LibGuides: Art: Internet Resources

Campus Links

LR Art program
Art program home
Opportunities for Art majors

Local Resources

Catawba County Council for the Arts
Mission: "Advancing the cultural life of Catawba County through grants, marketing, fundraising and facilities management."
Full Circle Arts
"A non-for-profit artists cooperative of regional artists of all disciplines, whose members work together to encourage public appreciation of, and education in, the arts."
Hickory Museum of Art
The Hickory Museum of Art was founded in 1944 to collect, foster and preserve American art. 8 works were collected that year, and today, 70 years later, the Museum now has approximately 1,500 art objects in the Collection.
Stine's Gallery
Paintings, photography, and antiques by artist Tom Stine.
1923 36th Ave. N.E. Hickory, N.C. 28601 828.326.8772

Associations and Organizations

Catawba County Council for the Arts
Mission: "Advancing the cultural life of Catawba County through grants, marketing, fundraising and facilities management."
College Art Association
"Promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art. Provides publication of scholarship, criticism, and artists’ writings."
Int'l Sculpture Center
"The ISC is a member-supported, nonprofit organization founded in 1960 to advance the creation and understanding of sculpture and its unique, vital contribution to society."
National Association for Independent Artists
A nonprofit trade organization that serves to enhance the economic well-being of people who exhibit their artwork at quality outdoor and indoor art and/or fine craft shows, encourage creative expression and artistic excellence, and expand public awareness, appreciation and acquisition of fine art and fine craft. Further, the organization serves as an advocate for artists.

Art Reference Resources

When selecting Internet resources it is important to evaluate the quality of any websites that you use. Consult Northcentral University's Website Evaluation guide or Evaluating Web Pages (UC Berkley) for evaluation criteria. The following is a selected list of websites that you may find useful.

Artcyclopedia
There are 2,600 art sites indexed within Artcyclopedia. Here, you can search for images of works by over 8,700 artists. There are numerous ways to browse the site - by artist name, by art movement, or by title.
ArtLex
you'll find definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references.
AskART
Art Prices, Painting Value, Art Appraisal, Art Values, Auction Prices
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Timeline of Art History presents the Met’s collection via a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of global art history. Targeted at students and scholars of art history, it is an invaluable reference, research, and teaching tool. Authored by the Met’s experts—predominantly made up of curators but also of conservators, scientists, and educators—the Timeline comprises 300 timelines, 930 essays, close to 7,000 objects, and a robust index, and is regularly updated and enriched to provide new scholarship and insights on the collection.
Math Imagery
Explore the world as math and art collide.
Mother of All Art and Art History Links
from the University of Michigan School of Art and Design
Dictionary of Art Historians
Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art (Duke University Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies)
Artchive
This site contains over 2,000 scanned images of fine art, historical background on art and artists, theory and criticism, and rotating "gallery" exhibitions.
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 and Baroque periods (1150-1750), currently containing over 8,000 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, guided tours are available."

Blogs

50 Graphic Design Blogs
As chosen by David Airey, graphic designer.
Artopia
John Perreault's art diary.
Todd Walker
Todd Walker's photography ephemera.

Interactive Documentary

The Garden of Earthly Delights by Jheronimus Bosch
An online interactive adventure