Online Resources for Art Research

|| Rochester Resources || Museum Websites || Art Resources || General Reference || Other Libraries ||

Rochester Resources

• Memorial Art Gallery archival images on the New York Heritage website, a searchable database of historic and current images from NY state libraries and historic societies
• Rochester Images Project, a searchable database of historic and current images of Rochester
• Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
• Website (archived on the Internet Archive) describing the history of Shop One, the first artist-owned craft gallery in the country
• Oral History of silversmith Ronald Pearson

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Museum Websites & Resources for Museums

• American Association of Museums
• Art Loss Register
• Art Museum Network
• Canadian Heritage Information Network
• ICOM
• Museum Computer Network
• Museum Employment Resource Center
• Museum Security Network
• World Wide Arts Resources

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Art Resources

|| Auction & Appraisal Information || Art Databases ||Art Libraries || Juried Art Show Listings || Poster/Art Reproduction Sources || Thesauri || Timelines of Art & Art History || Miscellaneous Art Resources ||

Auction & Appraisal Information

• Guide to Appraisal Resources from the Smithsonian Institution
• Appraisers Association of America, Inc.
• AskArt.com
• Christie’s
• Lowes and McCanless Index to Fabergé at Auction
• Maine Antique Digest
• Skinner’s
• Sotheby’s
  

Art Databases

• Archives of American Art
• Catalog of American Engravings
• Catalog of American Portraits
• Inventory of American Paintings & Sculpture
• Lugt’s Marques de Collections (collector’s marks)
• Pre-1877 Art Exhibitions

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Art Libraries

• Arcade: catalog of the Frick Art Reference Library and the libraries of the Brooklyn Museum and The Museum of Modern Art
• Art Institute of Chicago–Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
• Getty Research Institute
• Watson Library-Metropolitan Museum
• National Art Library Catalogues (V&A Museum)
• Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
• Library of Congress
• NY Public Library CATNYP
• International Directory of Art Libraries

Juried Art Show Listings
These sites list juried art shows, with submission deadlines:

• Art Deadlines List
• ArtShow.com Juried Art Shows
• NYFA Current Artist Opportunities

Poster Sources

These sites specialize in vintage posters:

• www.gal-123.com
• www.idesirevintageposters.com
• www.affiche-francaise.com
  
• International Vintage Posters Dealers Association (has links to member
  sites)
• www.vintageposterart.com

Thesauri

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
• GNIS: geographic names information system, digital gazetteer
• LC Authorities
• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: TGM I, Subject Terms
• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: TGM II, Genre and Physical Characteristics
• Union List of Artist Names Browser

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Timelines of Art — Art History

• Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History
• Web Museum, Paris: Timeline

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Miscellaneous Art Resources

• American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
• Archives of American Art (general; to search the database see Art Databases above)
• Art on Film
• ArtSource
• COnservation OnLine
• Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: A Manual
• Preserving my Heritage
• Roland Collection Films & Videos on Art
• Search Oeuvre-Catalogues of Prints by European and American Artists
• What is a Print?

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General Reference

• Bookfinder (search engine for used book dealers)
• Internet Public Library

Other Libraries

• American Memory-Library of Congress
• National Archives research resources

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