Art & design
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Key links
Oxford Art Online [24/7]
Comprehensive art resource from Oxford University Press, comprising the full text of The Dictionary of Art, with 45,000 articles and over 40,000 links to images from museums around the world. [Can't get in?]
Search online reference books on art from:
Know UK, CredoReference and Oxford Reference Online [24/7]
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Art & design at Westminster Reference Library
Details of the collections held by Westminster Reference Library, with links to other art & design information sources in London.
National Art Library
Major art reference library site, including access to the library catalogue.
Art & design homework? See Webtastic!
Museums & galleries
Culture24
Search for UK museums & galleries by area or collection type. Also includes information about current events and exhibitions. There are City Heritage Guides to 10 cities, including London.
MuseumNet
A guide to museums and galleries in the UK. Good for finding smaller, specialist museums that are not listed in 24 Hour Museum.
Links to major museums & galleries in London
Fine art
Burlington Magazine Index [IHS]
The journal covers Fine Art and Decorative Arts and is stored in Westminster Reference Library (from 1903 to present). This index is accessible in all Westminster Libraries and goes from 1903 to 1987.
londonart
"Shopwindow" for commercial art galleries, including works for sale in a wide range of media.
Artists Information Company
Website of a-n magazine. Practical advice and information for artists.
Artcyclopedia
Database of thousands of artists and artworks, searchable by name, movement, medium, subject, gender or nationality.
Art Sales Index
Get an idea of how much that painting in your attic might be worth with this database of prices, which includes small pictures of the work in question. Also listed are prices of sculptures, miniatures and prints.
Intute
Contains useful links on a variety or topics in its Creative Arts section.
Your Paintings - from the BBC
This project aims to display all publicly owned paintings on the internet via this site. So far it has between 60 and 70 thousand but it intends to display 200,000. It also has information about the pictures such as their locations, who painted them and more...
Photography
Masters of Photography
Basic information about key photographers, from Abbott through Kertesz to Winogrand, with images and further links.
Flickr
With Flickr you able to post your pictures for viewing by your friends, or indeed a wider audience. You can also search and browse through the thousands of pictures others have posted.
A History of Photography from its beginning till the 1920s
People & processes in the early days.
PhotoGraphicLibraries
Gateway to photographic & related resources, including agencies and archives.
Moving Image Gateway
Gateway to websites that relate to moving images and sound.
photoLondon
Highlights the large collections of London photos in libraries, museums and archives (including Westminster Archives).
Design
PP International Directory of Design
Truly international directory of design in the very broadest sense, including organisations, educational institutions and events.
Collectables
Postal Heritage
Find exhibitions, events and information about stamps of the past and why not visit the British Library's collection and exhibition?
Architecture
Open City
Open City is the new name for Open House which celebrates some of London's most significant architecture by opening buildings to the public (the annual event still retains its identity). Open House London website
Architecture.com
Site from the Royal Institute of British Architects which includes access to the library catalogue.
Images of England
Images of the listed buildings of England. Aims to eventually be comprehensive (ie: nearly 400,000 buildings), but even now covers several thousand.
Great Buildings
Gateway to architecture and architects around the world, with lots of pictures.
Fashion
Fashion Era
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See also:
Stage and Screen
For performing arts
News and Magazines
For articles and news stories past and present
Biogrphy
For biographies of British artists in particular.
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