World Art History Resources


Note: This is a short list of comprehensive Web resources and museum links about world art history. For additional resources, devoted to specific cultures and periods, please refer to the timelines.

Web Resources

Art History Resources On The Web. Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe
Arts of China Consortium. Nixi Cura, New York University
ArtServe. Michael Greenhalgh, Australian National University
Ceramic History For Potters. Victor Bryant
Diotima. Ross Sciafe
History of Art. Wikipedia
Huntington Archive of Buddhist Art. Ohio State University
The Internet Ancient History sourcebook. Paul Halsall
Lacus Curtius. William P. Thayer
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome. Leo C. Curran, University at Buffalo
Monuments Of Art History. Mike Gunther
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University
The Voice Of The Shuttle. Alan Liu, University of California at Santa Barbara
World Art Treasures. Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation
World Cultures . Richard Hooker, Washington State University
WorldImages. California State University
WWW-VL World History Index. European University Institute

Museum Links

Art Institute of Chicago
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
British Museum
Brooklyn Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
Dumbarton Oaks
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Freer and Sackler Gallery of Art
Getty Museum
Hermitage Museum
Kyoto National Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Louvre
Metropolitan Museum of art

Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Musee d'Orsay
Musee du Quai Branly
Musee Guimet
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC
National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Royal Ontario Museum
Saint Louis Art Museum
Shanghai Museum
Tokyo National Museum
The Vatican Museums
Walters Art Museum

[last updated: May 27, 2013]


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