Internet Resources for Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The web site for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This site is designed to give visitors an overview of the collections on display in the museum galleries. Students can use the indexes area to browse the online collection either by timeline or by country. The exhibition area summarizes both current and past exhibitions.

Museum of Modern Art(MoMA)

Visit this site to find out more about the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). MoMA owns exceptional groups of works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Miro, Mondrian, Brancusi, and Pollock. Also included are representative drawing, prints, architecture, and photography from the museum's collections.

WebMuseum

The WebMuseum is an excellent site for learning more about art history and viewing hundreds of images of world-famous art works. This web site houses three major exhibitions of art work: Paul Cezanne, Medieval art, and the Famous Paintings Collection. The Famous Paintings exhibition is divided into periods such as the Italian Renaissance (1420-1600) and the Baroque (1600-1790) as well as themes focusing on Pop Art, the art of the Fantastic, and the Age of Machinery. There is an index of artists.

Art Museums on the World Wide Web

An excellent jumping-off point for explorations in art, this page provides links to both U.S. and world museums.