Art Subject Guide

A unique and comprehensive collection of art masterpieces of all varieties: historical, European, Asian, American, and more.

Explore 835,261 items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections.

The Getty provides access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire international de la littérature de l'art (RILA) for no charge on its Web site. These citation databases, searchable together, cover material published between 1975 and 2007. For material published after 2007 see the International Bibliography of Art (IBA) via our Articles & Databases tab, click on "I"

The Getty Web site offers both basic and advanced search modules for BHA and RILA, and they can be searched easily by subject, artist, author, article or journal title, and other elements.

The Getty Vocabulary Program contains terms, names, and other information about people, places, things, and concepts relating to art, architecture, and material culture. This site contains the Art & Architecture Thesaurus, The Union List of Artist Names, and The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.

You can search the Met's image collection available online. Over 400,000 images are posted and you can limit your search by time period, region, and type of art.

You can search thousands of artworks from around the world and across centuries. You can download high quality images as well.

The Getty adopted the Open Content Program to share images of works of art for free and without restriction, so that all those who create or appreciate art—scholars, artists, art lovers, and entrepreneurs—will have greater access to high-quality digital images for their studies and projects.

Access digitized art history publications, rare books, and related literature.

MoMA’s evolving collection contains almost 200,000 works of modern and contemporary art by over 10,000 artists. 61,000 works are available online.

A comprehensive account of the Museum’s exhibitions from its founding, in 1929, to today. This digital archive will continue to grow as materials become available.

Paris Musées has made 100,000 digital reproductions of works held by the city’s museums available free of charge.

Search 1,161,982 objects and 538,590 images from the V&A's art and design collections.

The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European fine arts from 11th to 19th centuries.

Ever since their founding, the Harvard Art Museums—the Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler Museum—have been dedicated to advancing and supporting learning at Harvard University, in the local community, and around the world.