These websites are recommended for research on Art and Design. Scroll down the page to find out more about each one.

If you know of a good website which you think should be included, feel free to suggest it!

Search engines and directories

Scottish Qualifications Authority

 Pages from the SQA on national qualificiations in Art and Design

   BBC learning A wide range of resources on Art and Design for learners at all levels

           Best of History websites  A large directory of websites with information on Art and Design

           Great Websites for Kids  A directory of recommended resources from the American  Library Association

Reference Resources

       ut  Tate Galleries – Glossary An explanation of a           wide range of art terms, from Tate Galleries

Learning Resources

            Arty Factory  Art lessons, movements, artists, timelines. Highly recommended

           Smarthistory An excellent resource covering art from the earliest times to the present day. You can look at Cultures, eg Africa, or Europe 1800-1900; Style or Theme eg Portraits and Self-Portraits, and Violence and War, as well as a range of Art History basics, including a comprehensive glossary of art terms

Images

        Visual Arts Data Service  Copyright-free access to images

Games and Interactive resources

         Tate Kids  Pages from Tate Galleries, with information and activities for children

Art Movements

Directories and Search Engines

 Art History Resources A comprehensive art resource, with links to resources on art from prehistoric times to the present day

Reference Resources

            Artcyclopedia A comprehensive encyclopaedia of fine art covering art movements and artists, with links to galleries and museums where you can see examples of their work. Developed by an entrepreneur with an interest in art. Use as reference tool 

          Metropolitan Museum, New York Comprehensive timeline of Art History, from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Recommended for older students

         Art UK A project from Art UK, 3000 British museums and the BBC, which has resulted in a huge virtual gallery of art works which you can search by style, subject or type of artworkArt UK 

                                                                                                                                                                  Web Museum, Paris A list of art styles and movements with links to information on specific artists involved, From the Webmuseum, Paris

        The Art Story: Modern Art Insight;  The Art Story: Modern Art Insight – timeline Highly recommended website for information on art movements over the last two centuries. The timeline,which puts the various art movements in chronological order, is also very useful

Images

SCRAN A large collection of images on the history of art from SCRAN, a government -sponsored project overseen by Historic Environment Scotland

King & McGraw  A commercial site selling prints by all the world’s famous artists. You can search for the work of individual artists, or look at different art movements. You can use the site to look at the paintings before finding out more about the painting using other websites.

            Art Republic  Similar to the site above

 Artists

             National Gallery of Scotland  Scroll down the page for links to information and resources on  a wide range of Scottish artists whose works are displayed at the National Gallery in Edinburgh

          The Art Story An extensive list of modern artists, from the Art Story

        Olga’s Gallery  A  comprehensive lindex of artists with biographical information, examples of the artist’s work and links to other online resources

          Humanities Web  A useful alphabetical list of artists. Use the links on the left hand side of the page for more information about each artist

           Web Museum, Paris  Another alphabetical list of artists, with examples of their work, including the gallery or museum in which they can be found

Design

Reference  sources

 Crats Council Collections Online  Examples of design in various categories  including ceramics, furniture and jewellery, from the UK’s Craft Council, which promotes the work of new makers

   The Victoria and Albert Museum Access to extensive online design collections of fashion, photography, furniture, and many more, from London’s V&A museum

            The Design Museum Examples of great design, as well as  some information on designers, from the Design Museum in London

Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture. Part of Middlesex University.  Collections of designs including wallpapers, textiles, designs, books, catalogues and magazines from the late nineteenth to the 70s

Learning Resources

 Kids Think Design  A useful interactive site with information and resources on various types of design, including ‘meet a designer’ and ‘think like a designer’, as well as some design projects which you can try out for yourself

Interior Design

 BBC Homes A look at interior design from different time periods and traditions. From BBC  Homes

 Galleries

Search engines and directories

          Google Arts and Culture  A directory of galleries  and museums across the world. You can also search by the A-Z list or map

        Glasgow GalleriesThe website of Glasgow Life, responsible for Glasgow’s Art Galleries and Museums. It has links to Kelvingrove and the Gallery of Modern Art

 Edinburgh – Fruitmarket The website of the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh Find out more

 Explore Art An excellent website from Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries, with information and resources on Scottish art and artists

England

       The Tate Galleries This is the Tate website.  It covers the Tate Gallery and Tate Modern in London, as well as Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ive

       The National Gallery, LondonThe website of theNational Gallery in London Find out more

European

French

         The Louvre, Paris The website of the Louvre in Paris

                                    YouTube video – the Louvre A video tour of the Louvre, by Andrew Hussy, Dean of the University of London Institute in Paris

         Musee d’Orsay, Paris The website of the Musee d’Orsay,one of the best known galleries in Paris Find out more 

Spanish

         El Prado, Madrid The website of the Prado, Spain’s principal art gallery Find out more

Italian

           The Vatican, Rome The website of the Vatican galleries and museums

Netherlands

         Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Russia

     Hermitage, St Petersburg The website of the Hermitage, one of the best art collections in the world Find out more

USA

       Metropolitan Museum, New York

                            You Tube video – the Metropolitan Museum of Art A video tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Part of the Great Museums series