art throughout history

The following resources will help you in your exploration of works of art that best depict historical periods.

General Art	Art Encyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ The Artchive: http://www.artchive.com/ Artcyclopedia: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ Internet Public Library Directory - Fine Arts: www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum20.00.00/ Princeton Online - Incredible Art Department: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/ A World History of Art: http://www.all-art.org/contents.html WWW Virtual Library - The Arts: http://vlib.org/Art
Ancient Greece	Ancient Art and Architecture - Ancient Greece Images: Geometric and Orientalizing Periods Archaic Architecture & Architectural Sculpture Classical Architecture & Architectural Sculpture Late Classical and Hellenistic Architecture & Architectural Sculpture Greek Figure Sculpture Ancient Greece: http://www.ancientgreece.com/ Ancient Greece: http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/ancient/anc_greek.htm Art History Resources on the Web - Ancient Greece: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHgreece.html The Art of the Greeks: http://www.all-art.org/history52.html MET - Timeline of Art History - Ancient Greece: www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/04/eusb/ht04eusb.htm
Ancient Rome	Ancient Art and Architecture - Ancient Rome Images: ROMAN ART: Architecture of the Republic & Early Empire ROMAN ART: Architecture of the Later Empire ROMAN ART: Roman Figure Sculpture ROMAN ART: Mural Painting and Decor Art History Resources on the Web - Roman Art: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrome.html MET - Italian Peninsula (1-500 AD): www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/05/eust/ht05eust.htm Roman Art and Architecture: http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556319/Roman_Art_and_Architecture.html Roman Empire Art: http://www.all-art.org/history100.html
The Renaissance	Art History - Renaissance Images: NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE: Quattrocento ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE: High Renaissance and Cinquecento ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE: Quattrocento ITALIAN SCULPTURE: High Renaissance and Cinquecento SPANISH RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE Art History Resources on the Web - Renaissance Art in Italy: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceitaly.html Early Renaissance: www.huntfor.com/arthistory/renaissance/earlyrenaiss.htm High Renaissance: www.huntfor.com/arthistory/renaissance/highren.htm MET - Timeline of Art History - Renaissance Europe : http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_reneuper.htm Renaissance Art Map: www.all-art.org/history214_contents_Renaissance.html
Romanticism	Art History - 18th and 19th Century Images: LATE 17TH &18th CENTURY ARCHITECTURE 18th CENTURY SCULPTURE Art History Resources on the Web - Renaissance Art in Europe: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceeurope.html Dictionary of the History of Ideas: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv4-26 MET - Timeline of Art History - Romanticism: www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/HD/roma/hd_roma.htm Romanticism: www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/romanticism.htm Romanticism History Archive: www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/romanticism/arthistory_romanticism.html
20th Century Totalitarians	Examples of Stalinist Posters and Political Art: http://web.archive.org/web/20030416194744/http:/www.stanford.edu/~ gfreidin/courses/147/propart/propart.htm Nazi and Soviet Art: http://www.goodart.org/artofnz.htm Social Realism vs. Socialist Realism: www.huntfor.com/arthistory/C20th/socrealism.htm Socialist Realism: www.marxists.org/subject/art/visual_arts/painting/exhibits/socialist-realism.htm Soviet Poster Art: http://members.telering.at/pat/poster1.htm A Stalinist Dream of Art: http://web.archive.org/web/20021215203648/http:/art-bin.com/art/asovietarteng.html TOT - Degenerate Art: http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/socrealism/tot/index.html Virtual Museum of Political Art - Totalitarian Art: http://members.telering.at/pat/tot.htm
Contemporary Architecture	AIA The America Institute of Architects: http://aia.org/ Architectural Record: http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0412_5_CAP.asp Architecture Week: http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0627/design_3-1.html The Pritzker Architectural Prize Winners 1979-2005 (select architect - click on Photos of Lauriat's Work) : http://www.pritzkerprize.com/full_new_site/alphabetical.htm Yahoo News - Warhol Work Sets Record: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070517/ap_en_ot/art_auction
Contemporary Art Museums & Galleries	Irvine Contemporary Gallery (select artists to view examples of their work): http://irvinecontemporary.com/index.php Museum of Contemporary Art: http://www.mcachicago.org/ Museum of Contemporary Art (Lost Angeles) : http://www.moca.org/index.php Museum of Contemporary Art (Massachusetts): http://www.massmoca.org/ Museum of Modern Art: New York: http://www.moma.org/ National Gallery of Art - Teaching Art Since 1950: http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/pdf/artsince1950.pdf

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