Art, Pictures & Images

Online Databases - Resources Requiring Login (Library card and password)

None available

Subject Guides - Open Resources (no login required)

ARTBase - More than 12,000 images from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. You can create your own virtual galleries and share them other visitors. Library card and password not required.

BC Archives Visual Records - Digitized photographs, paintings, drawings and prints that illustrate the history of BC. [How to use]

Images Canada - Thousands of images held on the web sites of participating Canadian cultural institutions. Pictures of Canadian events, people, places and things. 

In the Library

Art History

Art History Resources on the Web Gateway to art history resources from ancient times to present day.

ArtcyclopediaCGFA - Carol Gerten's Fine Art - A Virtual Art Museum - Artists can be searched by country and time period.

Timeline of Art History - A chronological, geographical and thematic exploration of art history.

Canadian Art & Artists

Artists in Canada - Compiled and maintained by the National Gallery of Canada.

Cybermuse: Your Art Education Research Site - Search the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Emily Carr Virtual Exhibit - Vancouver Art Gallery offers an extensive website dedicated to the life and work of Emily Carr.

National Gallery of Canada

How to Draw & Paint

ArtShow.com - Tutorials on ceramics, drawing, painting, pastel, photography, printmaking and sculpture.

How to Draw and Paint - Video tutorials on drawing, pastels, oil painting, acrylics and watercolors, as well as tips on art supplies.

WannaLearn.com - Links to tutorials on Art History, computer art& graphic design, drawing and sketching, painting, photography and visual communications.

Water Color Painting - How-to information for basic and advanced watercolour techniques.

Local Galleries & Organizations

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria - More than 12,000 images from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. You can create your own virtual galleries and share them other visitors.

Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria - Provides advocacy through leadership, partnership and community involvement, and to increase and broaden public awareness and opportunities in artistic and cultural activities.

International Art Galleries

Louvre - Absolutely gorgeous website, which includes changing graphics and self-guided tours through the Louvre Museum and the Tuileries.

Metropolitan Museum of Art - Browse the permanent collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) - Lovers of modern art and design will find lots to savour in the Museum of Modern Art’s collection.

Palace of the Legion of Honor - Explore the Legion of Honor, San Francisco’s most beautiful museum, which includes one of the largest collections of prints and drawings in the U.S.

The Tate Galleries - England’s Tate Gallery is now a family of four. Explore them all.