Internet sites for History of Art

There are a large number of art history resources available on the Internet, and a few selected sites are listed below. Access to a few of these sites is via subscription, paid for by the Library, and these may require confidential passwords, particularly if you are off campus.

Art gateways

• The Mother of all Art History Links Pages - a US collection of links relating to the academic study of Art History.
• Intute: arts & humanities - visual arts - provides links to quality resources in the visual arts.

Encyclopaedias

• Oxford art online - contains the online version of the Grove Dictionary of Art (for off campus access, click on the 'Eduserv Athens login' link when you get to Oxford art online).
• Oxford dictionary of national biography - useful for information about British artists, patrons etc.

Image Libraries

• ARTstor - a very large collection of high quality art history images, particularly good for works in US museums.
• Bridgeman Education - a wide range of art history images, particularly good for works in British collections.

Libraries

• University of Oxford online catalogue
• Sackler Library : University of Oxford library specialising in art history.
• National Art Library at Victoria and Albert Museum
• Arlis.net - a directory of art libraries (with a database of journal titles held by the libraries).

Museums and galleries

• Ashmolean Museum
• Christ Church - includes information on the Christ Church Picture Gallery.
• National Gallery
• Tate Gallery
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Art Guide: The Art Lovers Guide to Britain and Ireland - includes links to websites of British museums.
• Cornucopia - a database of information about more than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums
• Virtual Library museums pages - includes links to web sites of museums all over the world.

Other resources

• Getty Union List of Artist Names browser - brief biographical details on a very large range of artists.
• Artists' Papers Register - lists locations of the papers of artists held in publicly accessible collections in the UK.