American Memory: By The People, For The People: Posters from the WPA http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
wpaposters/ wpahome.html

From the Library of Congress comes this virtual gallery of more than 900 boldly colored and graphically diverse posters produced under the Work Projects Administration (WPA), a key agency in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Originally commissioned by the WPA to Publicize health and safety programs, cultural and educational programs, and musical performances, the posters were created in various media, including silk screens, lithographs, and wood cuts. This colorful collection can be searched by keyword, subject, or artist. A full description accompanies each poster.

Art History Image Search: University of Wisconsin --Whitewater http://facstaff.uww.edu/henigec/
imagesearch/ new/areas.cfm

A great tool for finding images of the world's great masterpieces, this site was developed by Christopher Henige, art history professor at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. The database of images. which covers Western and non-Western art from ancient through modern times, may be searched by period, medium, country, theme, or artist's name. The images include paintings, sculpture and architecture.

Art History Resources on the Web http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ ARTHLinks.html

This excellent gateway to online art history resources covers most forms and periods of art from around the world. Maintained by Christopher Witcombe, an art history professor at Sweet Briar College near Lynchburg, Virginia, the site features links to images, essays, timelines, maps, and art museums. You also will find special sections devoted to African and Asian art. This student-friendly and well- organized site is amust for those studying art history.

The Artchive
http://www.artchive.com/ ftp_site.htm

This virtual art museum, filled with images of the world's greatest works of art, is the creation of amateur art historian Mark Harden. Supported largely by donations from visitors, the site contains representative examples of not just paintings, but other visual arts, including sculpture and p hotography, as well. This vast database can be browsed by artist name or by school of art, including such styles as Expressionism, Renaissance, Futurism, Cubism, Impressionism, Post- Impressionism, Art Nouveau, Romanticism, Neo-Classical, and Pop Art.

Artcyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com

One of the most comprehensive art resources online, Artcyclopedia is loaded with information about artists, art movements, and art history. Its huge database can be searched by artist's name, nationality, subject matter, or medium. For those unfamiliar with the specialized language of the art world, there's a helpful glossary of common terminology. The content here not only covers painters and paintings, but also encompasses sculpture, photography, and three-dimensional art. Although this site by Web developer and entrepreneur John Maylon is commercial, it's a rich resource not to be missed.

ArtLex: Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com

Created by Michael Delahunt, an art teacher in the Paradise Valley (AZ) Unified School District, ArtLex is an extensive dictionary of visual art, defining more than 3.300 terms with pronunciation guides, diagrams, images, quotations, and links to additional resources. Browse alphabetically to access easy- to-understand definitions, as well as more in-depth articles. The longer articles cover such topics as ceramics, costumes, etching, watercolor, Cubism, Romanticism, and Surrealism. This is an excellent site for students and teachers of art history, as well as artists and art lovers.

DaDa Online
http://www.peak.org/~dadaist/

Computer programmer John Buell created
this celebration of Dadaism in an attempt to inform the world about the often overlooked art movement that first emerged in Zurich, Switzerland, during World War I and lasted less than a decade. Here you will learn about the distinctive qualities of DaDa, as well as the artists identified with the movement, including Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, George Grosz, and Francis Picabia. The site also features representative examples of DaDa art, prose, and poetry.

Early 20th-Century Art http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTH20thcentury .html #Early20century

Part of Chris Witcombe's sweeping Art History Resources on the Web, this gateway site provides links to literally hundreds of online resources covering the art of the early 20th century. Here you will find links to sites covering the principal art movements of the period, the biographies of prominent artists, and art museums. Witcombe is an art history professor at Sweet Briar College.

Explore & Learn
http://www.metmuseum.org/ explore/

New York's celebrated Metropolitan Museum of Art offers students a colorful and interesting way to learn more about the history of art at this site, which provides lesson plans and other educational activities on art throughout history. One of the site's most valuable resources is a timeline of art history, which chronicles the evolution of art from prehistoric times through the end of the 17th century. Other sections of the site cover Artists, Themes and Cultures, and Art in the Classroom.

The Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu

Along with online tours of the Getty collections the education link offers information on class visits to the museum as well as reference materials, lessons and activities.

A History of Photography: From Its Beginnings Till the 1920s http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/

Photography is like painting with light. This text-only site gives you a detailed history of the first six decades of photography. Written by photography expert and enthusiast Robert Leggat, PhD, the site presents photography's history and development, biographies of famous photographers, and details of significant processes and techniques. You'll also find links to more specific biographical and technical information. Because of copyright concerns, no photographs accompany the text.

History of Surrealism http://www.bway.net/~monique/history .htm

Lead by French doctor Andre Breton, the Surrealist movement gained momentum in the early 1020s, developing into two distinct branches: Automatism and< Veristic Surrealism. Although many art historians declared the movement dead by the early 1040s, veristic surrealist painters continue to work in silent seclusion today. this engaging history of Surrealism is the work of art enthusiast Monica Sanchez, who recounts the conflict between supporters of Abstractionism and Surrealism, a battle the latter lost. The site also includes related essays on the Art of Sel f-Discovery and Research of Surrealism.

Kingwood College Library: American
Cultural History: The Twentieth Century http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/ decades.html

A sweeping cultural profile of 20th-century America, this site can be used to track the evolution of art and architecture in the united States during this turbulent period. Developed by Kingwood College Library, the site devotes a separate section to each decade. Within each decade's section, you will find brief overviews of the period's art and architecture, fads and fashion, literature, music, people, and events. This introductory material is supplemented with links to sites with additional information.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/ toah /splash.htm

A creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this overview of art history is beautifully designed. Still a work in progress, the timeline, when we last visited, was complete from 20,000 B.C. to about 1800 A.D. From the timeline on the homepage, select one of the completed time periods to access clearly written articles about art of the period, along with images of representative examples.

National Gallery of Art: Online Tours: In-Depth Studies of Artists and Works of Art
http://www.nga.gov/onlinetours/ webfeatr.htm

From the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., comes this collection of online exhibits exploring various aspects of American and European art. The centerpiece of this site is an exhibit titled "Exploring Themes in American Art," which looks at such themes and subject matter as landscapes, marine settings, abstractions, portraiture, historical subjects, still life, narrative art, and the figure. Other exhibits examine the works of Manet, Sain-Gaudens, Vermeer, Moran. Pollock, and Rothko.

Okanagan University College: Words of Art
http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/ gloshome.html

This comprehensive glossary to fine arts terminology was compiled by the fine arts department at Okanagan University College in British Columbia, Canada. Here you will find terms largely associated with the visual arts -- including painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography -- as well as some terminology unique to drama and literature. Click on a letter of the alphabet on the site's homepage to access a list of all terms beginning with that letter.

A. Pintura: Art Detective
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/

Join A. Pintura, this site's fictional art detective, to learn more about the work of such world-famous artists a Raphael, van Gogh, Titian, Gauguin, Picasso, and Millet. Although it's designed for younger students, this site is an informative and fun way to learn about art history for all ages. Amateur detectives who collaborate with Pintura on his investigation will have to examine two paintings and decide if either of them was executed by one of the great masters. Created by Web developer Educational Web Adventures, the site also explores artists' painting techniques. This site also has teacher resources.

Study Guide: Movements in Twentieth-Century Art Before World War II
http://daphne.palomar.edu/mhudelson/ StudyGuides/20thCentEarly_WA.html

Created by art history professor Mark Hudelson of Palomar College in California, this site provides an excellent introduction to the art movements of the early 20th century and how each influenced the state of art that was to follow. Covered not only are each movement's characteristics and leading practitioners, but also the forces that helped to shape it. Hudelson offers brief profiles of Fauvism, Die Brucke, Deutscher Werkbund, Cubism, Futurism, Orphism, Constructivism, Dada. and others.

WebMuseum, Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/

Undertaken in 1994 as a personal Web project by French art enthusiast Nicholas Pioch, the WebMuseum, Paris, has grown significantly over the past decade, helping to fill what Pioch saw as a lack of art resources on the Internet. This vast online collection features would-famous creations of art from the end of the 13th century through the present. In addition to the general collection. which can be found in the Famous Artworks section, the site also features special exhibitions spotlighting individual artists or schools of art.