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Contemporary Art Resources

Tate Modern Gallery
Great source for images, curatorial commentary, and interviews with contemporary artists that have shown there.
Gagosian Gallery
Gagosian galleries has a world-wide presence. This is an excellent source for images, curators' exhibition commentary, and interviews with contemporary artists.

Street art and graffiti
Resources for online study compiled by Michael DeNotto

European Art and Architecture Resources

These websites focus primarily on European traditions

Caves of Lascaux virtual tour
To see high-quality images, from the Menu icon on the top right of the page, choose Médias & Ressources
Louvre
The Collections database consists of entries for more than 480,000 works in the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix. Updated on a daily basis, it is the result of the continuous research and documentation efforts carried out by teams of experts from both museums.
British Museum
This is the landing page for exploring the online galleries of the British Museum. It is a resource for Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and African antiquities as well as Britain. Also a collection of Russian icons. Tip: Use the Online Research catalogs, linked here.
Gothic Cathedrals: Mapping Gothic France
Mapping Gothic France offers high-quality panorama and detail photographs of the exteriors and interiors of gothic cathedrals in France and England, plus location and context details. From Columbia University
Renaissance and Medieval Manuscripts, New York Public Library
New York Public Library Digital Collections: From the digital collections main page, type this collection name in the search box
Museum of Russian Icons
located outside Boston MA is dedicated to icon scholarship. From the home page, click on Exhibits & Collections, choose Permanent Collection to search for images. Under Icon Studies find their scholarly journal and other resources.
Sistine Chapel Virtual Tour
Be sure to click Allow Flash Player, on college computers click Download first to open this dialog box

World Art and Architecture Resources

These websites have a focus outside of Europe

UNESCO World Heritage Center Site List
Enter the site name in the search box to find video tours, still images, and background information on Angkor, Great Zimbabwe, the Parthenon, and others
Art Atlas from Columbia University
Offers high-quality panorama and detail photographs of the exteriors and interiors of world cultural heritage buildings, dating from ancient times to modern; in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
National Museum of China
Under the Collections tab, find digitized images of collection samples, from antiquity to the present, with catalog descriptions and contextual information in English
National Museum of the American Indian
Digital images of objects from the cultures of North, Central, and South America
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Use the search box to find important illustrated manuscripts from Europe (ex. Horae) and Asia (ex. Book of Genji) plus important photographic works, posters, and more

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