Art (Studio Art)

Smarthistory.org is an open, not-for-profit, art history textbook. We use multimedia to deliver unscripted conversations between art historians about the history of art. We are seeking contributors—especially for canonical non-Western material and other survey topics not yet covered.

Do you know how to tell the difference between a chromolithograph and offset lithography? Check out this cool new online resource sponsored by the Image Permanence Institute; it offers detailed images and tools for looking at magnified sections of prints, comparing processes, and even identifying paper finishes!

Educational site featuring digitized books (about 400 titles) on a wide range of topics and from many historical periods. Search and browse by 1) categories; 2) authors; and 3) holding repository. Examples of what you will find include selections from: Copernicus' On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543); Shakespeare quartos from major European collections; Andrea Palladio's The Four Books of Architecture (1570); and and William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794).