Several excellent resources can be found on DISCUS. A username and password are required if you are accessing DISCUS from home. Please see the librarian for this information.
1) Encyclopedia Brittanica Online Public Edition or School Edition Search art movements or artists.
Note: Use the first articles that come up, as they are the ones that most closely relate to your keyword.
2) Biography Resource Center Search artist’s names. This site contains information about the artist’s life and work but has few pictures of the art work.
3) Sirs Knowledge Resource Type in art movements or artist’s names as keywords. If a camera icon comes up next to the article, click on the camera to see a picture that goes along with the article.
You may also use any of the following resources:
B.E. Library
Go to the Resources page and check out the sites ipl2 or etvStreamlineSC. Both provide good, reliable information.
ArtCyclopedia Art Movements
This site contains reliable general information. Some of the art images are advertising, so be careful not to identify every image on the screen as being from that art movement. You can search artist's names also.
Art History
Look for movements in the gray table on the site or along the buttons on the side. Do not use the search engine, as the sites may be inaccurate
The museum sites on the library resources page may also contain information about the artists and art movements associated with this assignment. Finding the academic information may be time consuming, but you might enjoy seeing which collections own which works of art. Search for artist’s names (not the movement) on most museum sites. When using the major museum sites, (National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, etc.) expect that it will take you some time to find your way around.
And here’s one more.
Artlex.com
If you come across an art term, technique, media that you don’t know, this site is an online dictionary. Many art movements with links are on the site as well.
If you are writing about a work on art, chances are that you are looking at an image of the work too, so you should cite the work on art.
Cite the artist's name, title, usually underlined, and the institution or individual who owns the work, and the city. To indicate the work's date, include it after the title.
For a work of art you viewed online, end your citation with your date of access and the URL.
For a bibliography work of art (that you saw in person):
Duveneck, Frank. Whistling Boy. 1872. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati.
Pei, I.M. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cleveland.
Work of art found in an image database:
Botticelli, Sandro. Birth of Venus. c. 1482. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. ARTstor. 3 Jan. 2006,
Work of art found in a book:
Duveneck, Frank. Whistling Boy. 1872. Unsuspected Genius : the Art and Life of Frank Duveneck. By Robert Neuhaus. San Francisco : Bedford Press, 1987. 227.
Personal Photograph:
Louvre Museum, Paris. Personal photograph by author. 7 Mar. 2005.
Work of Art for Works Cited
Van Gogh. V. (Artist). (1888). Entrance to the public gardens in Arles [Painting]. New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art.