Art Image Collections
Finding Images on the Web Tutorial (Boston University Libraries)

African Sculpture (University of Pennsylvania Museum, USA)
Artcyclopedia
Art Image Browser (University of Michigan SIL, USA) - art, photography and objects
ARTstor (via login through USMAI ResearchPort) - hundreds of thousands of digital images
Bildarchiv Image Index of Art and Architecture (Germany) - index of 1.9 million pictures
The British Museum (London) - search by culture, people, place or material
Digital Imaging Project (Bluffton College, USA) - sculpture and architecture
Frick Collection (New York)
ImageBase (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) - 110,000+ image & text database
Joconde (France) - museum collections of France
Library of Congress American Memory (USA)
The Louvre (Paris)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) (New York)
NARA (Nathional Archives & Records Administration, USA) - images from primary sources
National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
National Portrait Gallery (London)
New York Public Library Digital Gallery (New York)
SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information System, USA) - image catalog
Tate Gallery (London) - British art from 1500, international modern and contemporary
Uffizi Gallery (Italy) - Italian masterpieces in high-resolution, free online
Vatican Museums Online (Rome)
The Walters Art Museum Online (Baltimore, MD)
Web Gallery of Art (Hungary) - European painting and sculpture, circa 1100-1850
World Art Treasures (Berger Foundation, Lausanne, France)

Art History
Smithsonian Archives of American Art - digital access to vast primary source materials
Art History Resources on the Web (Sweet Briar College, USA)
Dictionary of Art Historians (Duke University, USA)
Digital Librarian: Art
History of Art Virtual Library
The Mother of All Art and Art History Links
The Getty Center Museum
Digital Archive of Art (Boston College, USA)
Voice of the Shuttle: Art History
WebMuseum: Theme Index (Paris)

Artists
WebMuseum: Artist Index (Paris)
World Art Treasures (Berger Foundation, Lausanne, France)

Architecture
Digital Archive of American Architecture
Digital Imaging Project (Bluffton College) - sculpture and architecture
Great Buildings Online
Vitruvio.ch - architecture database with images
Voice of the Shuttle: Architecture

Photography
American Museum of Photography
International Center of Photography
Voice of the Shuttle: Photography

Graphic Arts
Graphic Arts Dictionary

Art in the Schools
Kinder Art
Crayola Creativity Central
Electronic Media and On-Line Arts Resource Center
ArtsEdNet
National Art Education Association (NAEA)

Art and the Law
Artists Rights Society (New York)
United States Copyright Office

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