A guide to museum-quality fine art on the internet, primarily painting and sculpture. Great for finding images of the actual artwork!
ArtSource
"...a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture. The content is diverse and includes pointers to resources around the net as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc..."
World Wide Art Resources
"biographies, direct links to images in museum collections, links to indepth art news and general linksto over 22,000 artists and over 200,000 images from museums"
A unique collaboration of over 150 acclaimed art museums in 40 countries. The search capabilities are very clunky and it is recommended to use the Search by Museum category to browse. Add images to "Your Gallery" (allows you to save selected works you like or would like to easily find again.)
Over 400,000 hi-resolution, digital images from the collection. Keyword search or browse by artist/maker/culture, object type/material, geographic location, date/era, department.