interested in the study of art history and related subjects.