LibGuides: Art History: ARH101

Web Resources for Art Appreciation

Smarthistory Introductory guides overview
Smarthistory is a great resource for introductory videos and articles about the study of visual art and at history. These introductory guides look at topics such as elements of art to understanding museums.
The Art Genome Project
The Art Genome Project by Artsy is their classification system that maps characteristics ("genes") such as art historical movements, subject matter, and formal qualities and connects them to artists, artworks, architecture, and design objects across history.
The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture through the Museum’s collection.

KQED Art School Elements of Art playlist

KQED Art School is video series with demonstrations of art techniques and concepts for students and teachers as well as interviews with contemporary performing, visual and media artists. This series examines the 7 Elements of Art: Shape, Line, Form, Texture, Value, Space, and Color.

Web resources for talking about Art

In the Library

But Is It Art? by Cynthia Freeland
Online Access
The Art of Understanding Art by Hugh Moss; Peter Suart (Illustrator)
Online Access
The Aesthetic Function of Art by Gary Iseminger
Online Access
The Philosophy of Art by Stephen Davies (Editor); Philip Alperson (Series edited by)
Online Access

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning
Authored by Pamela Sachant and Peggy Blood , this book offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of art. This is an "Open Textbook" meaning it is freely available online.

Art History

What is Art Appreciation?

Web Resources for Art Appreciation

KQED Art School Elements of Art playlist

Web resources for talking about Art

In the Library