Resources for Homeschoolers
Art Galleries Online
OCAIW: Orazio Centaro's Art Images on the Web
Billing itself as the most complete catalogue of art images on the web, this megasite includes architecture, photography, and sculpture as well as painting.
Carol Gerten's Fine Art: A Virtual Art Museum
One of the most extensive and easily navigated cyber-galleries; search by artist name, nationality, or time frame. Brief biographical sketches are included for featured artists.
Over 4500 works by 350 different artists are included here, and are catalogued chronologically as well as alphabetically. Images are excellent quality and fast-loading.
Browse or search 5000 artists' names to find accessible art resources on the web; hyperlinks will take you to all of the sites featuring these works. A database will also find other artists sharing the same nationality or artistic movement.
Over 3500 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculpture, with commentary and biographical information. Browse or use a search facility to locate works, or take a guided tour.
More than 2000 works by 200 artists, plus online exhibitions, criticism and reviews, and more.
A web gallery of over 10,000 works of art, fully indexed and searchable by artist's name.
Many images are available to download or print; this site also includes online in-depth studies of selected artists and their works, a search engine, and a link to the gallery shop.
National Museum of American Art
Over 3000 works online, browsable by artist name, by sub-categories, or by online exhibit. The Study Center includes an online reference desk, American Art Magazine online, and access to SIRIS for online research as well.
A selection of images with extensive annotations on the paintings, the artists, and the schools of art that they represent. Access works by artist, by school, or by period. Special exhibits include the works of Cezanne and Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
This is a huge imagebase, including 70,000 works by 15,000 artists. The various collections are summarized, and images are accessed by search engine using keywords, artist's name, country, or period.
La Musee du Louvre provides selected images from its collections online, grouped by country and period.
A site devoted to the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh.
A Digital Archive of Architecture
An online archive of images from the Boston College Fine Arts Department, with a quick index and search engine.
Forty impressionist paintings with accompanying musical selections offer a mini-experience in art appreciation (some nudes included).
