Guide to Research Online

Seeking Particular Information In A Specialized Area

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FOR EXAMPLE:

1. Examples of red-figure pottery painting in Classical Athens
2. Photographs of the American Civil War
3. The Pre-Raphaelities and Victorian taste
4. Cave paintings at Lascaux

Numerous Web sites focus on a particular subject or area.

Classical pottery, for example, can be researched through The Perseus Project

Photographs of the American Civil War can be found at Selected Civil War Photographs

The Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian taste can be explored at The Arts in Victorian Britain

The cave paintings at Lascaux can be examined at The Cave of Lascaux

These and other specialized Web sites can be found listed in:

Art History Resources on the Web

Prehistoric Art

Ancient Art
Art of the Middle Ages
Renaissance Art
Baroque Art
18th-Century Art
19th-Century Art
20th-Century Art 
Non-European Art

See also:

Prints & Photography Research Resources in Art History

Specialized information can also found at museum Web sites. Many museums now maintain Web sites, such as the following:

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA

National Gallery, London, England

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany )

Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

National Museum , Kyoto, Japan

For additional museum Web sites, see:Museums & Galleries