• note: most of the links to tools and techniques for photography have been moved to: Photography Resources Page

• California Museum of Photography -pix and techniques with links to other photo sites

• Museum of Photographic Art -exhibitions and collections of contemporary photography from mid-20th century

• The American Museum of Photography -first 75 years of photography exhibit, info on various photo processes, and more

• American Photography -a century of images, history of photography, art, digital, social, cultural, and more

• Picturing the Century -100 years of photography, from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

• Capture the Moment -memorable Pulitzer Prize photographs through the years with information about each photographer

• One Man's Eye - a collection of exceptional photographs taken by famous photographers

• Get the Picture -reviews on 7 great photographers, comments, photographs

• The Wizard of Photography -George Eastman biography, history of photography, people and events

• Kodak Digital Images -good selection of photos from Kodak for downloading

• The History and Practice of the Art of Photography -production of pictures through the agency of light (1849)

• American Handbook of Daguerreotype -early process of the making of daguerreotypes

• Secrets of the Dark Chamber -the art of American daguerreotype

• The Daguerreian Society -history, science, and art of daguerreotype photography, galleries, information, and resources

• History of Photography -from earliest times to the 1920's

• BoxCameras -1880-1930, antique camera, accessories, ads, history, and more

• Masters of Photography -images, biographies, articles, and resources of the world's greatest photographers

• Edward Curtis -1868-1952, famous photographer of 80 different Indian tribes from Mexico to the Arctic

• Frontier Photographer -Edward Curtis, slideshow of his work from the Smithsonian

• Alfred Stieglitz-Photographer -a new perspective, National Gallery of Art, bio, techniques, photos

• Friends of Photography & Ansel Adams Center -exhibits, & more

• Ansel Adams -his photographs, print source (Corbis), and biography

• Ansel Adams-Photographs of Japanese-American Interment at Manzanas -1943 camp in California during WWII

• Henri Cartier-Bresson -biography, collection of photographs

• Edward Weston -photography and modernism, Museum of Fine Arts

• Atget's Paris -photographer Eugene Atget, late 19th and early 20th century photographs

• Richard Avedon -special exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of his most famous portraits

• Darko Bandic-Photographer -his dramatic and beautiful photographs from Bosina, Kosovo, Iraq, and Egypt

• Eadweard Muybridge -photographer, essays, gallery, about the artist

• Time Exposure -William Henry Jackson, 19th century western photographer, biography, photos, and links

• Mathew Brady's National Portrait Gallery -Civil War photographer, biography, making a photograph during Brady's time, technical glossary, and more (1823-1896)

• Taking the Long View -panoramic photographs 1851-1991 from the Library of Congress

• George Eastman House -International Museum of Photography and Film

• PDN Photo Annual 2002 -Photo District News best photography of the year

• Stereoviews of the 19th & 20th Century -old stereo pictures, history, and links

• Black and White Gallery -Black and White photographs with links to other sites

• LensWork -journal of photographic essays and articles on photography and the creative process

• Center for Creative Photography -Exhibit of famous masters of photography

• Leni Riefenstahl -dancer, actor, film-maker, her incredible life

• Earth From Above -artistic aerial photographs with motion and sound

• Galaxy Photography -Impressive photographs of the Galaxy

• OZONE -lots of nice images of sky, textures and other subjects in jpeg and gif format

• Images of the American West -wildlife, wildflowers, and wild places collection of photographs

• Rod's Photo Gallery -large, nice images on many subjects, don't miss his Lighthouse series

• Tibetan Photo Project -collection of photos with historical text, also result of China's occupation of Tibet

• Stained Glass Photography -beautiful examples of stained glass from many artists

• the fine site -net guide and gallery focusing on arts, design and photography

• Timeline of Art History -from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• New Deal for the Arts -1933-1943, government supported arts program project

• SITO -artists on the WEB

• World Arts Resources -links to museums, exhibits, pictures and search feature

• Art Museum Network News -current news and exhibits from major museums around the world

• The Alphabet of Art -objective system for reading and understanding visual design

• Scream Online -magazine for art, photography, and literature

• Artist on Art -writings and interviews from great artists, past and present, on the concept and process of art

• Cellblock Visions -collection if inmate artwork, from county jails to death row

• International Gallery of Children's Art -children's creative spirit from around the world

• The Art of James Bond -from the early 1950's to present, posters, paperbacks, magazines, more

• Aviation Art -a gallery of many aviation artist's works

• A Brush With Wildlife -compose your own painting

• World Printmakers -showcase of contemporary artists, etchings, lithos, screen printing, history, techniques, articles, dictionary of terms, interviews, and much more

• Silverpoint Drawing -ancestor of the modern pencil, medium also known as 'Metal Point'

• Cut and Paste -history of photomontage, 1920 to present

• Art for the Parks -paintings selected by the National Park Academy of the Arts for a touring art show

• Art Without Artifice -the truth about famous paintings, and the styles of these painters and schools of thought

• Color, Contrast & Dimension in New Design -explores color and its affect on us

• Color Theory -theories of color, light, photochemical processes, from basic to scientific

• Color Perception -what is color, how color expresses our thoughts and feelings

• Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World -parodies on da Vinci's famous painting

• Accent on Images -special collection of illustrated books

• What Is A Print? -woodcut, etching, lithography, screenprint explained, glossary of terms

• The Cloisters -art and architecture of Medieval Europe, Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

• Celtic Art and Culture -images, designs, timeline, more

• Himalayan Art -exhibit of works, books, links

• Fine Art in Hungary -large exhibit with biographies of artists

• The Ricksha Art of Bangladesh -images and the artists of this highly decorative art of 3-wheeled street cycles, Bengali music

• Crackerpacks -many kinds of firecracker package labels

• National Museum of African Art -Smithsonian exhibit

• Afghan Women's Crafts -women refugees living in Pakistan selling their work to generate income

• Surrounded by Beauty -Native American art collection

• Room with a View -beautiful fractal art and poetry (don't miss this one!)

• All-Wright Site -the guide to Frank Loyd Wright sites on the Web

• Architecture Through the Ages -explore the world of ancient architecture

• Prairie Styles -architects, artisans, and styles of the Prairie School of Architecture, including Frank Lloyd Wright

• Crystal Palace -3D tour of this magnificent building errected in Hyde Park for the 'Great Exhibition' of 1851

• Googie Architecture -what it is, history, pictures, 1950's & 1960's

• Great Buildings -architecture around the world, architects, models, images, and more

• Images of Women in Ancient Art -issues of interpretation and identity

• The Quest for Immortality -Treasures of ancient Egypt exhibit, National Gallery of Art

• The Getty Center -art, architecture, museum, devoted to the visual arts and humanities

• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden -Smithsonian's museum of modern and contemporary art

• A New Deal for the Arts -1933-1943, Federal Government sponsored programs for the arts

• Scribblaphy -the craft of calligraphy, examples, guide, links, and more

• Vellum Gallery -calligraphy, illumination and lettering arts. Techniques, exhibits and links

• Folk Art in Bottles -the history of building miniatures in bottles

• SandWorld -the art of sand sculpting

• American Gourd Society -examples of the art of gourd decoration with techniques and tips

• Stencil Archives - stencil graffiti around the world

• The Art of Hand Paper Making -history, materials, and tools

• Navajo Rugs -introduction to various styles and images of different patterns, the weavers and more

• Imperial Earth -impressive space art with links to space related sites

• Fischer West Gallery -an excellent digital art gallery with free backgrounds

• George Washington -explores the last painting of our first President

• They Drew Fire -combat artists of WWII, their stories and art

• Labor Art -exhibit of the cultural and artistic history of the labor movement of working class people

• Graffiti Archaeology -artists' work from around the world, spraycan anatomy, more

• World Wide Art -directory of many current fine artist's works displayed online.

• Museum Stuff -1,000's of online museums, virtual exhibits, links, and much more

• Memory Palace -audio-visual web documentary on art and culture at the end of the 20th Century

• NextMonet -a place to learn about and purchase original contemporary art

• Henri Matisse & the Fauves -online tour of paintings at the National Gallery of Art

• Matisse Picasso -comparison of their styles of work

• Making Sense of Marcel Duchamp -his life and art

• ArtLex -lexicon of visual art terminology

• The Poster Gallery - many fine art posters online

• Art Journal -daily digest of arts and cultural journalism

• AskArt -artists bluebook, 23,000 American artists. valuations and appraisals, auction records, images, biographies, and more

• Art.com -huge selection of art/photography prints, posters, and frames

• A Century of Drawing -from Degas to LeWitt, National Gallery of Art exhibit

• Ethnographica -fine African art, oriental carpets, and museums

• Kachinas -online collection, Hopi kachinas and culture information about the symbolism and meaning of the dolls

• Professional Cartoonist Index -political cartoons from the best

• Ephemera Now -50's & 60's American ads and illustrations, good site!

• Artchive -over 2,000 images from more than 200 artists, and more

• The Art Renewal Center -beautiful paintings by some lesser known master artists

• American Masters -outstanding people in the arts, examines the lives, works, and creative process of our most creative cultural artists

• Early American Paintings -collection of works from 20 artists, with biographies

• Greatest Painters -reviews, articles and images of each artist

• Greek Art and Archaelogy -resources to Greek sites, and other ancient world informational sites

• The Russian Avant-Garde Book -1910-1934, Museum of Modern Art exhibit

• The Adoration of the Magi -multimedia presentation of the 1445 Italian painting by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi

• Van Gogh and Gauguin -the relationship between two Impressionistic painters

• First Impressionist Exhibit - 1874 -Renoir, Monet, Pissarro, Degas and more, with reviews

• Atelier Cezanne -Paul Cezanne's life, studio, paintings

• The Impressionists -exploring impressionism and the artists

• Claude Monet -overview of his life, galleries of paintings, links

• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec -the bohemian artist of the Moulin Rouge 1864-1901

• Norman Rockwell Museum -biography and art

• John James Audubon -complete collection of his printed works

• Maxfield Parrish -a collection of his art work

• Women Artist of the American West -contributions women have made to art and history of the American West

• Amadeo Modigliani -1884-1920, biography and images of his artwork

• M.C. Escher -official website, 1898-1972, biography of this graphic artist, images of his work

• M.C. Escher Optical Illusions -Escher art, optical illusions, tessellation backgrounds

• Escher and the Droste Effect -mathematical structure behind M. C. Escher's 'Print Gallery'

• The Posters of Toulouse-Lautrec -famous lithographic posters, Paris and printmaking

• Picasso's Secret Guernica -discussion on his masterpiece 'Guernica', visions of the 2nd WW

• Studio of the South -Van Gogh and Gaugin, images

• Vincent van Gogh Information Gallery -paintings, bio, letters, and more

• Vincent van Gogh -his paintings, life, memoirs, and letters

• Van Gogh at Etten -early life in a small village located in southern Netherlands where he started his career as an artist

• Picasso's Unknown Masterpiece -devoted to the authentication of a perviously unknown Picasso, symbolism, interpretations, and more

• Alexander Calder -the artist and his works

• Salvador Dali -the Dali estate and museum website

• Virtual Dali -multimedia presentation about Salvador Dali, bio, gallery, photos and more

• Andy Warhol at the Tate -impressive exhibit of 398 pieces of his work

• Mary Cassett -National Gallery of Art, online exhibit

• Arms and Armor -from 400BC to the 19th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art

• The Getty-Explore Art -paintings, photographs, manuscripts and much more (54,000 pages of art and documents)

• Kyoto National Museum -Japanese art Treasures

• Anchorage Museum of History and Art -exhibits of fine art and photography of Alaska

• Philadelphia Museum of Art -permanent exhibits, special shows

• Hunter Museum of American Art -collection from colonial to present day

• Butler Institute of American Art -large online collection

• Museum of Contemporary Art -exhibits, permanent collection, send a postcard, San Diego, CA

• Treasures To Go -Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Tour, over 500 paintings and sculptures touring America

• Smithsonian American Art Museum -online exhibits and collections

• Leaves of Gold -illuminated manuscripts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, images, glossary, more

• Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper -history, restoration, short biography, more

• Leonardo -Leonardo DaVinci Museum of Science

• Leonardo da Vinci -sketches of a Renaissance Man

• American Visionaries: Thomas Moran -Yellowstone National Park Museum, watercolors, also William Henry Jackson photographs

• Diego Rivera Web Museum -good selection of paintings from this famous Mexican painter

• National Museum of Saudi Arabia -exhibits, archaeology, inscriptions in stone, more

• Rijksmuseum -Amsterdam, 200 years of Dutch mastery

• National Museum of Wildlife Art -Jackson Hole, Wyoming, photos of the exhibits

• J. Paul Getty Museum -homepage

• Baltimore Museum of Art -exibits with images

• National Gallery of Art -collections, exhibits, search, and more

• OCAIW -art images on the web, painting, architecture, photography, sculpture

• Featured Artists -large collection of paintings by the masters, from A-Z

• All About Art -billed as the largest online art posters and print store, 11,000+ images, searchable

• Art Crimes -graffiti around the world...images, interviews and shows

• FAMSF -Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, imagebase of 60,000 works of art

• Metropolitan Museum of Art -exhibits, selections from the permanent collection, over 3,500 images

• Tate Gallery -national collections of British art and international modern art

• The National Gallery - London -Western European paintings from 1260-1900 AD

• National Museum of Women in the Arts -works by women of all periods and nationalities

• Women Artists Through Time -300 important women artists, medieval to modern, images

• World of Frida Kahlo -famous Mexican painter and cult figure

• Sistine Chapel -tour of the many paintings on the walls and ceiling

• Musei Vaticani -art and artifacts from the Vatican Museums

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