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General
http://www.artcyclopedia.com
A guide to the art on online museum sites and image archives from around the world. Searchable by artists’ names, movements in art, or subjects of artworks.
Collections
The sites below contain information about the galleries, searchable image libraries and information about artists. Some have virtual tours, games and other activities. Many have links to other relevant sites.
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
National Gallery, London.
http://www.tate.org.uk
Tate Gallery, London.
http://www.uffizi.firenze.it
Uffizi Gallery, Florence (good for Botticelli).
http://www.louvre.fr
Louvre, Paris.
http://www.metmuseum.org
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Bibliography
Hall’s Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. (John Murray.)
Useful for working out who and what a narrative or religious painting might represent.
