LibGuides: Art and Art History: Cool Stuff

Google Art Project

Check out one of Google's latest developments, their "Art Project." Tour several prominent museums online and get amazing close-ups of world famous art.

National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)

Videos and Podcasts

Video Art

Films and videos from VideoArt.net

Video

Toledo Museum of Art's You Tube Channel

Art Babble

Art21

A wonderful multimedia website from the pbs television series that focuses exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States.

Watch full videos on the website and gain access to exhibitions, slide shows and biographies.

Watch the full episode. See more ART:21.

Just for Fun!

Museum of Bad Art
Enjoy a moment with "art too bad to be ignored"
Paint!
Express yourself with ArtPad, a digital canvas from Art.com

Art in our Government Documents

United States Senate Catalogue of Fine Art by William Kloss; Diane K. Skvarla; Jane R. McGoldrick (Editor)
Call Number: Y1. 1/2: Serial 14737
ISBN: 9780160511721
Publication Date: 2003-08-12
Entire collection of fine art to be found in the nation's Capitol, representing both the Senate and Senators and their connections throughout U.S. history. Presented in full color splendor.

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A C-SPAN excerpt here discusses Charles Willson Peale's portrait of Washington after the Battle of Princeton. A fine reproduction of this portrait can be found in the book above on p. 409.
United States Senate Catalogue of Graphic Art by essays by Diane K. Skvarla, Donald A. Ritchie
Call Number: Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 14933
ISBN: 0160728533
Publication Date: 2006
Comprehensive collection of approximately 1,000 delicately designed and colored prints and engravings that offer a variety of perspectives on 19th and 20th century politics in the U.S. Senate. Includes many political cartoons.

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