HIS 230 History of Art and Design: Art History Web Resources

The following links are to net resources focused on reference information, collections, image compendia, specific architects, and texts.

The follow resources have collections that fall under a number of categories and would be especially useful for use in an art history survey course. General resources as well as those organized by time period such as The Renaissance are listed.

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The permanent collection comprised of more than 3,000 works provides a comprehensive survey of art by women from the 16th century to the present, with new acquisitions added regularly. The work in the collection represents a wide range of styles and media—from the Renaissance paintings of Elisabetta Sirani to modern photographs by Barbara Morgan to Louise Nevelson's contemporary sculptures. NMWA also has several important special collections, including silver by 18th and 19th-century Irish and English women silversmiths.

Links to museums around the world by country

This is a three part/page document with hyperlinks.