Art: Subject Guide

Art Resources

General Art Museum Websites 

• The Art Institute of Chicago
• Louvre Museum
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• J. Paul Getty Museum
• National Gallery of Art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Online Collections 
• Tate Collection 
• The New Museum 

Modern Art

• Museum of Modern Art Online Learning 
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Contemporary Art

• Guggenheim Museum – Online Collections 
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Portraiture

• The National Portrait Gallery

Craft and Folk Art

• Museum of Art & Design

American Art

• Smithsonian Museum of American Art 
• Whitney Museum of American Art Online Collections

Ceramics

• Access Ceramics

Art History

• Art History Guide
• Mother of All Art and Art History Links
• Archives of American Art
• Art History Research Centre
• Art History Resources on the Web
• Web Gallery of Art: European Art from 1100 - 1850
• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

Nevada Specific Websites

• Nevada Division of Museums & History
• Nevada Museum of Art

Related Topics

You can find more information in these guides about related subjects:

• World History
• American History
• Anthropology

Library Shelf Locations

• N - Art
• N40 - Artists
• NA - Architecture
• NB - Sculpture
• NC - Drawing, Design, & Illustration
• ND - Painting
• NE - Print Media
• NK - Decorative Arts
• NX - Arts in General
• TR - Photography
• TT - Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts

Collection Highlights

Click through to see some of the art books at the library.

WNC Links

• Find Academic Coaching help with Art
• Log into the Library Catalog 
• Full Research Guide list
• Library Homepage
• WNC Homepage

 

Professional Associations

American Watercolor Society
The American Watercolor Society is a nonprofit membership organization that began in 1866 to promote the art of watercolor painting in America.

Society of Illustrators
Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators is the oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of illustration in America. Notable Society members have been N.C. Wyeth, Rube Goldberg, and Norman Rockwell, among many others.

Association for Art History
Based in the U.K., the Association for Art History seeks to promote the value of art history and visual culture through advocacy, events, networks, membership, grants and publications.

Visual Resources Association
The Visual Resources Association is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of image management within the educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments.