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Web Gallery of Art

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the 12th-18th centuries. The Fine Arts Museums and the Churches sections introduce the major museums and some of the great churches owning the original artworks the reproductions of which are presented in the Gallery. A Glossary section contains five independent glossaries focusing respectively on art terms and historic events, art centres of the Italian Renaissance, famous families of the Italian Renaissance, illustrious people related to the Renaissance, and popes in the 12th-18th centuries.

Other galeries include:

Illuminated Manuscripts

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s):
Art & Architecture
Publicly Available Resources

Related DatabasesOn-Site Access Only
Art Full Text
Art Index Retrospective
Artfact
Catalog of Art Museum Images Online
Oxford Art Online

Related Links
Artcyclopedia: the Fine Arts Search Engine
TASI Digital Image Archives ** http://www.tasi.ac.uk/imagesites/images.html **
VADS ** http://www.vads.ac.uk/ **
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Other Related Links:
Museumland Portal to Worldwide Museums and Cultural Heritage
World Wide Arts Resources

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