Photography and Photo-Collage Sites:

Jerry Uelsmann (a favorite) The incredibly surrealistic photography of well known artist, Jerry Uelsmann. Also try its affiliated site, Zonezero, which features several other international photographers. Misha Gordin Another of my favorites within the ring...the conceptual photography of Misha Gordin. Excellent, eerie, slightly dark-natured.

	Sharin Kambiz: Photomontage  This is one of my favorite sites by a single contemporary artist, Sharin Kambiz, who creates extraordinary collages, interactive images, and short videos.  You can also download e-cards and a very cool desktop saver with a floating baby. The site requires the Flash plug-in, but is worth downloading if you don't have it. Click images to navigate through the site.
	Griffin and Sabine This is the official site for Nick Bantock's famous series of Griffin and Sabine books, which combined collage artworks and an imaginary correspondence between soul-mates.
	Copy Crime Collage Gallery Very humorous, weird, and amusing collages by Texas iconoclast artist, Valerie Rich.

The Sacred Imagination Artist, Dana Reynolds creates collages which she calls Visual Prayers. Says the artist, "A visual prayer is a collage made with prayerful intention with an attitude of sacredness". She gives some information about how to create your own visual prayers.

Joseph Cornell Small thumbnails link to large scans of the incredible surreal assemblages of of this American master of the medium.

D.P. Ali D.P. Ali creates digital images that go far beyond the usual appearance of digital art. Borrowing from many sources, his works are sure to intrigue the viewer.

Claudine Helmuth Selected artworks from this collage artist's extensive portfolio

PsychErotica This site is really beautifully createdÉ more exotic than "erotic"É. (for art galleries, click floral icon in lower left corner of the intro page)

Galerie Erotica This site, created by a French artist, actually is pretty eroticÉ the collages are composed of cut up images of women's unclothed bodies. If this idea offends you, bypass itÉ but it is pretty interesting in the way the images are abstracted.

Joe DiMaggio Some very interesting computer generated collages by a California collage artist with a famous name

Ann Baldwin Ann Baldwin's mixed media art gallery and online classroom for collage artists, art students, and lovers of painting. home.earthlink.net/%7Etranqbase/index.html Collages by Robert Magginetti and other artists from around the world.

Lunaea For collages by Lunaea Weatherstone, click her "gallery" link http://www.danlevin.com/index.html Found object assemblages by Dan LevinÉ pretty interesting! www.johnhertzberg.com/ Irregularly shaped collages of John Herzberg reveal interesting secrets

8325 Gallery Another photo-collage site. "To view Wortzel's work is to feel the past through the eyes of a film noir personna sorting through stacks of torn newspaper, trying to make some pattern, some sense, some beauty, some picture."

Tranquility Base Collage: a site dedicated to collage in all its forms and consists of collages by Robert Magginetti and other collage artists. The goal of Tranquility Base is to show the wide range of approaches to collage used by artists from around the world.

Collage Town: a celebration of both Collage and Photomontage, featuring the work of Brian Robertson

Page Gibbons Wonderful scraps make up the collages of this talented artist. Also features a page for buying "collage kits", a paper sampler.

Fascinating Folds Links to specialty papers, glues, books, etc.

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Fractals, Digital Graphics, Consciousness Raising, and Just Plain Cool Stuff:

	Fractal Domains Gallery This is the most extensive collection I've found of fractal images. Several artists contained. Also "Fractal of the Week" archive. It's linked to "The Infinite Fractal Loop", so you can wander to dozens of other fractal galleries if you've got the time and inclination to explore.
	Fractal Journeys: Contains some of the most beautiful images fractal images I've ever seen (created by the Mandelbrot set)

Sekino's Fractal Gallery. Another site of fractels developed with Mandelbrot set.

Digital Blasphemy Includes over 300 hi-res original 3d-rendered computer desktop wallpapers, startup screens, screen savers, tutorials on making your own 3d art, and links to some of the best computer art sites on the web.

Opussoup A small, but cool site which combines animation graphics with vintage photography.

do-not-zzz A short animation based on Zen meditation. Way cool.

Electric Mandalas Mandala Images by John Bennett. Also has very nice painting and graphics galleries.

Corneal Confections Very nice animated graphics by W.J.Baker. Especially check out his mandala.

Essencia: Mandalas and other images with interactive text (meditations on the Void, Cosmos, Soul, Sanctuary, Essence, Consciousness, Spirit, Ideal, and Potential)

More Mandalas A link page to "the best mandalas on the web". I've found lots of good one's here.

Java Poetry A java-based website that lets you create poems by arranging the given words on the screen.

Poem-a-Day Jae Malone updates her site frequently with new personal poems. She borrows graphics from artists she finds on the web and has an extensive links page to artist's she's used in the past (yep, I'm one of 'em!)

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Yahoo Painter's Index Yahoo's long list of painters. Do a search to narrow the selection, or just get lost browsing for a while.

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Artist Resources, Online Magazines, and Art Supplies:

Art Daily  Daily news features in the arts: museum and gallery news, artist features.  Also job opportunities and chat.

Juxtapoz   An online art magazine... haven't thoroughly researched it yet, but looks like some interesting articles.

Raw Vision   This is my favorite online arts magazine.  Preview articles on Outsider art in "Back Issues".

Art Visionary Magazine focuses on surreal and fantasy-based art. They have many links to some incredible artists.

Leonardo Online is a magazine devoted to science and technology's influence on contemporary art (not to the old master specifically).

Texas Commission of the Arts.  Grant Applications for arts organizations and artists in education.

Texas Fine Arts Asociation Austin based organization featuring contemporary arts in Texas and across the United States. Membership benefits include exhibition opportunities, discounts on art magazines, and group health insurance for artists

ArtMarketing.com A very comprehensive list of links to national art organizations. Includes: ArtFBI, College Art Association, National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission for the Arts, and more.

Online Art Supplies:

The following suppliers have most of what any painter will need. Also include drawing, graphics and other supplies:

Daniel Smith

Winsor Newton

Cheap Joe's

Ott's Discount Supplies

Utrecht Manufacturer

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Artlex Visual Arts Dictionary has definitions of more than 2,800 art terms, illustrations, quotations, and links.

Art Chalkboard   A resource for artists and art students that focus on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting. They were compiled by Ralph Larmann, art faculty member in the Southern Arkansas University Art Department.

Oil Painting: Lessons and Demos About.com's links to some good sites on painting demos. May be useful, especially for the unitiated artist..

The Creative Journal Method, by Lucia Capacchione Ph.D.  The site outlines and illustrates the artist-psychologist's book, which focuses on journal-writing and drawing as a personal growth and creativity tool.

Kelly Borsheim Arts  This is the site of my friend Kelly Borsheim - a sculptor, painter and candlestick maker!  She gives helpful advice on creating all three, as well as information about art resources and sites for buying materials.

Artist Biographies  Artist and teacher P. Roger Elliot includes art and biographies of Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Goya, Matisse, Gauguin, Seurat, Constable, Van Gogh, and Renoir.  Also includes instruction on creating acrylic paintings.

Visual Quotations Famous Authors' Quotations on Creativity, Knowing, Art and Design

The Enchanted Mind Creativity exercises: Puzzles, techniques, inspiration, science and humor.

Murli's Creativity Page Links to websites designed to help boost creativity in many fields.

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WebMuseum  Focuses on paintings created between the Gothic to Modern periods.  Some essays accompany the images.

Web Gallery of Art is an overview of painters.  Includes huge alphabetical index.

Wendy's Women Artists in History  This is a great site to research practically any female artist.  Large alphabetical index.

The National Museum of Women in the Arts. Includes some general notes on history of arts as it has affected women artists, and a few select images of women artists from Renaissance through late 20th century.

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Prehistoric and Ancient Art

Lascaux: Images and essay on the famous Lascaux cave paintings from the book, The Alpha and the Omega, by Jim A. Cornwell.

Willendorf Goddess Essay and photography about the Venus of Willendorf and the evolution of the concept of the earth goddess.

Mysterious Places: Stonehenge Discover Stonehenge and other "Mysterious Places".

National Geographic's Egypt An excellent site which includes the original articles published when Tut's tomb was discovered, film clips from the IMax movie, and other cool Egyptian links.

PBS Nova Online: Explore the Pyramids This site gives extensive information about the pyramids and Old Kingdom rulers. Excellent pictures and layout.

Tour Egypt Ministery of Tourism in Egypt. This is a good site to look at if you want to research specific rulers of Ancient Egypt.

King Akhenaten a good site for any information relating to Akhenaten and the Armana period.

Who Killed Tut? This page goes into depth about theories surrounding the death of Tutankhamen.

The Olmec World History and art of the Olmec Civilization, rituals and rulership.

Tulane Univ's Teotihuacan: Teotihuacan Pyramids and Art

G.B. Online's MesoAmerica Mayan archaeology, essays and links.

Virtual Palenque Information and photos of the Palenque Palace and Temple done in a "virtual web" format.

Mysterious Places:Chichen_Itza Chichen Itza pyramids, monuments, and history.

Perseus Digital Library: An extensive archive of over 30,000 images of Greek art and architecture. Includes search engine and extensive collection of articles.

The Ancient Greek World: Land and Archaeological Time Pictorials and Essays on all Greek periods, daily life and beliefs

Greece Archive A pictorial archive of Greek art and architecture from the Univ of Colorado:

Roman Art and Architecture... nice graphics from the Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

RomeWeb: Christians "Throwing Christians to the Lions: Fact and Legend" a short essay on the Roman persecution

History_of_Rome a good source for research on all periods of Rome, essay by Julian Tam

Fall of Rome a short essay on the causes of the famous fall by Luis Hernandez

Roman Gods Everything you've ever wanted to know about Roman gods and goddesses

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Medieval Art

>Byzantine Art and Architecture A nice page of images and essays on Byzantine art and architecture.

Nixnet Medieval - Well-catalogued links to over 500 sites on Medieval paintings, sculpture, architecture, tapestries, and more.

Medieval Links - another extensive links page on medieval art and culture

Gargoyles Then and Now - Brief essays on Gargoyles

More Medieval Links - catalogued by artists, civilization, period, clip art, manuscript illumination, paintings, sculptures and tapestries.

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Renaissance Art

Giotto's Frescos - nice images of Giotto paintings within the Arena Chapel in Padua.

Northern Renaissance Art Web - A good collection of links for exploring the Renaissance of the North, indexed by artists' names.

Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci.  Images only (no essays). 39 thumbnails link to larger graphics.

Michelangelo Buonarroti:  The art, life, and thoughts of the great Michelangelo. Spans his whole creative career.

Discovery and Reformation  More of a history site than an art site, it gives some interesting thoughts on the Reformation of the Catholic Church and the influence of Northern Europe on the Renaissance.

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Baroque Art

CGFA's Caravaggio - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio images and Bio (Carol Gerton's Fine Art)

WebMuseum's Caravaggio - short bio, thumbnails link to larger images.

WebMuseum's Rembrandt - short bio and images of the famous Dutch Baroque painter's works

CGFA's Rembrandt - images and Biography (Carol Gerton's Fine Art)

Mark Harden on Vermeer Images and written review by Mark Harden (from the Artchive)

CGFA'S Vermeer - images and Bio (Carol Gerton Fine Art)

WebMuseum's Vermeer - more on the Dutch Baroque painter

CGFA'S Velazquez - Diego Velazquez images and Bio (Carol Gerton Fine Art)

WebMuseum's Velazquez - more on the Spanish Baroque painter

The Dizzying Grandeur of Rococo - Well-organized articles include subjects: Distinguishing between Baroque and Rococo, The Age of Rocaille, Bavaria, The Fabulous 18th Century (artists and composers) and more.

Gallery of the Rococo - A nice gallery of the Rococo style, represented by artists from several countries.

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19th Century:

The PreRaphaelite Passion - images and text related to PreRaphaelite use of the themes of: Medieval and Arthurian Legends, The Glorification of Nature, Images of Love, The Supernatural World, Daily Life, Mythology, and Victorian Morality.

Bouguereau: Simple Passion - though overly romantic and often trite, there is a definite beauty and elegance to this NeoClassical/Romantic painter's works.

The A rtchive's Goya - click image to enter virtual gallery of the Goya's (Spanish Romantic artist) "Black Paintings"

Web Museum's Henri Rousseau - Pre-Surreal art of Henri Rousseau (images and short essay)

WebMuseum: Impressionism - Short essay on the Impressionist movement, and links to the works of Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Morisot, Degas, and Manet

WebMuseum's Redon - Symbolist artworks of French artist Odilon Redon

Galerie Degas - an extensive collection of paintings, pastels, and graphics by this productive Impressionist.

WebMuseum's Munch - Images and short bio on Edvard Munch, the Norwegian expressionist.

Vincent Van Gogh Gallery - "The most thorough and comprehensive Van Gogh resource on the World Wide Web". Use "search" to explore more than 3,040 pages and 2,790 graphics (Paintings, Sketches, Watercolours, Letters, and artworks inspired by van Gogh)

Maxfield Parish, Gallery of the great painter/illustrator's works, compiled by Brian Yoder.

Hudson River School -Essays and images from the first American school of landscape painting active from 1825-1870

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20th Century:

the-artists.org - An excellent site which allows you to search by name of 20th century artists or by movement

WebMuseum: 20th Century Painting - Short essays and images (Fauvism, Matisse, Expressionism, Artistic Emigres, Picasso and Cubism, The Age of Machinery, Towards Abstraction, Paul Klee, Pure Abstraction, Art of the Fantastic, Pre-War American Painting, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art)

Klimt Museum - Gustave Klimt (1862-1918): biography, images, screen-savers. You can even listen to his favorite music!

Georgia O'Keefe - Images and essays on the most famous woman artist of the century (Early Years, O'Keefe and Stieglitz, "The Far Away")

From Gaud’ to Tˆpies: Catalan Masters of the 20th Century (includes Picasso, Miro, Dali and many other Catalan artists)

Art Online - Art museum, art timeline, art games, etc.

Diego Rivera - Biography, gallery and links about the great Mexican muralist.

Frida Kahlo - Biography, essays, effect on contemporary arts and thought. Even includes a flash movie about her.

African-Americans in the Visual Arts - includes biographical information about the artists, images only through links to other sites

The Art of John Biggers - Art of African American artist and educator, John Biggers

PopArt - extensive list of Pop artists and images

20th Century Architecture - A digital archive of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, LeCorbusier, I.M. Pei and more.

Guerrillagirls.com - Guerrilla Girls is a group of feminist activists/artists who fight for representation of women in the arts

Judy Chicago: Through the Flower -Images and info about her feminist works:Womanhouse, The Dinner Party, Birth Project, Powerplay, and The Holocaust Project.

Jenny Holtzer - Word Art displayed in public spaces, using media from lcd displays to posters and stickers (applied to such urban elements as telephone booths or parking meters)... "the texts function as comments on that environment they fit into, stimulating awareness of our social conditioning as conveyed by the very landscape in which we may be confronted by them".

Sandy Skogland -The contemporary photographer/ installation artist tackles issues on teaching Contemporary Art.

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Surrealism (1920s-40s):

(many of the surrealist sites that were indexed here previously are now defunct and I will look for more soon)

 

	Rene Magritte Links to possibly hundreds of images by the great master of surrealism. Artcyclopedia on Magritte more on Magritte and links to his works.
	Salvador Dali Museum -includes works from early, traditional, surrealist and classical periods of the artist. Also articles on surrealist games, new exhibitions, etc.

The History of Surrealism - Essays and links.

Female Surrealist Artists. Information about Eilein Agar, Leonara Carrington, Leonor Fini, Frida Kahlo, Dora Maar, Meret Oppenheim, Kay Sage, Dorothea Tanning, Remedios Varo, and others.

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