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Arts / Architecture

• Architecture
• Ancient art
• Art reference & technique
• Arts organizations
• General art history & images

• Museums & exhibitions
• Photography
• Costume
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Art Abstracts

Art Index Retrospective

Corbis Images

Grove Art Online

Humanities Abstracts

Readers' Guide Retrospective

Architecture

American Institute of Architects

http://www.aia.org/

AIA's site provides a wealth of information for anyone interested in the field of Architecture. Find guidance in education, building trends, specific design information such as design for the aging, historic preservation, conferences and much more.

Architectural Heritage Center

http://architecturalheritagecenter.org/

Discover Portland's architectural traditions and the Bosco-Milligan Foundation. Many resources for the preservationist.

Building Products and Materials by Sweets Network

http://products.construction.com

Links to companies, and address/phone numbers to others not on the Web, for all types of building materials including windows, doors, masonry, electrical, and sitework. Photographs and drawings of products are often available. Search by keyword, company, etc.

A Digital Archive of American Architecture

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/

A huge visual archive of buildings, arranged by century and building type.

The Great Buildings Collection

http://www.greatbuildings.com

Features architecture from around the world, including hundreds of architects, 3D models, photographs, architectural drawings, web links and bibliographies.

Investigating Your House's History

http://www.multcolib.org/guides/house/

This guide created by staff at Multnomah County Library will help you research your house, with floor plans, information on historic periods, local maps and much more.

National Register Information System

http://www.nr.nps.gov/

NRIS is a database of information about places listed on or determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

Old-House Journal's 2007 Restoration Directory

http://www.oldhousejournal.com/restoration_directory/rd_home.shtml

Here is the online version of the well known print calalog. Connect to suppliers, products, how-to information, swaps and much more.

Photographs of Pacific Northwest Architecture 1943-1963

http://content.lib.washington.edu/dearmassarweb/

The Phyllis and Robert Massar Photograph Collection from the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection catalogs some of the most outstanding architecture of the region.

Preservation Directory

http://www.preservationdirectory.com/

Preservation Directory calls Portland its home, but features historic preservation, building restoration and other links and listings for the United States and Canada.

ProFile

http://www.firstsourceonl.com/profile/index.asp

Directory of U.S. architecture firms searchable by name, location, key personnel, special focus and services.

Renaissance and Baroque Architecture

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/

Photographs from the University of Virginia School of Architecture provide an overview of European Architecture from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries along with photographs of more recent buildings influenced by the earlier styles.

Ancient art

Egyptian Art and Archaeology

http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/artifact.html

Egyptian artifacts at the University of Memphis.

Perseus Project

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

The Perseus Project is a continually growing digital library of resources for studying the ancient world, having more than 13,000 images of vase paintings, coins, architecture, and site plans.

Art reference & technique

Archivos Virtuales: Papers of Latino and Latin American Artists

http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/guides/site-archivos/

Browse or search the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art for a wealth of information about Latino and Latin American artists. Links to catalog records, transcripts of oral interviews, photographs and correspondance.

Artcyclopedia

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html

Search by artist, movement, title of work, and subjects, among other access points. Also has links to reproductions.

ArtLex

http://www.artlex.com/

An interactive, searchable dictionary of more than 2,800 terms, complete with illustrations and web links.

Art Studio Chalkboard

http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/index.html

Provides information on art technique and theory, including the fundamentals of drawing, perspective, shading, color, and painting.

Arts organizations

NYFA Source

http://www.nyfa.org/nyfa_source.asp?id=47&fid=1

NYFA Source is the most extensive national database of awards, services, and publications for artists in all fields.

Oregon Arts Commission

http://www.oregonartscommission.org/

Information on jobs, organizations, grants and events in Oregon and the Northwest.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art

http://www.pica.org/index_fl.html

PICA defines artistic creativity through exhibitions, performances, artist residencies and educational programs.

Regional Arts & Culture Council

http://www.racc.org/

Information on jobs, organizations, grants and events in the Portland metro area.

General Art history & images

Adflip

http://www.adflip.com/

A great site to find authentic advertisements from the 20th century, vintage images, design layouts - by decade and by subject.

Art History Resources on the Web

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

A mega site, providing links to hundreds of art history related sites.

Artists Index

http://sunsite.unc.edu/cjackson/fineart.htm

An image database listing artists alphabetically, by nationality, or by dates.

AskART

http://www.askart.com/

The world's most comprehensive database about American artists.

The Getty Research Institute

http://www.getty.edu/research/

Part of the Getty site, about the institute, with access to some Getty-sponsored research databases.

HAPAX: French Resources on the Web

http://hapax.be.sbc.edu/home.html

An excellent site for researching French art or architecture, or art of any culture in French musuems. Links to the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay and Columbia University's Amiens Cathedral Web Site.

UKIYO-E: The Pictures of the Floating World

http://www.bahnhof.se/~secutor/ukiyo-e/

Gallery of 19th century Japanese woodblock prints.

Web Museum

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/

Art movements, painting styles, individual artists and more.

Museums & exhibitions

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

http://www.asianart.org/

The Asian Art Museum is the largest museum in the western world devoted to the arts and cultures of Asia.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

http://www.thinker.org/

Web page for the DeYoung and the Legion of Honor museums; database of over 75,000 images.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

http://www.lacma.org/

LACMA's site has images from current exhibitions and the permanent collection.

Louvre Museum

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

A large site having much information and many images from the great museum in Paris.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/

The Met has one of the largest, most comprehensive art collections in the world.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

http://www.moma.org

The Museum of Modern Art, NY, is the world's premiere modern art collection.

National Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

Images of more than 60 of the world's best-known paintings from the National Gallery's collections are found here, along with textual information, and exhibition information.

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

http://www.nga.gov/

Search by specific artist or title, or tour the collection by art medium and school. Information on more than 100,000 art objects in the collection includes images, biographical information and exhibition history.

Portland Art Museum

http://www.pam.org/

Museum hours and membership information; permanent and special exhibits; links to affiliated organizations.

Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)

http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/index.jsp

A monumental site from the major Dutch museum, having more than 6000 pages of text, and 4000 illustrations.

Seattle Art Museum

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/

SAM's special events, lectures, and exhibits are featured.

Van Gogh Museum

http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/

Van Gogh Museum, in Amsterdam, has many of the artist's paintings reproduced, along with letters and other reference material.

Photography

Center for Creative Photography

http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/ccp/ccphome.html

The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona is a huge repository of images. On the site are current exhibitions, images from the permanent collection, and scanned documents and notes by well-known photographers.

Daguerreian Society

http://www.daguerre.org/gallindex.php

The Daguerreian Society is the premiere site for information and images of daguerreotypes, one of the earliest forms of photographs. Historic and contemporary daguerreotypes are included.

Helios: National Museum of American Art Photography Online

http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/

Helios is the Smithsonian American Art Museum online photography collection. Search by photographer or topic from the historic collections; some contemporary photographs and other photography links are also available.

International Center of Photography

http://www.icp.org/

The ICP, in New York City, has a strong exhibition program, and includes online exhibitions of work currently shown.

George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film

http://www.eastmanhouse.org/

George Eastman House in Rochester, New York is one of the most important photography collections in the United States.

Lenswork

http://www.lenswork.com/

Lenswork, a journal of photography published in Portland, has a site having both images and audio files.

Pacific Northwest Photographers Database

http://db.lib.washington.edu/PNWphotographers/

A database of photographers who operated in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska from about 1870 through 1935. Information culled from city directories and vertical files.

University of California, Riverside -- California Museum of Photography

http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/

In addition to images from its current exhibitions and permanent collection, the CMP site has special web projects created by artists.

Costume

The Costume Page

http://members.aol.com/nebula5/costume.html

Index of costume and costuming-related links, including how to make costumes as well as fashion, textile art and costume history.

The Costumer's Manifesto

http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/maincostumesites.htm

Links to major costume sites from the Costumer's Manifesto.