DeWitt Library Subject Guides: Art History: Art History Resources

Reference Works

J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM: a virtual library of over 300 books
Digitized titles from their publishing history. Users may view individual titles online, download a PDF, or link to WorldCat catalog, where they may find an original in-print version at a nearby library.

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The Artstor Library includes over 1.6 million images covering art, architecture and archaeology. An unparalleled range of images from some of the world’s leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. Contributions are added monthly. Also included are curriculum guides for instructors.
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JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of scholarly journals. JSTOR now links to related Artstor images

Simon Schama's Power of Art
Call Number: DVD S5964
BBC/WNET production.
Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages.

ART21: view their wide collection of videos.
ART21, Art in the 21st Century, is a nonprofit dedicated to engaging audiences with contemporary visual art, inspiring creative thinking, and educating a new generation about artists working today.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Timeline of Art History presents the Metropolitan Museum of Art'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.
Includes maps, timelines, works, essays and indexes.
Metropolitan Museum of Art's Online Collection
You can search by artist/maker/culture; object type/material; geographic location; date/era; or department.
Art History from the Khan Academy
Formerly called Smarthistory, this is an open educational resource for art history; searchable by time, style, artist, and themes.
From the creators: "We built Smarthistory to emphasize the experience of looking at art by using unscripted conversations recorded in front of the work of art whenever possible, by incorporating numerous images and video, and by curating links to high-quality resources on the web."
National Gallery of Art
NGA Images is a repository of over 43,000 open access digital images from the collections of the National Gallery of Art. On this website you can search, browse, share, and download images.