Includes Cornell's Political Americana Collection, the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, gravestones from the American Antiquarian Society, an Indonesian art collection, Catena historic gardens and landscapes from the Bard Graduate Center.
A& A, Courtauld Institute of Art
Iimages of art and architecture from the collections of the Courtauld Institute.
The African and Asian Visual Artists Archive
Images contemporary visual art by artists of African and Asian descent working in the UK since the post-war period.
Archive of African Artists
The National Museum of African Art Library contains individual artist files consisting of gallery brochures, exhibition announcements, and invitations, price lists, resumes, press releases, reviews, and newspaper cuttings.
The Art Collection and the Digital Media Center (UC access only)
The Art Collection provides access to art images from prehistoric to contemporary times.
Art Images for College Teaching
The site offers a wide array of art historical imagery ranging from pre-historic to the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on images of architectural and archaeological sites.
ARTstor (UC access only)
300,000 images of painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts, architecture, and design.
ARC
The Art Renewal Center offers an online museum of art from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century. The ARC also posts the winners of the ARC Salon exhibition. This Salon highlights contemporary representational art.
Art History Resources on the Web
A directory to art historical sites. The site provides coverage from pre-historic to contemporary art and architecture in a variety of media. The site provides a list of international museums and their links as well as research resources.
Artcyclopedia
This site allows the visitor to search for a particular artist or title and discover information about the artist's bibliography, links to museums that hold objects by a particular artist, images of a particular work of art, web links, and online articles pertaining to the subject matter.
ArtServe
This image site features art and architecture images primarily from the Mediterranean Basin, India, Cambodia, and Japan. However, the site also includes a wealth of Northern European imagery.
Atlas
The official database of the Musée du Louvre, which includes label copy and images of each work. A search engine provides multiple search strategies (in French only).
From their Web site: "Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to the hidden treasures of private collections. Fine art is just one of the sources of images; design, antiques, maps, architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artefacts and many others also feature in the collection."
CAMIO (for State Library of Ohio card holders)
Catalog of Art Museum Images Online available for State Library of Ohio card holders for research and educational purposes. CAMIO contains about 95,000 works of fine and decorative art from leading museums around the world. The scope of the collection ranges from 3000 BCE to the present, representing premiere examples of Asian, African, Latin American and Western art. Difficult-to-find contemporary art is one of its strengths. The content includes high-resolution images of photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles, books, installations, and architecture—plus audio-video and mixed media. Benefits of the interface include downloading high-resolution images, the ability to e-mail images and metadata for further study, and fast, powerful, Web-based searching. All content is rights-cleared for research and educational use. Register for a library card through the State Library of Ohio website at the following link: http://www.library.ohio.gov/PCS/digitalcontent and select the CAMIO link.
The DAAP Digital Image Teaching Collection (UC access only)
Represents core images required to support the DAAP curriculum. These images span a broad spectrum of the visual arts including contemporary performance artists.
D’Art: Internet Art Database
An excellent resource for researching the working artist, this commercial database includes information from artists, collectors, and dealers, including images of works for sale.
Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
Iimages from the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the de Young museum and the Legion of Honor).
The John C. and Susan L. Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art
Images of art and architecture in Asia. Images, ranging from about 2500 B.C.E. to the present, are included from the countries of India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma), China, and Japan.
The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Million of photographs of fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings.
Getty Collections
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles provides images from their collection.
Grove Dictionary Art (UC access only)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Searchable database which includes the entire collections of the Department of European Paintings and the Department of American Paintings and Sculpture, as well as highlights from each of the museum’s other curatorial departments. The database is searchable by artist, period, or style. The site also features a chronological timeline of art history and several educational resources.
MFA Boston
Updated weekly, the MFA’s database contains images of the objects in the museum’s collection. An advanced search aids in searching, and works are also categorized by museum department.
National Gallery of Art (UK)
This online database includes the entire collection of the British National Gallery’s permanent collection and long-term loans, providing illustrations and descriptions of all objects.
National Gallery of Art (USA)
An online database of the collection of the National Gallery of Art, searchable by artist, title, subject, expanded search, provenance, or accession number.
National Portrait Gallery (USA)
This online database provides access to more than 80,000 portrait records. Separate searches provide access to the NPG collection, a biographical search, and the Catalog of American Portraits, which includes portraits in both public and private collections in the US and abroad.
NYPL Picture Collection Online
The Picture Collection Online (PCO) is a select group of images from The New York Public Library (Mid-Manhattan Library) Picture Collection. The collection consists of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines, and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints, and postcards, mostly created before 1923.
Otis College of Art + Design
Approximately 8,000 images of 2,000 artists' books.
Oxford Portraits
Oxford University's collection of portraits includes images of individuals from all walks of life, including British and foreign monarchs, leaders of nations, scientists, writers, scholars, and artists.
Peter A. Juley and Son Collection
4,700 images of portraits of famous artists from 1906-1975.
Royal Academy of the Arts Collection
A Web site providing a search engine for the Royal Academy’s collection of works of art, rare books, and archives.
Smithsonian
A gateway to multiple image databases
Online Photography Collection-Smithsonian American Art Museum:
Web site for the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s photography collection.
Tate
Database for the entire collection of the Tate, which encompasses British Art since 1500 and international modern art. Searchable by artist, subject, title, and advanced search features. The site also includes a glossary of art terms.
The Vincent Van Gogh Gallery
Site states that it contains all Vincent van Gogh's works and letters--a complete, online catalogue raisonné of Van Gogh's oeuvre.
Visual Collections
Contains over 300,000 images from more than 30 collections. These images fall under several subject matters including cartography, fine art, architecture, and photography. The site offers several features for viewing, including a zoom tool and multiple image viewing.
Web Gallery of Art
Contains over 12,100 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800. A considerable number of the pictures are commented upon and biographies of the significant artists are given. Visitors can choose to search by title, artist's name, type, or simply take one of the guided tours. The site also provides free online postcards.
WorldImages Database
The World Art image database allows you to search over 35,000 art and architecture images from throughout the world, from prehistory to the end of the twentieth century. One is able to search by artist name, title, subject matter, period, art form, or nationality. Images on the site are zoomable to view details.