Renaissance Art

Internet Resources

Artists, History, Images, and Museums

Artcyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine
ArtLex Art Dictionary
Artnet
Art History Resources on the Web ~ Search by time period or geographic region.
Art History Periods and Movements ~ Categories from Yahoo Directory
Art Institute of Chicago
Art on the Web
The Guggenheim Museums ~ New York, Bilbao, Venice, Berlin, Las Vegas
Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artists ~ Interactive exhibit from Boston's Museum of Science
The Louvre ~ Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ~ New York
Mother of All Art & Art History Links ~ Mega-site from the University of Michigan. Click Research Resources and Image Collections.
Timeline of Art History ~ from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Uffizi Gallery~ Famous museum in Florence, Italy with a very large collection of Italian Renaissance paintings and sculptures.
Vatican Museums Online ~ Online tours and images of the Sistene Chapel and other famous works in the Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy
Web Gallery of Art ~ "A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 15.400 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures, biographies of artists are available."
WebMuseum Network ~ Click Famous Artworks to search for art by period, movement, or geographic area.

N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center, Park Ridge, IL
Created: 9/19/08 Contact: nmellendorf@maine207.org