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Here are some sites to help you find out about art and art history.

* Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online - the innovative new gateway into art research and the access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications. Includes the Grove Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Was Grove Dictionary of Art.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* Art and Artists
A guide to researching art and artists from Christchurch City Libraries
* Art Crimes: The Writing on the Wall
This has to be THE graffiti site. From the Bronx Museum of the Arts and Art Crimes, you can paint, comment or simply view what other people are doing around the world.
* Art History Resources on the web
Comprehensive starting point for art history. Covers prehistoric to the present day art history of all cultures.
* Art Links
A wide variety of art related links from Christchurch City Libraries
* Art Movements Directory
Quick reference guide to various art movements and periods throughout history. Includes images, brief biographies, and additional resources.
* Christchurch Art Gallery
Articles about works held in the Christchurch Art Gallery
* Color Schemer Online
Enter a colour value or just click the colour that you want and this handy tool will suggest attractive combinations with that colour. Useful when designing web pages or colour schemes for design projects.
* Discover
Discover supports the Visual Arts and Music disciplines of the Arts/Ngā Toi curriculum by providing a rich selection of works by some of New Zealand's musicians, artists, photographers, designers and architects both historic and contemporary, Māori and Pākehā
* Exploring Leonardo da Vinci
Explore the works and imagination of Leonardo da Vinci. Images, interactive activities and facts you may not have known.
* History of Photography
Timeline from National Geographic.
* Lens
The photography blog of The New York Times, presenting the finest and most interesting visual and multimedia reporting — photographs, videos and slide shows. A showcase for Times photographers, it highlighta the best work of other newspapers, magazines and news and picture agencies; in print, in books, in galleries, in museums and on the Web.
* Māori Art
Māori images available for down-loading. Includes line-art and photographs of objects
* New Zealand Art and Culture web directory
This directory provides links to web pages providing information on New Zealand artists, galleries, architecture, museums and much more.
* Picturing America
These 40 examples of American Art have been chosen to be brought into American schools and libraries. Pieces range from oil paintings to architecture and each is complemented by additional resources.
* Project Legit
Christchurch programme encouraging legal use of graffiti art in murals and displays.
* Smarthistory.org
Smarthistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook. Videos, images and more.
* Timeline of Art History
Presents artefacts held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Search the Timeline of Art History by date, maps or a thematic index.