Art History Resources: Find Websites

More than 180,00 works of art are indexed on this website-works by 8,500 artists drawn from about 2,300 websites, searchable by artist name. the title of the artwork, and the name or location of the art museum.

This database is an invaluable research, teaching and learning tool; a unique archive of digital images sourced from the world’s leading museums, galleries, contemporary artists and private collections.

This corporation is the world's largest provider of imagery, film, and digital services.

Google's virtual tour of major art museums and image collections; intense close-ups of major works of art [Google Chrome requied].

A searchable site dedicated to providing free images to art students.

A huge, expansive page with links to images, art history, art schools and all things art.

NGA Images is a repository of digital images of the collections of the National Gallery of Art. On this website you can search, browse, share, and download images. A standards-based reproduction guide and a help section provide advice for both novices and experts. More than 20,000 open access digital images up to 3000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use.

High quality images for you presentations that are CC-BY or CCO licensed.

Even higher quality images than Pixabay. Their free images are CCO licensed.

"...extensive collection of links to sites and backgrounds on hundreds of artists, from the Raphaels, Rembrandts, and Renoirs, (etc.)."

Directory of links to Web sites with the focus on fine art painting and sculpture. Also includes a directory museums worldwide.

"The Timeline of Art History is 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."

Arcade is the catalog for the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC). Arcade unites the collections of the Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum and The Museum of Modern Art.

Since 1954, the Archives has collected roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documentation that supports the study of the history of the visual arts in America. May be useful for primary sources concerning the history of American art and artists.