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The
Long 19th Century. Paul Halsell's Modern Sourcebook. Great
place to start for primary sources and for links to other solid
sites. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook3.html
See also his documents and links for various aspects of the
20th century. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
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| Accessible
Art |
| All these sites
give you information on movements and painters. If you're interested
in Futurism, for example, you can begin with these. |
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The Web Museum: paintings,
with a solid selection of 19th and 20th century artists, and some
useful descriptions of particular works of art, painters, and
movements): http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/
Web Gallery
of Art: http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/welcome.html
Mark Harden's Artchive:
an excellent selection of paintings organized by painter: http://www.artchive.com/core.html
Directory of Museums:
access to museums on the Internet: http://icom.museum/vlmp/
Artcyclopedia:
paintings and description of works by movement, subject or artist:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html
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| Romanticism |
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Modern
Sourcebook: documents from the period. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook15.html
Romantic
links: connects to electronic texts, to journals and associations
dealing with Romanticism, to other general sites. http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Romantic/
English Romanticism:
material on both art and literature. http://www.uh.edu/engines/romanticism/
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| Impressionism |
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Impressionism:
features the principal artists and their major works. http://art.koti.com.pl/index_en.html
Impressionism: a
general introduction with a tour of the paintings. http://www.impressionism.org/
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| Post-Impressionism |
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Art
history: provides a number of links as well as basic information
on key artists of this movement. Look here, for example, to find
directions to sites focusing on Van Gogh. http://arthistory.about.com/cs/postimpartists/
Guggenheim:
their collection of post-Impressionist paintings.
http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/movement_works_Post_Impressionism_0.html
You can look up other movements as well. See, for example, Expressionism
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| Futurism |
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Futurism: principal
Futurist manifestos and links to other sites. http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/
Futurism and Futurists:
claims to be the largest site, with numerous paintings, writings,
and links. http://www.futurism.org.uk/
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| Dada |
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DaDa
On Line: access to texts, a list of artists, and works of
art--defines Dada broadly. http://www.peak.org/~dadaist/
International Dada Archive:
a site organized by the University of Iowa library, this emphasizes
bibliographical resources and original documents. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/
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| Surrealism |
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Surrealism
Gallery: good selection of artists and their works, with music.
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Surrealism/
What is
Surrealism? André Breton's Manifesto. Also available
at other sites on the Web. http://www.myism.com/what-is-surrealism.htm
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| Abstract
Expressionism |
Explore the web sites listed under "accessible
art".
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