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Search Engines, Lists, and Directories
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Google
This omnibus Web site is universally acknowledged to be the most comprehensive search engine. Type in an artist's name and hit "Google Search" and you get a listing of dozens, thousands, and in some cases, more than a million references. Use "I'm Feeling Lucky" to get only one return on your search, usually the premier site. For example, a search for Van Gogh listed 1,140,000 listings, while the "Lucky" search gave the full text of the Van Gogh gallery, the first site listed on the Google Search.
 http://www.google.com
dmoz -- Open Directory Project
This directory lists a large number of classifications and links. Clicking on Education will provide you with thousands of entries. Narrowing it down will reveal more layers. An example: Choose Education and look for Eyes on Art, a tutorial on looking at and analyzing art, and most importantly, critiquing and talking/writing about art. Each section of this lesson plan (from California) offers shortcuts or a chance to delve into a subject. Students compare works using examples from the National Gallery of Art. They can also look at various eras of art history. In addition, there is a quiz, referenced to standards. This site is worth a look, but you'll have to be selective. Clicking on the Drawing link offers a large number of entries, but some are rather prescriptive and some are worthless. But don't get discouraged; there are some real gems here.
http://dmoz.org/arts
ArtLex Art Dictionary
This site is definitive, easy-to-use, and full of examples. The navigation bar/alphabet is a list of letters sets. Click on "In-Iz" and find "incongruity," with a definition and examples of artwork by Dali, Magritte, and Scott Mutter, a contemporary photographer. This is a treasure of a site; even if you argue with a definition, you have a place to start the discussion.
http://www.artlex.com/
IMAGESITE
This is a huge directory of sites for artists, valuable because of its professional references; it contains artists' agents, organizations relating to every kind of art production, and much more.
http://imagesite.com
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