Library Guides: Art 200: Art Appreciation: Web Sites

Google

Digital collection of over 1,000 of Vincent Van Gogh's masterpieces with scholarly commentary

Artcyclopedia
Find background info on art movements and artists.
Artstor (public collections only)
Artstor’s public collections offer approximately 2 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials, as well as hundreds of thousands of open access images from partner museums. No login required.
Getty Search Gateway
Search several Getty repositories by resource type (books, paintings, etc.).
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
View a wide variety of art spanning numerous cultures and time periods. Hover over "Works of Art" to select a time period, geographical region, and thematic category.
Paris Musées
Paris Musées, a collection of 14 museums in Paris, have made high-res digital copies of 100,000 artworks freely available to the public on their collections website. Artists with works in the archive include Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso, Cézanne, and thousands of others.
Smarthistory
Select from various cultures and/or time periods.

Google Arts & Culture
Search images of artwork by artist or collection.
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
Search the Library of Congress' digital collection of photographs, fine and popular prints, drawings and more.