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INTERNET ART RESOURCES

|| Rochester Resources || Museum Websites || Art Resources ||
|| General Reference || Other Libraries ||

Rochester Resources

  • Voyager
  • University of Rochester Libraries
  • University of Rochester
  • Rochester Images Project, a searchable database of historic and current images of Rochester
  • Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
  • Website describing the history of Shop One, the first artist-owned craft gallery in the country
  • Oral History of silversmith Ronald Pearson

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Museum Websites & Resources for Museums

  • American Association of Museums
  • Art Loss Register
  • Art Lover's Guide to Britain and Ireland
  • Art Museum Image Consortium
  • Art Museum Network
  • Canadian Heritage Information Network
  • Designing Accessible Programs for Museums
  • Getty
  • Guide to Museums and Cultural Resources
  • ICOM
  • Museum Computer Network Home Page
  • Museum Employment Resource Center
  • Museum Learning Collaborative
  • Museum Security Network
  • UK Virtual Library Museum Page
  • World Wide Arts Resources
  • WWW Virtual Library: Museums

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Art Resources

|| Auction & Appraisal Information || Art Databases ||Art Libraries ||
|| Juried Art Show Listings || Poster/Art Reproduction Sources || Thesauri ||
|| Timelines of Art & Art History || Miscellaneous Art Resources ||

Auction & Appraisal Information

  • Guide to Appraisal Resources from the Smithsonian Institution
  • Appraisers Association of America, Inc.
  • AskArt.com
  • Christie's
  • Lowes and McCanless Index to Fabergé at Auction
  • Maine Antique Digest
  • Interactive Collector
  • Skinner's
  • Sotheby's Auction Results

Art Databases

  • Archives of American Art (choose Archival, Manuscripts & Photographic Collections from menu)
  • Catalog of American Engravings
  • Catalog of American Portraits
  • Inventory of American Paintings & Sculpture (choose Research Databases, Art Inventories from menu)
  • Pre-1877 Art Exhibitions (choose Research Databases, Pre-1877 Art Exhibitions from menu)

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Art Libraries

  • Art Institute of Chicago--Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
  • FRESCO: Frick Research Catalog Online
  • Research Library of the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities
  • Watson Library-Metropolitan Museum
  • National Art Library Catalogues (V&A Museum)
  • Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
  • Library of Congress WWW/Z39.50 Gateway
  • NY Public Library CATNYP
  • DADABASE (MOMA)
  • International Directory of Art Libraries

Juried Art Show Listings
These sites list juried art shows, with submission deadlines:

  • Art Deadlines List
  • ArtShow.com Juried Art Shows
  • Artswire Artist Opportunities

Poster/Art Reproduction Sources
These sites specialize in reproductions:

  • Poster Gallery

These sites specialize in vintage posters:

  • www.gal-123.com
  • www.idesirevintageposters.com
  • www.affiche-francaise.com
  • www.posterfair.com
  • International Vintage Posters Dealers Association (has links to member sites)
  • www.vintageposterart.com

Thesauri

  • Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser
  • Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
  • GNIS: geographic names information system, digital gazetteer
  • LC Authorities
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: TGM I, Subject Terms
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: TGM II, Genre and Physical Characteristics
  • Union List of Artist Names Browser

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Timelines of Art — Art History

  • Gardner's Art Through the Ages: Chapter timelines Click on the "For Students" button to see Timelines corresponding to each chapter
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History
  • Sanford's ArtEdventures: Timeline of Art
  • Timelines of Art History (listsmany print and online timelines)
  • Web Museum, Paris: Timeline

Many other specialized timelines are available on the Web; contact the library for suggestions.

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Miscellaneous Art Resources

  • American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
  • Archives of American Art (general; to search the database see Art Databases above)
  • Art on Film
  • ArtSource
  • Conservation and Art Materials Dictionary (CAMD)
  • COnservation OnLine
  • Internet Sources for Heritage Conservation, Historic Preservation and Archeology
  • Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: A Manual
  • Preserving my Heritage
  • Roland Collection Films & Videos on Art
  • Search Oeuvre-Catalogues of Prints by European and American Artists
  • What is a Print?

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General Reference

  • Bookfinder (search engine for used book dealers)
  • Computer Virus & Hoax Info
  • Internet Public Library
  • Quick Reference
  • Universal Currency Converter
  • Virtual Reference from UR Libraries
  • World Biographical Index
  • Zip Code finder

Other Libraries

  • American Memory-Library of Congress
  • National Archives NAIL Search

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