Art Searches
Diane Jacobson
May 23, 2000

Steps in Finding and Using Art for Classes or Presentations

1. Search for image in one of four ways:
A. Through image search on a search engine.
B. Through visiting an art site and searching that site.
C. Through a normal text search for a related site
and seeing what images are available at that site.
D. Use your own slides.

2. Once you have found an image you might want to use:
A. Left click any picture to get to its original site (if in a search engine).
B. Left click picture until you get to the largest available representation.
C. Right click and “save image as…” whatever you wish to title it
in whatever file folder you wish to place it.
D. This picture is now available to insert in Word or Power Point
by clicking “Insert”, then “picture”, then “from file.”

Best Search Engine for Pictures

» Alta Vista -- http://www.altavista.com/
When you get to the site, click on Images tab. Type a search word. Any number of pictures will appear. Follow steps listed above.

» Yahoo -- http://gallery.yahoo.com/
At main Yahoo site, select “more” under search options. Then get to the picture gallery and begin the search.

» Ixquick -- http://ixquick.com/
A meta-search engine. At site, choose pictures and then begin search.

Other search engines for images include: The Amazing Picture Machine, AMICO Thumbnail Catalog, Corbis, Ditto, FtpFind, HotBot, HotBot SuperSearch, iAtlas, Metasearch, Lycos RichMedia Search, MSN Search Advanced Search, Savvy Search, Scour.Net, Snap Picture Finder, Snap Power Search, and Yahoo! News Image Gallery. This list is found on University at Albany Libraries Internet Tutorial, a fabulous place to learn anything you wish to know about the internet, how it works, and what the best sites are. http://library.albany.edu/internet/

Best Sites (discovered to date)

1. Sites with lots of pictures and effective search engines:

» Art.com Prints and Poster Gallery. Has search engine.
http://art.com/

» Art Magick. a virtual museum displaying paintings and poetry from art movements of the 19th/20th centuries (eg Symbolist, Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelite, Gothick/Romantic).
Has search engine. http://www.artmagick.com/

» Barewalls.com. The Internet’s Largest Art Print and Poster Store. Has search engine.
http://www.barewalls.com/

» Corbis. The Place For Pictures on the Internet. Has search engine. http://www.corbis.com/

» Web Gallery of Art. The Web Gallery of Art is 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. (use frame version).
Has search engine. http://www.wga.hu/

2. Museum Sites:

» Art Link Page (from New Ikon) Links to great museums around the world
http://www.newikon.com/art_link_frame_page.htm

» 4Museums.com An amazing site that will get you into the web pages of numerous museums including: American museums such as Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of African Art, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Phoenix Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Salvador Dali Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, National Museum of American Art, Guggenheim Museums, Corcoran Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Whitney Museum of Art, High Museum of Art, The Andy Warhol Museum, Norman Rockwell Museum. And International Museums such as Museo del Prado, The Louvre, Musei Vatican, Moscow Kremlin Museum, Van Gogh Museum, Musee Rodin, Galleria degli Uffizi, The British Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Musee d' Orsay, and Musee National Picasso.
http://www.wolist.com/wo/reference/museums/directories-26359/

» MuseumNetwork.com Another amazing site that gives information and access to over 33,000 museums worldwide. http://www.museumnetwork.com

» Metropolitan Art Museum. Has search engine.
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search.asp

» National Gallery of Art. Has search engine.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm

» Smithsonian American Art Museum. Has search engine.
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/browse.html

3. Other Interesting Sites:

» Anno Domini: Jesus Through the Centuries – Exploring the Heart of Two Millenia.
Great Pictures of Jesus clustered around certain themes.
http://susan.chin.gc.ca/Exhibitions/Annodomini/introduction-en.html
http://susan.chin.gc.ca/Exhibitions/Annodomini/entrance-en.html

» Jesus Christ-Images, Art and Photographs
Private collection of over 500 Images of Jesus. Has limited search engine.
http://www.clark.net/pub/webbge/jesus.htm (broken link?)

» Jim's Fine Art Collection. Private collection of quality scans of works from a wide array of painters and sculptors, from Europe to the Americas, and from Africa to Australia and Asia. Included are works from pre-historic cave paintings to contemporary artists. Must search by artist’s name, nation, or place of birth. http://www.spectrumvoice.com/art/index.html (broken link?)

» Bible Images. African American Diaspora
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/tdsand/Christ/BibleImages.html

» New Ikon
fabulous information about and pictures of icons as well as the best arts links page (see Arts.link) http://www.newikon.com/

» Omnilist of Christian Art
a general evaluation of arts link with a Christian connection.
http://www.arthursfamily.com/omnilist/

» Ricks, Davis a private, thorough list of art works
http://www.ricks.edu/Ricks/Employee/DavisR/Art/ (broken link?)

» WebMuseum. http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/ (broken link?)
Famous Painting Exhibition. Search by artist only.

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