LibGuides: Art Subject Guide: Online Resources

Online Tools, Books, and Publications

Digital Scriptorium
Digital Scriptorium is a free online catalog of pre-modern manuscripts. Included in the Digital Scriptorium catalog are illuminated manuscripts and other examples of art in early book culture.
Getty Publications Virtual Library
Getty offers digital copies of more than 300 of their books, all which you can read and download for free! Topics include painting, conservation, photography, and more!
Google Arts & Culture - Art Camera
Art Camera is a project from Google Arts & Culture that includes high definition photographs of famous artwork and provides interactive stories that guide you through the up-close details you may have otherwise missed. Paintings included in the Art Camera project include Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring," Monet's "The Water-Lilly Pond," and more!
Google Arts & Culture - Street View
Street View, a project of Google Arts & Culture, offers a street view look at landmarks, museums, cultural heritage sites, and more. From your computer or mobile device, explore museums like the Guggenheim or look at street art in New York City. It's your choice!
The Met - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, offered by the Met, provides a number of resources including essays, works of art, and chronologies to explain the history of art.
Smarthistory: The Center for Public Art History
Smarthistory is a not-for-profit organization offering free art history resources for the general public. These resources include guides, essays, and much more.

Educational Videos

Crash Course Art History
This 22 episode course from the free educational YouTube channel, Crash Course, covers Art History topics.

People by the Blue Lake, 1913 | August Macke | National Gallery of Art | Public Domain (Read the NGA Open Access Policy here)

Self-Portrait, Aged 21, 1889 , by Edouard Vuillard. Oil on Canvas

Self-Portrait, Aged 21, 1889 | Edouard Vuillard | National Gallery of Art | Public Domain (Read the NGA Open Access Policy here)

House of Père Lacroix, 1873 by Paul Cézanne,

House of Père Lacroix, 1873 | Paul Cézanne | National Gallery of Art | Public Domain (Read the NGA Open Access Policy)

Art Subject Guide: Online Resources

Online Tools, Books, and Publications

Online Tools, Books, and Publications

Educational Videos

Educational Videos

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