Make an INFORMED decision when choosing your artist - use the links below and fill in the form with THREE choices of artists to research. You will be assigned one of the three, so make sure that you are comfortable with all three! If you have lost the handout, download it from the attachments below.
REQUIREMENTS for choosing an artist to research:
Great General Sites to use
List of Famous Artists by Time Period - from Totally Famous.com
The Art Story - search by the greatest artworks of all time
Another timeline - can work like a flipbook...
Mark Harden’s Artchive – A GREAT interactive Art History site
Art History Resources on the Web – A huge listing by time period
Artcyclopedia is a great site. Search in many ways including: Art by Medium Art by Movement
Artists Index - images and many with biographies
Find an artist by time in history with an easy to use timeline.
Women Artists
Women Artists from Artcylopedia - gives you a list by time period
National Museum of Women in the Arts allows you to search by time period
The Artchive has an extensive list of women artists
Women Artists from the Medieval Period to the Present
African-American Artists
African American Artists on the Internet - From Long Island University scroll down for the list of Individual Artists
Museums in New York City
Whitney Museum Collection Go to the Whitney Museum in NYC - This site shows thumbnails of artwork to find something of interest for you
The Museum of Modern Art in NYC - Search the collection - Click on BROWSE THE ONLINE COLLECTION
Museums in Washington
The National Gallery of Art has a great search engine: look for artist, title or subject
The National Gallery of Art Online Tours - Click on any name to find out about the artist - also a great resource once you are researching
The National Gallery of Art for Teachers and Students - search for resources for your artist
The National Museum of Women in the Arts - Search by time period or for a specific artist
Museum in Rome, Italy
The Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy Visit the Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy – check out the famous Sistine Chapel that Michelangelo painted in four years while lying on his back.
Modern & Contemporary Art
Check out Abstract Sculptors: Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Jean Arp, David Smith, Isamu Noguchi, Alexander Calder, Charles Ginnever, Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Artists.org Modern and Contemporary Art - 20th century artists; styles and images
Art History Resources on the Web - scroll down for 19th and 20th century art resources
American Artists - Comprehensive Listing of American Artists alphabetically from the Incredible Art Dept
Art by Subject - Some of the general sites and museum sites above will also let you search by subject
Landscape Love landscape art? This is a history of landscape images
Sports - Use artcyclopedia.com to check out Edgar Degas, Henri Rousseau, Leroy Neiman
Portraits & Self-Portraits
Eye Contact - an interactive Portrait Exhibition from the National Portrait Galleryl - Good Site!
Are Portraits your thing? This site has a large selection of portraits by various artists
Artlex on Self-Portraits – Self Portraits by artists of all time periods and movements