Guides: ARTH 436 Modern Art and the Experience of Modernity, 1880s-1950s: Other Resources

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Grove Encyclopedia of American Art (GEAA) This link opens in a new window
GEAA deals with all aspects of American art and architecture from Native American art to Colonial art to contemporary American art. There are articles on all subject areas in American fine art including: biographies of major artists, architects and patrons, architecture, painting, new media, photography, sculpture, installation art, performance art, new media art, art education, and more.
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts This link opens in a new window
Entries covering thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures including the qualities and historical uses of materials and definitions on art forms and styles.
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques This link opens in a new window
Historical and current uses of materials and techniques in a wide range of areas from painting and sculpture to non-traditional media such as digital and video art.
Coverage includes materials in art practice (e.g. ink, enamel, digital materials); materials in conservation (e.g. adhesives); classes of artifacts (e.g. wallpaper, mosaic, ceramic); techniques and methods (e.g. book binding, gilding, printing, weaving), terms (e.g. rustication), tools (e.g. easel, laser), theory (e.g. technical examination, conservation controversies), fakes & forgeries, and conservation theorists and practitioners.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - The Metopolitan Museum of Art
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museum's collection. It is authored by The Met’s experts, and comprises 300 chronologies and close to 1,000 essays and more than 7,000 works of art.
Rebels : Painters and Poets of the 1950s
This is the web site of a 1996 exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Mother of All Art and Art History Links Page
Maintained by the M school of art and design (University of Michigan)
Art History Resources on the Web
Maintained by Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe, Barton-Laing Professor in Art History, Sweet Briar College - online since 1995

IFAR: International Foundation for Art Research
A nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to integrity in the visual arts. IFAR offers impartial and authoritative information on authenticity, ownership, theft, and other artistic, legal, and ethical issues concerning art objects.
Getty Vocabularies
contain structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts and other material culture, archival materials, visual surrogates, and bibliographic materials.