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Art

Dictionaries

ArtLex Art Dictionary - "definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art/visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images"

Images

Artcyclopedia - images of art and links to museums online
AICT (Art Images for College Teaching)

Timeline

Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - "a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection."

Photography

America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839 - 1864 (Library of Congress)
A History of Photography from its Beginnings to the 1920's (Dr. Robert Leggat)
The Magic Mirror of Life: An Appreciation of the Camer Obscura (Jack and Beverly Wilgus)

Museums

National Gallery of Art
- National Gallery of Art - Exploring Themes in American Art

Updated November 2006
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