ART

 

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE

The following database can be accessed from within the school or from any computer with Internet access.

To use this database from outside CCHS, you will need a username and password.

 Stop by the library anytime to pick up a bookmark listing all the databases and the necessary information for accessing them.

 

ART

 

OXFORD ART ONLINE

 

Over 45,000 articles covering every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day.

 

 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

 

Artlex Dictionary of Visual Terms

            Definitions of more than 3,100 terms and words used in the art world, along with numerous illustrations and links.

 

Artcyclopedia

            Offers a comprehensive index of every artist represented at hundreds of museum sites.  Search or browse by movement, medium, name of artist, nationality, etc.

 

Artchive

            Scans of over 2,000 works by over 200 artists as well as art reviews, online exhibitions, art criticism, verbal and visual commentary articles.   Click on “The Archives” on left for alphabetical listing of artists and art movements.

 

CGFA Sunsite

            Hundreds of paintings indexed by artist and nationality.

 

Chris Witcombe’s Art History Resources on the Web

            A collection of links to art history resources on the Internet.

 

Metropolitan Museum of Art

            An extensive site featuring highlights of the Met’s collections.  Searchable by artist, title of work, national origin, time period and keywords.

 

Museum of Modern Art

            Selections from the museum’s vast collection.  Choose “site overview” at the bottom of the home page for an index of artists featured.

 

National Gallery of Art

            Images of more than 5,000 objects in the National Gallery’s collection are searchable by artist, subject, school, style, date of creation and medium.

 

Web Gallery of Art

            A searchable database of European painting and sculpture containing over 18,400 reproductions as well as picture commentaries and artist biographies.