The Arts

Page Updated December 2024

Art History Resources On The Web Professor Chris Witcombe of the Art department at Sweet Briar College has perhaps the best organized gateway to art history sites on the Web.

Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World  Cleopatra is an interactive guide to the Ancient Art collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. “Stories” accompany the objects, and there are lesson plans for grades 4-12.

Getty Center: Resources for Teachers K-12 teachers can get reference materials, lessons, and activities from the Getty Institute.

Site Officiel du Musée du Louvre At the official web site of the Louvre there are virtual tours of many of the galleries and exhibitions. The site presents a selection of the works of art from each of the seven departments of the museum.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) is America’s first federal art collection, dedicated to the art and artists of the United States. More than 7,000 American artists are represented, including major artists such as John Singleton Copley, John Singer Sargent, Georgia O’Keeffe, and others.

Timeline of Art History  The Met's Timeline of Art History  pairs essays and works of art with chronologies and tells the story of art and global culture through the collection.

Web Gallery of Art  The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and search-able database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods (1100-1850), currently containing over 15,400 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, and guided tours are available.