LION: Resources in Sculpture: Internet Resources

Quick Internet Tips

Marcel Duchamp, The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) French: La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (Le Grand Verre), 1915 to 1923.

Sometimes it's difficult to find information about contemporary artists in traditional library resources. Below are a couple websites that may have information about your artist.

Meta Sites

Artcyclopedia
artnet
The Art Story: Modern Sculpture
Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, “a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world.” This source includes links to artists’ biographies, maps, timelines, thematic essays, specific works of art, art movements and styles, materials and techniques, and a technical glossary.
Mother of All Art & Art History Links
Smarthistory

Image Searching

ARTstor
Great place to view images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences
art:21 blog
Art Images for College Teaching
Free images of art and architectural works in the pubic domain. Includes a textbook concordance to several standard art history textbooks, allowing users to cross-reference AICT images to these books.
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
A wide ranging collection of images, including the arts.
Smithsonian Collection Search
Web Gallery of Art
Free virtual image museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries.

Google Image Search

Google Image Search

Search by image size
Search within a site -- e.g. library site: cornell.edu (domain name)
Search by usage rights (advanced search)

→Life Photo Archive hosted by Google

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive (1860s to today)