Internet Resources
The Stout Reference Library has compiled this directory of art resources available online. The directory is divided into general subject areas. Click on the directory link to access subject resources. Note that some of these resources require passwords available to patrons using Stout Reference Library computers only. Also note that many of these resources are external to the museum and the Stout Reference Library is not responsible for their content.
Internet art resources directory
Choose a link from the list below to see the appropriate resources.
Art Dictionaries
Artcyclopedia - Great art online, from over 8,000 famous painters, sculptors and photographers, at art museum sites & image archives worldwide
ArtLex - Definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art, visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references
Grove Dictionary of Art - Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians -
The Dictionary of Art Historians - A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art
Art Fairs, Exhibitions, and Events
AAF Contemporary Art Fair (New York)
International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair
Art Styles, Periods and Regions
Artist Information
Art in Context - Information about artists and where to find their work
Askart.com - Extensive information about North American artists. Entries include auction price records and images. Password required to view the auction records; use at the Stout Library only.
Clara: Database on Women Artists - Clara is an interactive database containing authoritative information on 18,000 women visual artists of all time periods and nationalities from the materials in the National Museum of Women in the Arts Archives.
Contemporary Artists Index - Indexes more than 20,000 artists whose work appear in group exhibition catalogs added to the Gund Library at the Cleveland Institute of Arts.
Grove Dictionary of Art - Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
Minnesota artists and organizations
The-artists.org - Short biographies of 20th century visual artists
Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
Women Artists Archives National Directory (WAAND) - The Women Artists Archives National Directory is designed to become an innovative web directory to U.S. archival collections holding primary source materials by and about women visual artists active in the U.S. since 1945.
Auction Houses, Price Indexes and Appraisers
Careers in the Visual Arts
Conservation
AATA= Abstracts of International Conservation Literature
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia - CAMEO is a searchable encyclopedia developed at the Conservation and Collections Management Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Conservation Information Network (BCIN)
Conservation Online (CoOL) - Resources for conservation professionals.
Getty Conservation Research Resources
Journal of Conservation & Museum Studies
Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP) - RAP provides information and resources on preservation and conservation for cultural institutions and the public throughout the United States.
E-journals
Grants and Foundations
Images
Archives of American Art - Digital collections of the Smithsonian Institution.
ArtResource - A digital library containing over 100,000 keyword-searchable images.
CAMIO - OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world, from prehistoric to contemporary times, and covering the complete range of expressive forms. PASSWORD REQUIRED; USE AT STOUT LIBRARY ONLY
CGFA - Virtual art museum searchable by artist's name, nationality or time frame.
Grove Art Image Collections - Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
NYPL Digital Gallery - NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
The Artchive - Click on the Mona Lisa icon to access alphabetical listing of artists and periods.
Visual Materials (VM) Section of the Society of American Archivists
Web Gallery of Art - Reproductions of European art created between 1200 and 1700.
Indexes and Databases
Artfact - Auction catalog records worldwide from more than 500 auction houses for fine and decorative arts.
ArtIndex - Search for citations to art literature and criticism published from 1929 to the present. Covers all periods of art from pre-historic to contemporary. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
Artnet - Artnet's Fine Art Auctions Database provides auction sales records from over 600 auction houses since 1989. Other services include Artnet magazine, the insider's daily guide to the art market, and an online gallery directory. Password required to use the auction database; use at the Stout Library only.
Artprice.com - Worldwide auction sales records. Includes paintings, drawings, prints, posters, and sculptures. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
Arttrak.com - The Art Trak Auction Database is the only Tribal art resource that is searchable for objects sold at auction between 1980 and the present. You can search for your object on tribe, category, auction house, sale, origin, date, sold amount, collection history, and research data. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
AskArt.com - Extensive information about North American artists. Entries include auction price records and images. Password required to view the auction records; use at the Stout Library only.
BHA=Bibliography of the History of Art - Indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 4,300 periodicals. 1973 to the present. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
Fritz Lugt's Repertoire Online - Lugt's Repertoire is one of the most widely consulted art historical reference works and lists more than 100,000 art sales catalogues of the period 1600 to 1925 from libraries in Europe and the USA. Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
Grove Dictionary of Art - Password required; use at the Stout Library only.
Librarians' Index to the Internet: Arts & Humanities
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index - The Art Exhibition Catalog Index has descriptive information on nearly 136,494 art works shown in over 1,057 exhibitions held in this country and Canada up through 1876 (the Centennial year). Includes American and European artists and includes all media of art works - painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, etc.
Union List of Artists Names (ULAN)
Worldcat - Access to over 1 billion records in thousands of libraries worldwide.
Indiana Arts Organizations
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
Indianapolis Regional Center Plan 2020
Landscape Architecture & Eco Art
ArchNet - ArchNet is an exciting project being developed at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning in close cooperation with, and with the full support of The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture is a private, non-denominational, international development agency with programmes dedicated to the improvement of built environments in societies where Muslims have a significant presence.
CATENA - Digital Archive of Historic Gardens + Landscapes
Ecovention: Current Art to transform Ecologies
Library of American Landscape History
Therapeutic Landscapes Database - This database is a web site that provides information to the public about restorative landscapes, therapeutic gardens, healing gardens, wellness gardens, and other topics related to research-based healthcare design.
Library Catalogs
Museums
Provenance
Interpol: Stolen Works of Art - Lists information regarding more than 15,000 notices of stolen works of art from the organization’s 178 member states. All categories of fine and decorative arts are included.
Lost Art Internet Database - German government's site with information regarding how individuals can register World War II losses.
Project for the Documentation of Wartime Cultural Losses
Timelines in Art History
Timeline in Art History - Timeline of the history of art written by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
