Visual Arts Research
Use this pathfinder to find the following:
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Artist Biographies
Artwork Images
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Anatomical Diagrams
Museum Exhibitions
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Art Term Definitions
Photography
PUHSD Online Library Resources
These PUHSD online library resources provide general background information as well as specific information
related to famous artists, works of art and anatomical diagrams:
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GALE Student Resources in Context
 Using this link will allow you to search for the following types of information in GALE Student
Resources in Context: images, videos, audio, references, news, academic journals, and magazines.
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ProQuest Science
 Using this link will allow you to search for anatomical drawings. Using the words “anatomy” or
“skeleton” in your search phrase will help you find relevant information.
Internet Sources
*Remember to be critical of internet sources. Just because you find information on the internet does not
guarantee that it is accurate.
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ASU Art Museum – Arizona State University – the Ceramics Research Center of the ASU Art Museum.
Artcyclopedia - John Malyon’s Artcyclopedia (Alberta, Canada) – this site is an excellent source of
information on artists, artwork, museums and art related current events. Use the search box at the top to
search for specific artists, artwork and museums.
Artlex: Dictionary of Visual Art – Michael Delahunt, MFA – extensive dictionary, providing definitions
for thousands of art terms, with links to illustrations and related websites. Artist's names and titles of
individual works are included in the definitions, but are not included as separate entries. Maintained by an
artist and educator.
Carnegie Museum of Art – Carnegie Art Institute - includes information on exhibits, images from
permanent collections, and much more. Select the Multimedia tab to view art related videos.
Digital Archive of Art – Boston College – a digital archive of images from Boston College, including
architecture, paintings and sculpture.
Dream Anatomy – U. S. National Library of Medicine - a browsable exhibit of annotated images of prints
from 1500 to the present representing human anatomy, both real and imagined. This site organizes and
presents "anatomical imagery ... detailed and informative but also whimsical, surreal, and beautiful.”
Guggenheim Museums - websites for the Guggenheim museums in New York City, Bilbao, Venice,
Berlin, and Las Vegas. Includes information on exhibits, images from permanent collections, and much more.
Harvard Museums – Harvard University – featuring the artwork from the three Harvard University Art
Museums: the Fogg Art Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
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InnerBody: Human Anatomy Online – InnerBody.com - "The place for fun, interactive and educational
views of the human body." You can explore human anatomy through illustrations, animation, tutorials, and
descriptions. Includes all the human body systems with the option to change viewing angles.
LIFE – Google Books – digital archive of LIFE magazines from 1935 – 1970; an online resource for excellent
photography.
Louvre Museum – Paris, France – a comprehensive look at the world’s most famous museum. View the
masterpieces up close, peruse the exhibitions, take virtual tours and learn about the museum’s history and
much more on this site.
MoMA: Museum of Modern Art – New York – features exhibitions, special collections, art related news,
and research resources. Select the Learn tab at the bottom to access online resources to support your learning.
National Gallery of Art – Washington, D.C. (National Art Museum) - a presentation of thousands of
paintings, sculpture, prints, and decorative art objects, providing essays, magnified details, provenances,
exhibitions, histories, audio narrations, and bibliographies. Features tours of galleries focusing on a specific
time period or artist. Describes and illustrates current and upcoming exhibitions. The online tours of selected
groups of works makes it easy to find the most famous paintings, sculpture, or artists. To search this
comprehensive collection of more than 100,000 objects, go to the Collections tab and select Search the
Collection.
National Geographic Photography – National Geographic Magazine – features a “picture of the day”
segment as well as photographer biographies, editor’s choices and other collections. This site has an extensive
collection of excellent photography.
National Portrait Gallery - (London, England) - the National Portrait Gallery was "founded in 1856 to
collect the likenesses of famous British men and women." The site contains a database of tens and thousands
of images and descriptions of the Gallery's "paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and photographs."
Searchable by sitter, artist, name of portrait, and more. Also features news, a history of the Gallery, online
exhibits, and resources for teachers and students.
Vatican Museums - online tours of the collections of art and antiquities at the Vatican museums.
Collections include the Gregorian Egyptian and Etruscan Museums, Raphael's Rooms, the Pinacoteca (Art
Gallery), and the Ethnological Missionary Museum. Features art images, virtual tours and much more.
Visual Dictionary Online – Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary - definitions of "more than 20,000 terms
... [and] more than 6,000 stunning illustrations of a wide variety of objects from all aspects of life." Also
includes audio clips of pronunciations, and is searchable by a variety of topics.
Teacher Resources
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American Federation of Arts - teacher resources, including extensive background information about the
exhibitions, images with discussion questions, suggested classroom activities, public art lectures, brochures,
and student guides.
MoMA: Modern Museum of Art – teacher resources, including online links to arts related information for
both students and educators, videos, professional development opportunities and much more.
Send e-mail to Mrs. Roxie Ruiz Blackson, Teacher Librarian at CHHS
Last Updated
30 January 2014