This pages is tailored for IB Visual Art students. The primary objective is to provide an array of resources that will enhance your understanding of art history and bolster your creative journey in IB Visual Arts. These are curated to expand your knowledge of art's evolution through time, enabling you to infuse historical context into your own artistic endeavors. Additionally,I hope to facilitate your exploration of contemporary and historical artists, offering avenues to discover fresh perspectives, techniques, and inspirations that can seamlessly complement your IB Visual Arts projects. Whether you're seeking insights into renowned art movements or scouting emerging talents, this pages is your gateway to a world of art-driven enrichment.
Some artists to consider on your journey
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) - Italian
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) - Italian
- Hokusai (1760–1849) - Japanese
- Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516) - Dutch
- Raphael (1483–1520) - Italian
- Vermeer (1632–1675) - Dutch
- Hatshepsut (c. 1507–1458 BCE) - Egyptian
- Katsushika Ōi (1800–1866) - Japanese
- Caravaggio (1571–1610) - Italian
- Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653) - Italian
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) - French
- Claude Monet (1840–1926) - French
- Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) - Dutch
- Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) - Russian
- Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935) - Russian
- René Magritte (1898–1967) - Belgian
- Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) - French
- Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) - Mexican
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) - American
- Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) - French-American
- Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) - Japanese
- Marina Abramović (born 1946) - Serbian
- Cindy Sherman (born 1954) - American
- Shirin Neshat (born 1957) - Iranian-American
- Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941) - Hungarian-Indian
- Shiraga Kazuo (1924–2008) - Japanese
- Rina Banerjee (born 1963) - Indian-American
- Emily Pwerle (born c. 1930s) - Australian Indigenous
- Wangechi Mutu (born 1972) - Kenyan
- Shazia Sikander (born 1969) - Pakistani
- Mariko Mori (born 1967) - Japanese
- Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910–1996) - Australian Indigenous
- Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017) - Polish
- Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) - German
- David Hockney (born 1937) - British
- Keith Haring (1958–1990) - American
- Félix González-Torres (1957–1996) - Cuban-American
- Nan Goldin (born 1953) - American
- Zanele Muholi (born 1972) - South African
- Gordon Parks (1912–2006) - American (African-American)
- Alma Thomas (1891–1978) - American (African-American)
- Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) - American (African-American)
- Betye Saar (born 1926) - American (African-American)
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (born 1940) - American (Native American)
- Edouard Manet (1832–1883) - French
- Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) - American
- Egon Schiele (1890–1918) - Austrian
- Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) - Austrian
- J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) - British
- Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) - French
- Grant Wood (1891–1942) - American
- Wolf Kahn (born 1927) - German-American
- David Salle (born 1952) - American
- Gerhard Richter (born 1932) - German
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) - Dutch
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) - Flemish
- Faith Ringgold (born 1930) - American
- Joseph Cornell (1903–1972) - American
- Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) - German
- Max Ernst (1891–1976) - German
- Otto Dix (1891–1969) - German
- Anselm Kiefer (born 1945) - German
- Jenny Saville (born 1970) - British
- Paul Klee (1879–1940) - Swiss-German
- Kara Walker (born 1969) - American
- Kehinde Wiley (born 1977) - American
- Lee Ufan (born 1936) - Korean
- Yoko Ono (born 1933) - Japanese
- Takashi Murakami (born 1962) - Japanese
- Ai Weiwei (born 1957) - Chinese
- Zhang Xiaogang (born 1958) - Chinese
- Bharti Kher (born 1969) - Indian
- Shilpa Gupta (born 1976) - Indian
Online Resources
- Library of Congress Database on Art History
- Google Arts and Culture Allows you to browse artwork from over all over the world
- art and architecture from the Courtauld Institute of Art
- Art Cyclopedia 9,000 artists, 2,900 art sites indexed and 160,000 links
- Art images for college teaching
- arthistoricumGerman virtual art library
- artlibraries.net This link opens in a new windowAllows you to search simultaneously the catalogues of many major art libraries in Europe and North America
- Arts JournalLinks to current arts stories in the news
- Axis: the online resource for contemporary art"The website features profiles of professional artists and curators, interviews, discussions, art news, debates and showcases the artists to watch."
- Best History Websites: Art HistoryA site designed for schools but has a useful collection of art history web sites
- British Library Images Online"a unique resource for picture buyers, graphic designers and publishers, enabling you to license thousands of high quality images from the British Library's unparalleled collections"
- British MuseumThe 'Explore' page
- Dictionary of Art Historians"A biographical and methodological database intended as a beginning point to learning the background of major art historians of western art history."
- Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1660-1980 This link opens in a new window"The Dictionary of Scottish Architects (DSA) is a database providing biographical information and job lists for all architects known to have worked in Scotland during the period 1840-1980"
- Europeana"Europeana is a single access point to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records that have been digitised throughout Europe. It is an authoritative source of information coming from European cultural and scientific institutions."
- Getty Images
- Getty Provenance Index DatabasesIncludes archival inventories and sales catalogues
- Getty Vocabularies"The Getty vocabularies contain structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts and other material culture, archival materials, visual surrogates, and bibliographic materials."
- Library of Congress' Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
- National Art LibraryInformation about the V&A National Art Library
- National Registry of Archives"The NRA contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records that relate to British history."
- New York Public Library Digital Collection" over 800,000 images digitized from The New York Public Library's vast collection"
- the-artists.orgA directory of modern & contemporary artists and art
- Union List of Artist Names® Online"The four Getty vocabularies are intended to provide terminology and other information about the objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various disciplines that specialize in art, architecture and material culture."