Art and Art History
Get connected with art resources at Delta College Library!
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- Research Help and Tutorials PageVisit our research help and tutorials page where you will find How-To Videos and Interactive Learning Tutorials that will teach you about many research topics, as well as Delta Library Resources.
Finding Web Resources
Use the links below to access recommended art sources available on the web. Many of these resources are in the public domain or free for students to use with attribution.
Remember, it is your responsibility to determine if these resources may be ethically and legally used.
Juan Gris (Spanish, Madrid 1887-1927 Boulogne-sur-Seine). Violin and Playing Cards on a Table. 1913. Artstor, library.artstor.org/asset/SS7731421_7731421_11265778
- Access CeramicsGrowing collection of contemporary ceramics images by recognized artists.
- ArtStor (Public Collections Only)ArtStor’s ever-growing public collections offer approximately 1.3 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from library special collections, faculty research, and partner museums. Anyone may view and download these collections; no subscription or login required
- ArtsyArtsy is a platform for collecting and discovering art. Artsy contains a growing database of 1,000,000 works of art, architecture, and design and includes the largest online database of contemporary art.
- Guggenheim eBooks from the Internet ArchiveThe Internet Archive provides access to these eBooks from the Guggenheim.
- Guggenheim Online ResourcesView the Guggenheim's online collection or even take a virtual tour of the museum.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art HistoryThe Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History pairs essays and works of art with chronologies that tell the story of art through the Met's collection.
- Metropolitan Musuem of ArtCovers 5000 years of art from across the globe and includes more than 400.000 high resolution images of public domain works.
- Mother of All Art and Art History LinksThis extensive set of art links is developed and maintained by the University of Michigan School of Art and Design.
- Museum of Arts and DesignMAD collects, displays, and interprets objects documenting contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design.
- Museum of Modern ArtMoMA shares great modern and contemporary art. More than 86,000 works are currently available online.
- SmarthistorySmarthistory’s free, award-winning digital content unlocks the expertise of hundreds of leading scholars, making the history of art accessible and engaging to more people, in more places.
- Smithsonian American Art MuseumSAAM museum is home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art in the world.
- Tate CollectionTate holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art.
- Whitney Museum of American ArtExplore the Whitney's collection of over 25,000 works created by American artists during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.