The Belle Époque
http://www.sdmart.org/lautrec/belle_epoque.html
A brief overview of the era from the San Diego Museum of Art.
Art Nouveau
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/artn/hd_artn.htm
A brief overview of the era from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Art Nouveau 1890-1914
http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/exhibit_intro.shtm
An introduction to the era from the National Gallery of Art.
Art Nouveau Poster
http://www.postershow.com/art_nouveau_poster/poster_history.htm
History of the golden age of the poster.
The European Belle Époque
http://www.la-belle-epoque.de/beintroe.htm
Information about the Belle
Époque compiled by an amateur historian.
The First Impressionist
Exhibition
http://www.artchive.com/74nadar.htm
See the images and read the critics' responses to the first
Impressionist Exhibition in 1874 by Renoir, Monet, Pissarro,
Morisot, Degas, Sisley, Boudin, and Cezanne.
French Painting of the 19th
Century
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/french19.shtm
Information on the period's artists and styles
from the National Gallery of Art.
Impressionism in Art
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv2-63
A detailed analysis of Impressionism from the Dictionary
of the History of Ideas.
Q Design
http://www.qdesign.co.nz/designhist_artnou.html
Description of the importance of decoration on industrial
design.
Artchive
http://artchive.com/ftp_site.htm
Index of artists and artistic movements.
Artcyclopedia
http://artcyclopedia.com/
Database of more than 7,500 artists.
Art Images
for College Teaching (AICT)
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/
Royalty free images available for the educational community.
Art
History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks5.html#19century
Links to key figures and movements in 19th century
art.
ARTLEX-
Visual Arts Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com/
Definitions
of more than 3,500 art terms along with numerous illustrations.
Art
Renewal Center
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/contents.asp
Images, biographical facts, and information about the
teachers, students, and influences of the world's greatest
artists.
CGFA
http://www.sai.msu.su/cjackson/index.html
Search for artists by name or era.
Digital Archive of Art
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/
Online images from Boston College.
Discover
France
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Art/DF_art.shtml
Scroll down to the Art Links section to pick artists or periods.
Guggenheim
Museum
http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/index.html
Works and biographies reflecting the museum's collection.
Hermitage
Museum
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/browse.mac/category?selLang=English
Search the Digital Collection's virtual gallery of
high-resolution images.
Louvre
http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=crt_frm_rs&langue=fr&initCritere=true
Use the Atlas database to search the 30,000 works in the
museum’s collection.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection.asp?HomePageLink=permanentcollection_l
Search the museum’s permanent collection.
Musee
d'Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/espace-professionnels/professionals/researchers/rech-rec-art-home/home.html
A list of the museum's collection highlights by artist, with
descriptions in French.
National
Gallery
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/collection/default.htm
Use the Collection Explorer to search London's National
Gallery.
Olga’s
Gallery
http://www.abcgallery.com/
Find artists by name or movement.
Orazio
Centaro’s Art Images on the Web
http://www.ocaiw.com/index.php?lang=en
Catalogue of great masters’ works with links to images and
biographies.
Timeline
of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the
history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially
by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
WebMuseum Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/
Alphabetical index of artists, with biographies and images.
