Art Subject Guide: Online Resources

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 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!

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!

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 Internet Archive has a collection of over 200 eBooks from the Guggenheim available for online viewing.

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 is a not-for-profit organization offering free art history resources for the general public. These resources include guides, essays, and much more.

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