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Mother of All Art and Art History Links Pages: The most comprehensive of all the meta-sites on art history, this page contains links to art history departments, Materials for research, images and Online collections, art museums, information on religion, references to texts and links to library's with art history links pages.
ATLA Cooperative Digital Materials Initiative - includes digital images of woodcuts, photographs, slides, papyri, coins, maps, and manuscripts. Phase Two of this project will provide digital access to early manuscripts and publications, Thanksgiving Day sermons, shape-note tune books, coins, scarab seals, oil lamps, papyri, scenes from the Holy Land, church sites in Italy and France, and portraits of church leaders. These images support teaching and research in the areas of biblical studies, church history, hymnology, and denominational history.
The Artchive: Contains biographies of artists as well images of the artists' works. There are also virtual exhibits set up to view.
Women Artists in History: Presents information on women artists throughout the centuries. Links to information on women artists such as Hildegard von Bingen, Marietta Robusti Tintoretto, Lavinia Fontana, Maria Cosway, Kate Elizabeth Bunce, Bessie Pease Gutmann, Marie Spartali Stillman, Margaret Preston, and Laura Wheeler Waring. Links to other Materials on women artists in history.
Vatican Museums: This site includes a virtual online tour of the Vatican Museums as well as 3 online collections of selected works.
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Check out our local art museum on line. For more information on everything in the world of art, see their resource center.