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Art on the Internet

This subject guide is intended to help art students find information for research - or art lovers enjoy some of the fabulous armchair museums available through the internet.

Art is anything you can get away with...stated Andy Warhol.

 

ART INDEXES

The following links are to large and important art collections on the Internet. Try major universities for collections we may not have added here.

World Wide Art Resources
Art Cyclopedia
Art Source
Art on the Net
Leedsmet Learning Centre Online
Art Lex


ART JOURNALS

Get to know your literature while browsing the journal collection in the library.

Art Journals Online from Artsource
World Wide Arts Publications

ART DATABASES

Use your Lone Star College System library card barcode for remote access. [Get a card]


HOT TOPICS

The following sites contain essays and other information on current hot topics in art. Carlisle Floyd visited in the Spring of 2006
National Endowment for the Arts
Texas Commission on the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
Graffiti online
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Thomas |  Search the government site for legislation affecting the humanities. Try the Congressional Record for a transcript of congressional proceedings.


ARTISTS

Artist Database - 2000 artists listed
WebMuseum - Paris
Mari Omori, Lone Star College-Kingwood


ART HISTORY

The selected sites here link the user to essays and other art history information - also links to schools with art history programs.

Harvard University Museums
History of Art Virtual Library
Art History Resources on the Internet
Art History Movements, Themes, and Artists

American Cultural HIstory - background on the 19th and 20th centuries - includes literature, art, history, and culture.


ART MUSEUMS

Armchair visitations to far-away museums can be exhilarating and educational. A listing by country is available at this Virtual Library.  Here are the ones we like. These are only the tip of the iceberg.

Texas and Houston Museums

The World


ART MOVEMENTS


David Addicks busts of the presidents

ART SHOWS

USArtShow

Bucking the Texas Myth

Art on the Net: Submit your own work

Visit David Addick's studio in Houston to see the busts of the presidents he is creating. (pictured, left)

 


Painting by RaphealART GALLERIES ON INTERNET

Local and world galleries listed and linked.

World Wide Arts Resources - Galleries and Exhibits
FineArt Forum Directory of Online Art Resources


GETTING HELP FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Citing Sources Using the Library MLA Style Guide | Lone Star College - Kingwood Library guide. Examples of both paper and electronic citations.

Learning Center | Check our hours for in-house tutoring.


Library Subject Guides | Lone Star College - Kingwood Library

Author: peggy.whitley@
lonestar.edu
Created 1998, Revised July, 2006. Links checked 5/08pw