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This category is for sites dedicated to artists who have Art Historical importance.

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Resources in This Category

• ARC International - The Art Renewal Center

  http://www.artrenewal.org/
  Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.

• Artble

  http://www.artble.com/
  Encyclopedia webpage featuring biographies, styles, artworks and critical receptions regarding worldwide famous artists.

• Artquizz

  http://quizzart.free.fr/
  Test your knowledge of all periods of Art, painters and painting with quizzes, games and puzzles. Site aimed for all levels of knowledge, including children pages. Visitors are invited to participate in the making of new pages, in English and in French.

• AskART.com Artist Reference

  http://askart.com/AskART/index.aspx
  Information on American and international artists including bodies of work, valuation and appraisal techniques, auction records, publications, and artists representatives as well as biographies, literature and museum information for American painters and sculptors.

• Distinguished Artists Series

  http://www.tfaoi.com/distingu/alvarez.htm
  Distinguished artists, including an alphabetical index of over 2,000 deceased American artists, as provided by Traditional Fine Arts Online organization.

• Giorgio Vasari - The Lives of the Artists

  http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/giorgio.vasari/
  An illustrated companion to Vasari's Lives, with associated text.

• Loggia: Artists

  http://www.loggia.com/art/artists/index.html
  'Artists at a Glance' features a select group of some of the most important artists who have shaped the history of art.

• Olga's Gallery

  http://www.abcgallery.com/
  Large collection of images of the works of many artists, with biographies and historical comments. Sorted by alphabet, topic, movement, and nationality/country. Offers a newsletter, and archives are available.

• Tate Collection

  http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/
  Features comprehensive art collections found through artists’ names and work titles. In addition, provides highlights, news and exhibitions.

• The Athenaeum

  http://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/list.php
  Displays over 3,000 artists listed by name, in ascending order showing their artworks in high detail images.

• The National Gallery

  http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/
  Presents a wide list in alphabetic order providing biographies and images of their artwork. Includes historical background information on each artwork.

• The Smart-Ass Guide to Art

  http://www.incompetech.com/art/
  Offers humorous biographical notes on artists such as Giotto, Artemisia Gentileschi, Franz Hals, Picasso.

• United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art

  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CDOC-107sdoc11/content-detail.html
  Senate document detailing the portraits and sculptures in the United States Senate.

• Web Gallery of Art

  http://www.wga.hu/
  A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1200-1700), currently containing over 6,500 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries, and guided tours.

• WetCanvas: Virtual Museum

  http://www.wetcanvas.com/Museum/
  A true virtual museum, complete with images, stories, and biographical notes on the great masters.

• Women Artists in History

  http://www.wendy.com/women/artists.html
  Showcase of women artists down through the centuries.

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