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How to Look at Great Art -Websites list

Websites from the course book
http://www.abcgallery.com/. Also known as "Olga's Gallery" this user-friendly site has an artist index with biographical overviews and comprehensive lists of works of art, including an image reference, current and past auction information, and current locations.

Almost all large museums and many smaller ones have informative and helpful websites that provide maps and information about collections and exhibitions. Here are a few of the best:

http://www.moma.org/. The official website for the Museum of Museum of Modern Art in New York City which provides
information on its vast collection, current and past exhibitions, and museum activities.
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en. A comprehensive website for those interested in the Louvre collection. There is a helpful search engine, an "Eye-Opening Gallery" that enables web users to take a closer look at select works of art, and a 3-D tour of the Louvre's most popular galleries and exhibits with in-depth histories and visual aids.
http://www.nga.gov/. A thorough guide to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. This website includes an excellent interactive gallery map, highlighting notable works as well as online tours in various media such as paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, and so forth. The gallery's collection is searchable (with images) and contains extensive information on each work of art.
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/. A useful and user-friendly website for the National Gallery, London, which houses a superb collection of western European paintings from the 13th to the 19the centuries. The website features listings
of current and future exhibitions, information about artists and paintings, a glossary of terms, recommendations for visiting the gallery, and much more.

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More UK websites:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art
The national collection of British art from 1500 to today, and international modern and contemporary art:
78,000 Artworks, 4,000 Artists, 22,000 Archive Items.
https://artuk.org
Art UK is a cultural education charity. We enable global audiences to learn about the UK’s national art collection. Our website is the showcase for art in every UK public collection and is a collaboration between over 3,200 British institutions...These artworks are in museums, universities, town halls, hospitals and other civic buildings across the country.
https://artuk.org/visit/region/south-west-england
Visit South West England’s collections and discover artworks on display across the region. The unique light in the South West has brought hundreds of artists to study and live in this area, inspiring an important collection of artworks. The collections in this region also tell a fascinating history, involving mining, fishing and folklore.
https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-museum-and-art-gallery/
French Art, European Old Masters, Old Master Italian and Dutch paintings – prestigious works by Lucas Cranach, Giovanni Bellini, Jacob van Ruisdael and others. British and European Art (The Age of Enlightenment and the Birth of Romanticism)
Paintings from the 18th and early 19th century, featuring work from Philip James de Loutherbourg, Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable. Modern and contemporary art, including Modernist work by Victor Pasmore, abstract painting by Peter Lanyon, Roger Hilton, Howard Hodgkin and Tala Madani, Land art, photography and video. Victorian Art,
featuring highlights from our collections of Victorian and Edwardian eras from the 1840s to the 1920s
https://www.victoriagal.org.uk/
​The Victoria Art Gallery is the public art museum in Bath. It is run by Bath & North East Somerset Council and houses its collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.The building was designed in 1897 by John McKean Brydon, and has been designated as a Grade II listed building...The Gallery was named to celebrate Queen Victoria's sixty years on the throne. It includes over 1,500 decorative arts treasures, including a display of British oil paintings from 17th century to the present day with works by Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Jones Barker and Walter Sickert.
https://www.holburne.org/
The Holburne Museum in Bath is the city's first public art gallery; the Grade I listed building, is home to fine and decorative arts built around the collection of Sir William Holburne. Artists in the collection include Gainsborough, Guardi, Stubbs, Ramsay and Zoffany.