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visual arts

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Internet resources for the visual arts

The best of the Web Intute

Welcome to this guide to the best of This booklet is brought to you by Intute,
the Web for the Visual Arts. a free Internet service providing you with
In these pages you will find a selection access to the very best Web resources
of some of the most useful websites for for education and research, evaluated
students, lecturers and researchers and selected by a network of subject
working in the Visual Arts. specialists.
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Art history, theory and criticism 1
Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Artists 3
Art materials and techniques 4
Conservation and restoration 5
Fine and contemporary arts 6 Contact:
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Images and image banks 9
Museums and galleries 10
News and information 11

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Art history, theory and criticism

AHDS Visual Arts
http://www.ahds.ac.uk/visualarts/
AHDS Visual Arts maintains a searchable online
archive of digital resources for use by the visual arts
community for learning, teaching and research.

The Art Movements Directory

http://www.artmovements.co.uk/
This is a guide to major movements and periods in
art, described in detail along with their background,
philosophies, techniques, key dates and artists.
http://www.ahds.ac.uk/visualarts/
Art History
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
A comprehensive index of art history resources, focusing on Western art from
classical times to the present, including images and essays.

ARARA: Art and Architecture of the Americas

http://www2.essex.ac.uk/arthistory/arara/
ARARA is an online journal for the Arts and Architecture of the Americas from
pre-Columbian times to the present day. The full contents of the journal,
including abstracts, papers and reviews, are available from 1999.

Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide

http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/
A free, refereed ejournal devoted to the study of nineteenth-century art across
the globe, with an extensive selection of essays and reviews.

Papers of Surrealism
http://www.surrealismcentre.ac.uk/publications/papers/
A journal of criticism of Surrealist art and its influences. The website is arranged
by issue, but is also grouped under special themes, such as: Objects and Junk
or Science and the Occult.

Abstraction in the Twentieth Century: Total Risk Freedom Discipline

http://artnetweb.com/abstraction/frontis.html
This website accompanied the Guggenheim Museum’s exhibition Abstraction in
the Twentieth Century, and discusses Abstract Expressionism, monochrome
painting, minimal and post-minimal sculpture.

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Art Full Text

http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artindex.htm

Art Index Retrospective: 1929–1984

http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artretro.htm
These two subscription resources offer searchable indexing of periodicals from
1929 to the present. Art Full Text offers full-text (from 1997) plus abstracts and
indexing (from 1984) of peer-selected publications, including Latin American,
Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, reviews and
criticism. Art Index Retrospective provides searchable indexing from 420 noted
international publications between 1929 to 1984. Institutional subscription and
ATHENS username required.

arlis.net
http://www.arlis.net/
arlis.net provides details about art-related materials
from academic, public, national and special libraries
throughout the UK and Ireland, including a directory
of art libraries, archives and other collections in the
UK and a periodicals database.

ARTbibliographies Modern
http://www.csa.com/factsheets/artbm-set-c.php
Art Bibliographies Modern (ABM) provides full
abstracts of journal articles, books, exhibition
catalogues, PhD dissertations and exhibition
reviews, on modern and contemporary art.
http://www.arlis.net/
Subscription required.

JISCmail
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk
JISCmail is a JISC-sponsored academic mailing list service with discussions
covering a vast number of subjects, from drawing to new media.

Variant: the Free Arts and Culture Magazine

http://www.variant.randomstate.org/
Variant magazine provides in-depth coverage of the social, political and cultural
aspects of the arts and culture. This website offers a complete full-text version of
the magazine and archives from issue 1 (1996).

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Artists
Intute Artists Index
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/artistindex.pl
An A–Z listing of artists and links to significant, reviewed
resources on them.
Union List of Artist Names Online
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_
research/vocabularies/ulan/
Produced and maintained by the Getty Vocabulary
Program, the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) contains
over 225,000 artists’ names and brief biographical data.
Giorgio Vasari: the Lives of the Artists
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/giorgio.vasari/
A companion to the book The Lives of the Artists by
Giorgio Vasari (first published in Florence in 1550), this
website contextualises art work by Giotto, Donatello,
Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo.
Multimedia: Johannes Vermeer House and Delft Art
& Geography Da Vinci’s Bones
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kalden/ Date: circa 1509.
This website is devoted to the painter Johannes Vermeer Copyright: Getty images,
and his surroundings, and conveys the atmosphere of available from the Education
17th century Delft, Holland through the use of video, Image Gallery.
animation and 3-D models. http://www.edina.ac.uk/eig/
Turner Collection
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/BrowseGroup?cgroupid=999999998
The Tate Gallery’s Turner Collection is the largest collection of JMW Turner’s
work in the world. This website explores the full Tate Turner collections, and
Turner’s work in public and private collections around the world.
Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation
http://www.salvador-dali.org/eng/intro/intro.htm
The Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation manages one of the world’s largest
collections of Salvador Dali’s work. This website contains highlights of the
collection, a biography and video clips of Dali.
Jackson Pollock 1912–1956
http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/
Illustrated with photographs of Pollock and images of his work, this website
introduces this groundbreaking American painter. There are QuickTime
sequences of Pollock painting, and audio of the artist discussing his work.

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Cindy Sherman
http://www.temple.edu/photo/photographers/cindy/sherman.htm
This is a useful resource about the American photographer Cindy Sherman. It
provides a biography and timeline, and displays images of her works.

Turner Prize History

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/history/
Awarded annually, since 1984, the list of nominees for the Turner Prize is a
guide to some of the most successful contemporary British artists. This website
has details of all artists nominated and relevant critical articles.

Art materials and techniques

Art Studio Chalkboard: a Technical Resource
for Artists and Art Students
http://studiochalkboard.evansville.edu/
This set of illustrated tutorials focuses on the
fundamentals of perspective, shading, colour and
painting and includes users’ questions and answers.

About Stone
http://aboutstone.org/
About Stone is a resource for people who work with
stone, including a directory and discussion list.

The Figure-Drawing Lab

http://studiochalkboard.evansville. http://www2.evansville.edu/drawinglab/
edu/p-tools.html A guide to the fundamentals of portraying the human
figure, including materials, techniques, proportion,
anatomy and perspective.

Pigments Through the Ages

http://webexhibits.org/pigments/
This website examines the pigments used in paintings, discussing their physical
makeup and symbolic significance.

Cameratown.com
http://www.cameratown.com/guides/
Posted by a variety of contributors, these tutorials introduce photographic
techniques, including colour, depth of field, exposure, lenses and digital photography.

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Conservation and restoration

CoOL: Conservation Online
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/
CoOL is a full-text library of conservation information, aimed at those involved in
the conservation of library, archive and museum materials.

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artists Works (AIC)

http://aic.stanford.edu/
A professional organisation dedicated to preserving
art and historical artefacts for future generations.

Preserving My Heritage
http://www.preservation.gc.ca/
The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) promotes
the care of Canada's heritage, advances the practice
and technology of conservation and works closely with
Canada's museums, art galleries and academic http://www.preservation.gc.ca/
institutions. index_e.asp
Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
http://www.chin.gc.ca/
CHIN promotes the development, presentation and preservation of Canada’s
digital heritage. The website includes a link to the Bibliographic Database of the
Conservation Information Network (BCIN), which provides access to over 190,000
bibliographic citations for conservation literature.

AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature

http://aata.getty.edu/NPS/
Published by the J. Paul Getty Trust, AATA Online provides peer-reviewed, quality
abstracts from international literature for conservation and heritage management.

[email protected]
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/conservation-research.html
This mailing list aims to facilitate discussion amongst those engaged or interested
in research into the conservation of objects, works of art or buildings.

Bellini: Creating & Re-creating

http://www.ima-art.org/bellini/index.html
This website explores the Italian Renaissance painter's workshop and his
devotional images, using X-radiography, infra-red reflectography and
cross-sections. A series of images provide before, during and after images of the
conservation process.

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Fine and contemporary arts

BOOK ART
The Book Arts Web
http://www.philobiblon.com/
This wide-ranging resource includes essays on book arts,
a gallery of artists’ work and an electronic journal, The
Bonefolder.

Artists' Book Image Database

http://content.library.otis.edu/collections/
artistsbooks.htm
This is a searchable, illustrated database of artists' books in
the collection of Otis College of Art and Design in
California, including books by Ed Ruscha, Jenny Holzer,
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Joseph Beuys and Vito Acconci.

DIGITAL ART
e.space
http://www.sfmoma.org/espace/espace_overview.html
e.space is the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) collection of
Web-based art works and curatorial experiments. Some projects may require
QuickTime, Macromedia Flash, Pulse or Shockwave plug-ins.
Lovebytes
http://www.lovebytes.org.uk/
Lovebytes is an annual digital arts festival in Sheffield. Its website features an
extensive archive of past projects, publications and documentation of digital
artworks since 1994.

DRAWING
The Drawing Center
http://www.drawingcenter.org/
The Drawing Center, based in New York, hosts exhibitions of emerging and
established artists' drawings and runs an extensive education and events
programme. The website has an archive of the Center’s activities and is a useful
starting point for those interested in contemporary drawing.
Tracey: Contemporary Drawing Research
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/tracey/
Tracey is a forum for people to engage in discussion of contemporary drawing
practice. Alongside text and articles, it provides an online gallery.

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INSTALLATION
Dia Art Foundation
http://www.diacenter.org/
Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organisation, based in New York. Its
collection, illustrated here, includes important installation, site-specific and land
art by artists including Robert Smithson, Walter De Maria, Dan Flavin and
Donald Judd.

PAINTING
Royal Academy of Arts
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA), founded in
1768, is the oldest fine arts institution in Britain.
Its website includes current and past exhibitions,
including numerous landmark painting exhibitions.

PERFORMANCE ART
Museum staff look up at a projection of
Live Art Directory: Online Research Resource Michelangelo’s ‘Creation of Adam’ at the
http://www.liveartdirectory.org.uk/ ‘Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the
Master Exhibition’ at The British Museum
The Live Art Directory is split into four sections: on March 20, 2006 in London, England.
artists, venues, informative bodies (including Copyright: Getty Images, available from
the Education Image Gallery.
funders) and critical texts and resources.

The Live Art Archives

http://art.ntu.ac.uk/liveart/
Live Art Archive holds searchable information about performance art in the UK
from 1960 to the present day. There is a discussion list with an archive, a
bibliography and links to live art venues, courses, events, and practitioners.

PHOTOGRAPHY
Source
http://www.source.ie/
The website of the contemporary photography magazine, Source. Free full-text
articles and enlargeable images are included, from its launch in 2002.

A History of Photography: From its Beginnings till the 1920s

http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/index.html
Covering the first eighty years of the history of photography, this website has an
A–Z list of significant people and sections on processes, styles and movements.

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PUBLIC ART
Artangel
http://www.artangel.org.uk/
Artangel commissions new works in public and social
spaces by contemporary artists and its website includes a
comprehensive archive of its projects to date.

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association

http://www.pmsa.org.uk/
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA)
promotes the understanding of public sculpture. Of
http://www.artangel.org.uk/ particular interest is the National Recording Project to
pages/aboutus.htm survey and catalogue every piece of public sculpture in the
British Isles.

PRINTMAKING
V&A: Collections: Prints & Books
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/index.html
This website draws together the varied collections of books and prints at the
Victoria and Albert Museum, covering fine art and commercial prints from the
Renaissance to the present.

What is a Print?
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/whatisaprint/
This Flash-based resource uses animation to explain woodcutting, etching,
lithography and screen-printing. There is a detailed glossary of printmaking
terms and a bibliography covering history and practice.

SCULPTURE
The Henry Moore Foundation
http://www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk/
The Henry Moore Foundation works to promote sculpture, and as well as an
online archive of images of Moore’s work, this website provides resources for
study and research into sculpture, including information about the Foundation’s
activities, grants, libraries and archives, and research.

V&A: Collections: Sculpture

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/sculpture/index.html
Relevant to both the study of sculpture as object and to its display, the V&A’s
sculpture website features its collection, including its Cast Court and notable
individual works.

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SOUND ART
Sonic Arts Network
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org/
Sonic Arts Network (SAN) is a worldwide events, education and information
resource supporting creative work in sonic art, and links to SARA, the Sonic Arts
Research Archive.

VIDEO ART
British Artists' Film & Video Study Collection at Central Saint Martins
College of Art
http://www.studycollection.org.uk/
The British artists' film and video study records the history of experimental film
and video in Britain. Its website includes: a searchable database of information
about British artists' film and video; an online version of the video library
catalogue; bibliographies; research papers; online exhibitions and projects,
exhibitions and conference listings.
Luxonline
http://www.luxonline.org.uk/
Luxonline contains a searchable archive of works by film and video artists,
including synopses, biographies, stills and streamed clips. There are features on
film and video art and its history, a glossary of terms, links to Web and print
resources and step-by-step guides to techniques and processes.

Images and image banks

Art and Architecture
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/
Art and Architecture (A&A) is a searchable resource of
paintings, drawings, architectural images and sculpture
from the Courtauld Institute of Art’s Conway and Witt
photographic libraries.
Education Image Gallery
http://www.edina.ac.uk/eig/
The Education Image Gallery provides access to a
collection of images, dating from the 19th century,
which are copyright-cleared and available for free use
in learning, teaching and research. Institutional
subscription and ATHENS login required. http://www.artandarchitecture.
org.uk/

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TASI: Technical Advisory Service for Images

http://www.tasi.ac.uk/
The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI)
provides advice and support to the UK academic
community on the digital creation, storage and delivery of
image-related data. Information is also provided on
existing digital image resources and on finding digital
images.

The Bridgeman Art Library

http://www.tasi.ac.uk/ http://www.bridgeman.co.uk/
The website of the Bridgeman Art Library, London,
provides a large source of art images for publication,
including a browsable selection of paintings.

Corbis
http://www.corbis.com/
The Corbis website, one of the biggest commercial stock image services,
contains images covering a wide subject area, including both rights-managed
and royalty-free images.

Museums and galleries

National Portrait Gallery [London]
http://www.npg.org.uk/
The website of the National Portrait Gallery in London provides access to a
database of images from the Gallery's collection and details of exhibitions,
lectures, events, and educational programmes are also provided.

Tate Online
http://www.tate.org.uk/home/default.htm
The Tate houses the national collections of British art and international modern
art. Its website features details of the collection, a comprehensive A–Z artist
listing, 8,000 images, and details of current exhibitions.

Museum of Modern Art [New York]

http://www.moma.org/
The Museum of Modern Art in New York is amongst the largest Modern art
museums in the world. Its website provides information about the museum’s
collections, services and programmes, and includes an online gallery.

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National Gallery [London]

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
The National Gallery houses the British national collection of Western European
painting, period from 1260–1900. The website provides coverage of the
collection, with images of many famous paintings, information on current
exhibitions, lectures, new loans and acquisitions.

24 Hour Museum
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/
The 24 Hour Museum promotes UK museums and
galleries. The website provides daily listings of current
events and exhibitions in UK museums.

The Good Gallery Guide

http://www.goodgalleryguide.com/
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk
The Good Gallery Guide is a directory of art galleries /cityheritage/
in England, Scotland and Wales, assessed for their
accessibility, and includes contact details, facilities and
public transport information.

VAGA: Visual Arts & Galleries Association

http://www.vaga.co.uk/
VAGA (Visual Arts and Galleries Association) is a
UK-based membership body for individuals and
institutions concerned with exhibiting contemporary art.
The website contains arts news, a full members list and
facts and figures on attendances, employment,
http://www.goodgalleryguide.com/
economics and attitudes to the visual arts.

News and information

Art Newspaper
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/
The Art Newspaper is a monthly publication providing news coverage of the
international art world, focusing on legal, political and economic issues.

Arts Council England ArtsJobs and ArtsNews Mailing Lists

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/pressnews/mailinglists.php
This website allows subscription to Arts Council England’s news and jobs
email lists.

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Artsjobsonline
http://www.artsjobsonline.com/
Artsjobsonline is a free service advertising the latest arts jobs available
throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, searchable by sector, salary,
function and location.

Arts Advice: Free Course and Career Advice

http://www.artsadvice.com/
Arts Advice is aimed at people working in the creative industries, and offers
advice on jobs within the industry, business guidance and vocational and
academic courses.

a-n: the Artists Information Company

http://www.a-n.co.uk/
Representing professional artists, a-n Magazine’s
online resource contains weekly-updated UK and
international opportunities (including residencies,
commissions, awards and prizes) and interactive
artists’ fees, contracts and professional development
toolkits.

ArtsJournal.com: the Daily Digest of Arts,

Culture & Ideas
http://www.artsjournal.com/
Arts Journal is a weekday digest of arts and culture
taken from over 200 English-language newspapers,
http://www.a-n.co.uk/ magazines and publications.

Arts Hub
http://www.artshub.co.uk/
Arts Hub provides subscription-based arts information including a weekly jobs
bulletin; industry news; company announcements; and details of awards,
commissions and competitions.

Art Design Media Subject Centre: the Higher Education Academy

http://www.brighton.ac.uk/adm-hea/
The Art Design Media (ADM) subject centre promotes high quality learning
and teaching in UK higher education. The website also covers benchmarking,
assessment, eLearning, widening participation and disability. There is a
bibliographic database of pedagogic research in art, and a database of
resource reviews.

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