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1. Australian Art & Paintings
   The following sites provide information on, and allow you to purchase, art by Australian artists.
• Art Forum
  ‘Chatting about Australian fine art’. Have your say.
• art.net.au
  ‘A showcase for Australian art online and a comprehensive directory of galleries, artists, services and museums in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.’
• Art - RMIT
  ‘This research guide will provide you with starting points for finding information on Fine Art and Visual Arts.’ Some are internal links but many external. Grouped under specific headings. Even includes areas such as industry, statistics and legal information in addition to the purely artistic links.
• Art Search [Australia]
  Artists, galleries and resources. For an international search use Art Search [International].
• Australian Art
  Provides information on the Cultural Gifts Program, where artworks have been donated by individuals and others to galleries and public collections. Graphics and text detail these. Around $270 million worth of gifts have been donated in just on 30 years.
• Australian Art and Artists
  A collection of links to artists, art schools, arts councils, auction houses, contemporary spaces, commercial galleries, museums, organisations, publications and regional galleries.
• Australian Art Review
  ‘A collectable 4-monthly magazine for serious art connoisseurs. It covers the visual arts in Australia and abroad with a particular emphasis on Australia-wide reviews - of exhibitions, publications and events.’
• Australian Women’s Art Register
  ‘An archive and repository of slides, published material and other written sources, both old and new, documenting Australian women artists, their images and their writings. A diverse range of media and art disciplines, including craft, design, photography, installation, are represented in the archive.’
• Dictionary of Australian Artists
  ‘The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online is an open access and dynamic scholarly reference work. You can search 7 143 biographies by over 400 biographers, and watch for 429 new biographies currently in progress. You can discover themes and patterns from 45 years of art scholarship.’
• Internet Resources on Australian Artists
  A collection of links from UniSA Library. It is rerally extensive and what is even better covers all areas of art rather than only painters, e.g. Ceramics, Fibre Arts, Printmaking, Photography, … . The Useful Starters section is a good place to start.
• In the Artist’s Footsteps
  ‘This website is being developed as a site for art lovers and students throughout the world to gain an appreciation of the lives and works of Australian artists and the social environments in which they lived and painted.’
• OZ Creations
  Australian arts and artists. Biographical information on artists with examples of individual’s work. Being developed.
2. General Art Sites & Portals :
• Artcyclopaedia
  5 000+ artists with an emphasis on the classical painters.
• Artwork HQ
  Extensive listing of directories from 1920 Artwork to Zombie Artwork, with each providing a range of annotated links for that topic.
• Art - What’s On
  While slow to load, find information about Australian exhibitions, galleries of works, and information about artists. Worth the wait. Claimed to be Australia’s leading visual arts portal.
• Fine Art - World Wide Arts Resources
  Commercial but also other information of value to those interested in art.
• Getty Museum
  [Art Lesson Plans, All Curricula]
  The Getty Museum provides lesson structure from Expressing Emotions through Art to Language Through Art : An ESL Enrichment Curriculum, and beyond.
  Excellent resource.
• Mother of All Art & Art History Links Page
  Not a great first impression but worth pursuing. Links to art, biographies, artworks, online store.
• new !Olga’s Gallery
  ‘On our pages you will find over 10 000 works of art. We are dedicated to bringing you quality information about artists and their artwork from all around the world.’ Search the Artist Index, Country Index, Movement Index or Name Index. Look at the New Additions, Top 20 or the links to other, related resources.
  Exceptional !
• School Clipart
  Art covering ‘clipart, icons, web graphics, pictures, …’ and all to do with schools. Helpful for creating something educational.
• Sistine Chapel
  Take a virtual tour viewing the majority of Michelangelo’s work.
• Treasures of The Louvre
  The most famous artworks held by The Louvre in Paris.
• MyVirtualGallery
  ‘Create your own ‘exhibition’, using artworks from the Art Gallery’s collection.’ Plenty of assistance is provided.
• Web Gallery of Art
  ‘Is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries … it is intended to be a Free resource of art history primarily for students and teachers.’
• WebMuseum - Famous Artworks Exhibition
  Artist’s index, glossary and themes index. While it provides coverage of Western art it also covers Asian art.
• World Art Treasures
  Slide collection of famous art searchable by artists, period or country/city.
3. Original Art Work Sources :
• Art.com
  Purchase prints and posters from a number of directories and galleries covering specific artists.
• Easyart
• Paintings Direct
  Claimed to be the easiest way to find and buy original paintings.
4. National & Regional Art Sites, Other :
• Art From Greece
  View [and purchase] replicas from Ancient Greece including vases and frescoes.
• Art of Japan, The
  A Thinkquest site. Information on all traditional Japanese Arts using a range of spectacular visual methods. Follow their development through history. Use interactive resources.
• Asian Art
  Essentially an online journal, it covers Asian art, its study and feature exhibitions.
5. Specific Art Sites & Portals :
• Art History :
• Art History Network, Welcome to the
  ‘Your one stop resource for Art History, Archaeology and Architecture resources on the web.’ Information, journals/magazines, virtual tours and more.
• Art History Resources
  History and art. It clarifies culture and beliefs via art covering Prehistoric, Ancient and Middle Ages eras. Also art from world countries/cultures and links to museums and galleries.
• Timeline of Art History
  From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, information about art, artists, movements and more, for the period up to 1800. Samples of work from their collections illustrate each period.
• Art Restoration Technique
  The latest technique, adapted by NASA from space technology, for cleaning artworks effectively. Or, try this site.
• Earth As Art : A Landsat Perspective
  [Library of Congress Exhibition]
  Visual images from NASA and the Landsat satellite. Aesthetically chosen and provide truly ‘artistic’ views of the world.
  Brilliant.
• Faces and Figures in Art
  A Thinkquest site. Follow information as it develops the role of the human figure in art. Information on periods and artists, a gallery with works in different media, plus different interactive resources and activities.
  Presently undergoing maintenance. Check back soon.
• Impressionist Paintings
  Brilliant Impressionist paintings from the Musee D’Orsay in Paris.
• Rock Art
  Covers analysing, dating, the ethnography of world rock art and provides other links.
• Sculptors, A Comprehensive Resource for
  ‘Over 320 pages of resources and tools, and over 12 000 links’. Possibly the best sculpture site on the web. From how to learn sculpting to professional advice and advertisements.
6. Tutorials
   Includes tutorials and other Free lessons in all areas of art. Some sites include tutorials involving ‘nudes’.
• Artgraphica
  While having some commercial content there are Free, specific lessons in the following media - charcoal, pen & ink, oils, acrylics, pencil, watercolour and ‘miscellaneous’. Scroll down the home page to find the listing.
• Art Kids Rule !
  [The Net’s Best Place for Playing, Learning and Creating … ]
  Tutorials are listed under specific topics such as Animation, Ceramics, Photography, Pastels. Each indicates the number of tutorials available in that section.
• Artshow
  Well annotated links to a range of tutorials for all aspects of art.
• Art Tutorials
  One section is unlikely to prove useful but scroll down and there are a range of tutorials for colour pencils, watercolour and general topics.
• Art Tutorials Wiki
  ‘This wiki strives to serve as a central repository for tutorials on all kinds of art, ranging from traditional techniques to digital art. In addition to tutorials custom-created by other users for this site, it also maintains exhaustive link lists for off-site tutorials.’ This is a huge site !
• Drawing Tutorials [1]
  [Learn How to Draw]
  Part of a larger site. The tutorials are grouped under headings and range from General Drawing to Manga and Cartoons.
• Drawing Tutorials [2]
  Tutorials related to human figures. Both general, and very specific, techniques, e.g. hair. More technical in many ways than others listed here.
• HomeSchoolArts
  ‘A Free visual arts lesson site dedicated to teaching the visual arts to all who would be interested.’ Grouped in topic areas.
• Incredible Art Lessons
  Collated by Princeton Online. Lessons are grouped by levels and several other factors.
• Lara Berch
  ‘The tutorials I present here are Free and simple. You do not need to be an artist to achieve the desired effects. Anyone can do it. You just need a little patience and desire to create. My projects will include collages, scrap booking, distressing furniture, finishing custom frames, various painting techniques.’
• Mighty Art Demos and Tutorials
  ‘Offered here are links to a selection of clearly presented art demonstrations and tutorials posted online. There are three ways to find what you are looking for : by art medium, category, or artist’s name.’ Various presentation formats are used for different tutorials.
• Niloufer
  ‘You never stop learning, and this page has tutorials from which even seasoned artists discover something new.’
• Portrait Artist
  ‘This is a portrait art tutorial site, with lessons on sketching and drawing faces, tutorials on digital art, an overview of art and drawing techniques, art supplies, book recommendations, anatomy, and much more.’
• Pottery Tutorial
  [A Beginner’s Guide to The Art of Ceramics]
  ‘The “Pottery Tutorial” is designed for the beginner as a step by step guide to making ceramics. This guide is designed to give you the most basic techniques and some tips. Each Guide has illustrations as well as text to explain each step.’

1. Different Schools of Painting :
• Baroque
• Classicism
• Cubism
• Dada
• Expressionism
• Fauvism
• Gothic
• Impressionism
• Realism
• Renaissance
• Romanticism
• Surrealism
2. General Sites & Portals :
• ArtLex - art dictionary
  ‘You will find definitions for more than 3 200 terms used in visual culture, along with thousands of images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references. To the left, below the INDEX is a list of shortcuts to some of the longer articles … names of artists and titles of works are noted only within articles about terms’.
• Artnet
  Information in sections titled ‘Artists’, ‘Research’, ‘Galleries’, and the ‘Magazine’ section which has news and reviews. You can purchase works here.
• Arts Resources Locator
  Type a city name and you come up with a result based on databases relating to cities from around the world [especially in the US].
• Digital Michelangelo Project, The
  Check his works at this site.
• Inseaweb
  [International Society for Education Through Art]
  Includes international information, projects, documents, publications, research, links [societies, schools of art, …] and more.
• Linkism
  [Art Directory & Artist Resources Online]
  Includes multiple sections, information and listings under the headings ‘Visual Arts & Fine Arts Listings’, ‘Design Arts’, ‘All Arts’ and ‘Linkism Art Directory - Categories of Interest’. The latter includes Contemporary Artists, American Painters, Expressionist Artists and Webmaster Resources Online.
• The Oxford Dixtionary of Art
  Listed alphabetically [more 3 400 entries] with each entry able to be printed, downloaded as a .pdf file, or provided with the correct citation.
• new !WahooArt
  ‘WahooArt is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-20th centuries. The collection has some of the characteristics of a virtual museum.’ Find artworks by galleries [individual artists] or by topics as well as the latest art news.
3. Vincent Van Gogh, the artist :
• Van Gogh and Gauguin
  Explores the relationship between two Impressionist painters. Covers history, lives, techniques, subject matter and friendship. You require Flash to get the most from the site.
• Van Gogh at Etten
  [Sketches and Billboards]
  A Thinkquest site. Concentrates on the artist’s time in Etten and looks at how his paintings were used. Take an art course and use other resources and links.
  Presently undergoing maintenance. Check back soon.
• Van Gogh Gallery, The
  Information and graphics on his works, a biography and links.
• Van Gogh Gallery, The
  Information and graphics on his works, a biography and links.

1. General Sites & Portals :
• Artifaction, Welcome to
  Multiple galleries of virtual art examples.
• ArtsJournal - Virtual Art
  Annotated links to information about virtual art.
• Chemistry in Art
  [A Virtual Exhibition]
  Introductiuon, explanation and work from several artists covering projects, pictures and a biography.
• Database of Virtual Art
  ‘The Database of Virtual Art documents the rapidly evolving field of digital installation art. This complex, research-oriented overview of immersive, interactive, telematic and genetic art has been developed in cooperation with established media artists, researchers and institutions.’
• Graphic & Fractal World
  Various fractal graphic galleries, a link to a forum and discussion pages.
• Museum of Computer Art [MOCA]
  ‘MOCA is host to hundreds of world-class digital artists and thousands of their images, all available for viewing here.’
• Paper Veins Museum of Internet Art
  A digital artist’s meeting place and a gallery.
  Handle With Care.
• Ultimate Flash Face
  Like the police artist kit, but ‘Flash’ allows you to create faces in a ‘flash’. Thousands of combinations to choose from, with all the add-ons.
• Virtual Art
  Links to aspects such as different realities and to a series of virtual artists and their work. Very brief. From wikipedia.
• Virtual Art Room
  ‘This is a not-for-profit website that offers Free resources for art and design teachers or students, mainly at key stages 3 and 4.’