Virdla.com - Web Directory

Online community and resource guide for the artists and art periods of the past.

Masterpieces of Mexican Art from the XIX and XX Centuries from private collections.

Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century.

The Art Cellar Exchange's alterego, Arty, looks back at some of the most significant art work produced in modern history and their impact on life today and in the coming millennium.

A record by Craig Eliason of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies, arranged by period.

Explores the history of art with information about artists, styles, and periods. Includes resources and reference materials about art history, searchable database, and forums.

The Art Browser divides categories of resources by time period and their movements.

Offers an introduction to visual art history. Famous artist's galleries and biographies, movements, major museums.

Exhibtion of miniature portraits from XVIII - XX century, information about artists and sitters.

Reference material in art, art history, art criticism, aesthetics, and art education. Definitions of thousands of terms, illustrations, quotations, and links to other resources.

Virtual art gallery displaying paintings and poetry from art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries with an emphasis on displaying works of art by artists who have been forgotten or neglected in recent years.

Internet-based art museum experience, includes specialized exhibitions with emphasis on background information not normally available to the public.

Exploring the aural aura of masterworks as found in the sounds in the immediate locations of highly regarded paintings, sculptures, and other artworks.

Broad gallery that includes biographies and images for hundreds of well-known American, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Japanese artists.

Examples illustrating the development of Christian art, from the Christian Traveler's Guides.

The Internet stepping stone for all those interested in Old Master prints and drawings: publications, events, links to the world's main print rooms, and the periodical Delineavit et Sculpsit.

Quick reference for all periods in the art history, images and links.

Dances of Death in Lübeck, Tallinn, Berlin and Denmark. Pictures, books and primary sources. Several books are reproduced.

An art archive with thousands of images that are accessed through an alphabetical list of artist's names and art styles. Covers every style of art from ancient and African to impressionist and modern.

Collection of authentic danced masks from Mexico and Guatemala with discussions and comments on the art of collecting and other curious observations. Antique masks, patination techniques, insect infestation, techniques of collecting.

A site exploring the enduring fascination of the Mona Lisa, including history, parodies, homages and comments from site visitors.

Information and photographs of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. There are biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information.

Orazio Centaro's site. Includes a long alphabetical listing of artists and includes links to images that reside on both the OCAIW site and other artist sites on the Web.

This newsletter lists grants, fellowships, internships, conferences, publication and study abroad opportunities for graduate students in art history and closely related areas.

From PBS - Sister Wendy Beckett, nun and art commentator, takes viewers on a tour through six of America's greatest art museums.