Fine Art

Fine Art

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The Barakat Gallery On Line Located in the heart of Beverly Hills, California, the Barakat Collection is comprised of genuine museum quality artifacts. Our collection spans a myriad of ages and cultures, encompassing both the Old World and the New.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art In formation since 1870, the Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than three million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times. About 3,500 objectsfifty highlights from each of the Museum's curatorial departments as well as the entire department of European Paintingscan be searched by artist, period, style, or keyword.

Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist Leonardo da Vinci had a keen eye and quick mind that led him to make important scientific discoveries, yet he never published his ideas. He was a gentle vegetarian who loved animals and despised war, yet he worked as a military engineer to invent advanced and deadly weapons. He was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, yet he left only a handful of completed paintings.

Featured work: Self-Portrait by Judith Leyster

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.

Smithsonian: Art & Design The museums collections of some 37,500 American paintings, sculptures, graphics, folk art, and photographs exhibit the broad range of artistic achievement in the United States from the 18th century to the present.

Magic Eye Image of the Week Magic Eye images ignited the worldwide stereogram explosion of the 1990's. Magic Eye books have sold over 20 million copies worldwide and have been released in more than 25 languages. Magic Eye images have international appeal to millions in all age groups.

Exploring through Art Take a virtual tour of the Broad Oaks Nature Reserve and find out how a sculpture is made - from initial drawings and sketches through to the final sculpture.

Paris Pages: Musee du Louvre The Muse du Louvre, the former home of the kings of France, is for two centuries one now of the largest museums in the world. its collections are distributed into 7 departments: Oriental antiques, Egyptian antiques, Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiques; Paintings, Sculptures and Objets d'Art from the Middle Ages to 1850.

National Museum of African Art This site is devoted to the study, collection, and exhibition of African art. While the museums primary focus is collecting and exhibiting traditional arts of Africa south of the Sahara, it also collects and exhibits the arts of other African areas, including northern Africa and the contemporary arts of the entire continent.

Oriental Institute Museum The Oriental Institute Museum is a showcase of the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. An integral part of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, which has supported research and archaeological excavation in the Near East since 1919, the Museum exhibits major collections of antiquities from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Palestine, and Anatolia.

The Ring of Fine Art This site contains over 800 links to art sites on the internet.

Art E-Postcards You may send an electronic postcard to your friends and relatives from this interesting site.

ArtLex - Art Dictionary This site has an online art dictionary designed for artists, collectors, students and educators in art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education.