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The Computer Graphics Society

"The CGSociety is the most respected and accessible global organization for creative digital artists. The CGS supports artists at every level by offering a range of services to connect, inform, educate and promote digital artists worldwide."

Directory of Arts Organizations

Browse by topic. From the Open Directory Project.

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)

"All 50 states and the six U.S. jurisdictions (American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) have state arts agencies. Visit NASAA's state arts agency directory to learn more about your own state arts agency."

National Association of Women Artists

"The National Association of Women Artists was founded in 1889 by five innovative artists: Anita C. Ashley, Adele Frances Bedell, Elizabeth S. Cheever, Edith Mitchel Prellwitz and Grace Fitz-Randolph... It is the oldest professional women’s fine art organization in the United States."

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

"The National Endowment for the Arts was established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities."

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

"The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency created in 1965. It is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United States. Because democracy demands wisdom, NEH serves and strengthens our republic by promoting excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history to all Americans. The Endowment accomplishes this mission by awarding grants for top-rated proposals examined by panels of independent, external reviewers."

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)

"The New York Foundation for the Arts' mission is to empower artists at critical stages in their creative lives."

New York State Art Teachers Association (NYSATA)

"NYSATA is a non-profit professional organization founded in 1948 for the purpose of advancing the cause of art education."

New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)

"The New York State Council on the Arts is dedicated to preserving and expanding the rich and diverse cultural resources that are and will become the heritage of New York's citizens."

General

Art Glossary

Extensive glossary of artistic terms. Includes definitions of art periods/schools, genres, tools, techniques used in painting, drawing, and sculpture, and more. Provided by AskArt.com. See also their Art Styles page for information on abstract art, art deco, art nouveau, expressionism, surrealism, and other styles used by artists.

Art History Resources on the Web

Links to many art history sites starting with prehistoric art up to contempory art. Also includes photography, and the art of China, Japan, India, Africa, the Americas, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Once you click on a link, scroll down the page or look to the left side column of a table of contents.

Artcyclopedia

"Guide to great art on the Internet." Includes everything from individual artists and pieces to different movements and news in the art world.

ArtLex Art Dictionary

This website contains "more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes" as well as "quotations and cross-references."

The Arts Map

Description from website: "Our goal is to provide a resource which will benefit the entire arts community. We hope you will create a marker and put yourself, your work, or your organization 'on the map.'" Search by various criteria or scroll / zoom into map by location. Includes artists and organizations within New York State and throughout the United States. Service provided by collage artists Robin Colodzin and Jonathan Talbot.

ARTSEDGE

"ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment." From the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Authentication and Evaluation of Paintings

Tips to find out if it's an original, print or reproduction. From the Traditional Fine Art Organization.

A Brush with History:Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery

A selection of portraits with brief biographical information on the sitter. Browse by sitter or artist.

CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online)

The CAMIO collection is said to span the years 3000 BC to the present and contain over 90,000 works of art, including architecture, costumes, drawings, decorations, jewelry, paintings, photographs, sculptures, and more. Some works include audio and/or video media. Available only at Thrall.

Color Vision & Art

Subtitled "Vision Science & the Emergence of Modern Art. Includes: Light, Color and Vision, Color Interactions: Simultaneous Contrast, Luminance and Equiluminance, Peripheral Vision. From the Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA).

Dictionary of Symbols

Endeavors to provide cultural significances of various symbols. Meant as an "aid" to exploration of how symbols in each work of art functions.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.

Pigments Through the Ages

Includes Choose a Pigment, Browse Colors, Time Periods, Make Paintings, Look Closer. From the Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA).

VADS (the Visual Arts Data Service)

"VADS is the online resource for visual arts. It has provided services to the academic community and has built up a considerable portfolio of visual art collections comprising over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in teaching, learning and research in the United Kingdom."

WebMuseum

Online exhibits of famous paintings

Art Databases
Databases marked with a * indicate they are only available to members of Thrall.

* Arts and Humanities Through the Eras

"Profiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music and religion from a specific period, each volume in this set helps students and researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture."

* CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online

The CAMIO collection is said to span the years 3000 BC to the present and contain over 90,000 works of art, including architecture, costumes, drawings, decorations, jewelry, paintings, photographs, sculptures, and more. Some works include audio and/or video media.

* DK Eyewitness Companion: Art

"This title covers all of the key movements in Western art history, from Classicism to conceptual art and profiles more than 780 of the world's greatest artists."

Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection Database

"The Collection Database is a searchable database of artworks and related materials from the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An individual database record includes information about an object as well as images, when available."

* Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Select a volume, then a country, and then scroll down to each country's "Folk Art, Crafts and Hobbies" section for details.

National Galleries (U.S.)

National Gallery of Art

National Museum of African Art

National Museum of Women in the Arts

National Portrait Gallery

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Senate Art

"The art in the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol and the Senate office buildings has been acquired principally for its public, patriotic, and commemorative characteristics. The Senate's art is intended to commit to posterity the persons and events of our national history, centered upon the institution of the Senate and the founding of the Republic." Includes paintings, sculpture, decorative art, and more.

Smithsonian Institution Museums

New York Galleries

Art Museums in New York

Brooklyn Museum of Art

The Frick Collection

Guggenheim Museum - New York

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

New York Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

Other State Galleries

Art Museums in the United States

International Galleries

Art Museums Worldwide

The International Poster Gallery

Search by keywords or browse by subject, country, style, artist, size.

Louvre

Tate: British and International Modern and Contemporary Art

Victoria and Albert Museum

Online Galleries & Digital Art

ArtSpan

"Artspan is home to 2,800 artist, artisan, art photographer, and other art sites. Search or browse to view thumbnail images and access the artist websites. Visit the Portals, gateways to genres, media and regions. They feature articles, reviews, events, extensive resource lists and links to individual websites."

CG Society of Digital Artists - CG Choice Gallery (3D)

The CG Society's CGTalk.com forum features many of the best contemporary digital artists working in 3D modeling, character development, scenes, animations, simulation, architecture/archiviz, featue films, special effects, product design, and video game development. See also their 2D: Illustrations and Concept Art Gallery and Showcase Galleries (3D/2D/Animation)

Olga's Gallery

"On our pages you will find over 10,000 works of art. We are dedicated to bringing you quality information about artists and their artwork from all around the world." Search or browse. Indexes you can browse include: Artist Index, Country Index, Movement Index, Name Index, Ancient Greek and Roman Myths Index, Christian Saints Index, New Testament Notes, Religion Notes Index, World Literature in Painting.

Online Museum Resources on Asian Art (OMuRAA)

"OMuRAA's purpose is to make the wealth of visual materials now available on the websites of many museums and arts-related educational institutions better known to teachers and students of Asian studies by cataloguing them in "teacher-friendly" and "student-friendly" way. With this aim OMuRAA identifies online visual resources - including collections databases, digital image libraries, archived websites of special exhibitions, online presentations of focused collections, and websites for teaching with and about art - and indexes them in ways that are familiar to teachers and students in world history, world literature, and general art courses." From Columbia University.

Ornament and Pattern: Pre-Victorian to Art Deco

"Several thousand images from nearly 100 volumes on decorative art and surface ornament, mainly portfolios of plates, pattern books, and scrapbook compilations." Browse or search. From the New York Public Library Digital Gallery.

The Web Gallery of Art

"The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 21.300 reproductions. Picture commentaries, artist biographies are available."