LibGuides: Art History: ARH385

A&A ePortal

Art & Architecture ePortal
Art & Architecture ePortal is an eBook collection of key scholarly works in the fields of art and architectural history published by The Art Institute of Chicago, The MIT Press, Yale University Press, Harvard Art Museums, and the Yale University Art Gallery.

Web Resources

An Introduction to Nineteenth Century Art
Supporting website to the book of the same title by Michelle Facos
French Paintings of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Brief overview and links out to examples in the National Gallery of Art's collection in Washington D.C.
France, 1800–1900
Chronology, overview, and access to related materials from the Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Barnes Foundation
The Barnes' collection includes impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern paintings
Musées d'Orsay
This museum in Paris holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The PMA's collection offers European paintings and sculptures, including French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
The Frick Collection
The Frick is known for its collection of European paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts

eBooks in the Library

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Art, French 18th century

Art, French 19th century

Art, French -- 18th century -- Themes, motives.

Art, French -- 19th century -- Themes, motives.

Art and society France History 18^th or 19th century

Enlightenment—France

Art and natural history--France--History--18th century

Neoclassicism (Art) France

Decoration and ornament—Neoclassicism France

Neoclassicism (Architecture) France

Revival movements (Art) France

Romanticism in art

Naturalism in art

Realism in art

Impressionism (Art)

Post-impressionism (Art)

Symbolism (Art movement)