Lafayette College Library

Index of international English-language art journals and museum publications.

Index of journal articles, books, dissertations, exhibition catalogs, and exhibition reviews. Covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art (late 19th century to the present).

Index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Allows you to search for a topic, an author, or for articles that cite a known author or work. (Another interface for Arts & Humanities Search, covering articles published from 1980 to the present, is available via FirstSearch. Note that cited reference searching is more difficult with this interface.)

Searchable image collection covering the visual arts, including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, and decorative arts. Includes access to the Archivision collections and Lafayette's own collection of images.

Index of articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present.

Database of images of fine and decorative art from museums around the world.

Collection of databases, including Iter Bibliography, a bibliography and index of articles, books, essays, and book reviews on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Includes coverage of art and literature.

Searchable archive of the back issues of major scholarly journals. The most recent 3-5 years of most journals are not included in JSTOR.

Collection of dictionaries and other reference works on art and architecture from Oxford University Press.

The Getty Institute's searchable vocabulary of terms for describing objects, textural materials, images, architecture, and material culture from antiquity to the present.

Survey of art history web sites arranged by time period and country or region, with most continents represented. Museum and research resources are also included.

From Louise Blouin Media online, this site offers up-to-date market data, events listings, and artist pages. Search the lots at auction by artist's name, medium, artwork title, price, and/or sale information.

Collection of measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories of historic structures and sites in the United States dating from the 17th through the 20th century. Draws from the collection of the Historic American Building Survey and the Historic American Engineering Survey from 1933 to the present.

Collection of over 10,000 digitized images of buildings and cities throughout the world. Search by building name, city, country or other keyword. Provided by the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections project.

Online catalog of the Museum of Modern Art Library, Archives, and Study Centers. A good source for locating bibliographic information on exhibition catalogs.

Fashion plates from 1806-1914, originally published in some of the leading French and English fashion journals of the day. Publications include: La Belle Assemblee, Le Bon Ton, Le Follet, Journal Des Dames et Des Modes, and Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine. Provided by the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections project.

An easy way to locate images of well-known works of art. Search by name of the artwork, artist, or theme. Searches captions, adjacent text and other descriptive elements. Result screen displays thumbnail images. Clicking on an image brings up a split frame with the image on top and the source web page below.

Visual archive for cultural expressions of loss reflecting the major conflicts or tragedies of the 20th century. Topics include: Apartheid in South Africa, Cambodian Killing Fields, the Holocaust, Latin American Repression, Middle East Conflict, the Spanish Civil War, World War I, and World War II. An extensive filmography is also included.

Scholarly, annotated guide includes useful sections on Image Collections and Online Art, Research Resources, and Textual and Linguistic Resources. Affiliated with the Department of the History of Art at the University of Michigan.

The Metropolitan Museum's chronological guide to the history of art spanning prehistory to the present, illustrated with pieces from its collections. Searchable, with thematic and geographic indexes.

Scholarly encyclopedia covering ancient Egyptian history and culture. Still a work in progress.

View the Vatican's extensive collection, which includes: Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, Raphael's rooms, and the Gregorian Etruscan and Egyptian Museums. The Online Tours are never crowded.

Up-to-date, international directory of museum weblinks. Arranged geographically; keyword searchable. Lists are available by name, state, or type of institution in the USA.

Contains over 20,000 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1100 and 1850. Includes brief biographies of significant artists and commentary on selected artworks. Searchable by criteria such as period, school, form, type and location.