Art: Art History

This guide offers the top recommended resources for Art, Art History, and Design.

Art History Databases

Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
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18th century English-language publications in the humanities, arts, and sciences

Facsimile Finder
Free Public Online Database
A comprehensive catalog of fine facsimile editions, created with librarians in mind. A super-fast search engine that delivers descriptions, photos and prices in just a few clicks. Search, compare and find the best facsimiles at the best prices.

Index of Medieval Art This link opens in a new window
Information on photographic reproductions of Christian art from early apostolic times through A.D. 1400.

ULAN- Union List of Artist Names
Free Public Online Database
The standard thesaurus of artists' names, based upon the several operating programs of the Getty Information Institute (formerly the Art History Information Program). Increasingly used in cataloging art objects, image collections, etc. Useful to the scholar for tracing variant forms of artists' names.

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UW Library Archives

Archive Grid: Over four million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more.

International Foundation for Art Research: Two electronic resources, a database of published catalogues raisonnés and one of cataloges in preparation.
Women Artists Archive: An innovative web directory to U.S. archival collections of primary source materials by and about women visual artists active in the U.S. since 1945.
Universes in Universe: World Art Visual arts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America within the context of international art processes.
The Internet Archive: A non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 419 billion archived web pages.
Getty Research Portal: an online search platform providing global access to digitized art history texts in the public domain.
Museum of Modern Art Exhibition History: Exhibitions from its founding in 1929 to the present are available online. These pages are updated continually.