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American Architecture-Eighteenth Century-1700 to 1799: Search or browse by architect or by building to obtain general information and commentary.
The Architecture of Thomas Jefferson: The University of Virginia's site on Jefferson and architecture. There is a bibliography, quotes, teacher instructions, and architectural drawings.
Art and Architecture Thesaurus: From the Getty Institute, this site gives the listings of alternate names, spellings, and related terms of objects.
Art History Resources: 18th Century Art: A page of resources maintained by Chris Witcombe, Professor of Art at Sweet Briar College Virginia.
The Art of Botanical Illustration: An electronic exhibit of the development of botanical illustration from early printed books to the present. Sponsored by the Special Collections at the University of Delaware.
AskART.com: This online database covers American artists. It provides general biographical information, book and periodical citations, museums that hold some of the artist's work, and even a bulletin board for comments.
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia: Get a brief listing in the architectural archives which holds drawings, photographs, and manuscripts.
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library: Get subject guides, projects, and information on this library at Columbia University.
Costumer's Manifesto 18th Century Costume Resources Online: A comprehensive listing of links about costumes from 1700-1800 including sites on women, men, children, textiles, and more.
A Digital Archive of American Architecture: Color slides of various structures representing architectural styles throughout American history. Sponsored by Professor Jeffery Howe at Boston College.
The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture: Get links to documents, images, resources, and more from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.
Eighteenth-Century Resources-Art: A comprehensive listing of Web sites from Jack Lynch of Rutgers.
The Garden Club of Virginia: The purpose of this site is to promote communication among The Garden Club of Virginia and members, Board of Directors and committees; to publicize both Garden Club of Virginia and member club events; to create awareness about environmental issues and educational programs; and to provide information and support of the annual Daffodil, Lily and Rose Shows, Historic Garden Week and Restored Historic Gardens by The Garden Club of Virginia.
Getty Conservation Institute Newsletter: Read the full-text articles of this publication, Conservation, dating back from 1991.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record: The National Park Service's program to archive American architecture.
To find information on Monticello, use the Search Feature and type in "monticello albemarle" in the box.
The Holsinger Studio Collection: From the University of Virginia's Special Collections, this site constitutes a unique photographic record of life in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, from before the turn of the century through World War I. The collection consists of approximately 9,000 dry-plate glass negatives and 500 celluloid negatives from the commercial studio of Rufus W. Holsinger. Search by keyword or topic like the University of Virginia.
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture: From the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Art Inventories provide information on over 335,000 artworks in public and private collections worldwide. Information is compiled from a variety of sources, including published catalogues, collection checklists, reports from collectors, journals and magazines, and preservation inventories.
The Lawn Tour of the University of Virginia: Take an interactive tour of the famous Lawn near the Rotunda at the University of Virginia.
The National Gallery of Art: Search the collection and get information on exhibits and education.
The National Portrait Gallery: Examine the virtual exhibitions and get information on the collection and educational material. Use the Collection and Research Records Search to search the collection records of the permanent and study collections of the National Portrait Gallery (approximately 10,000 records) or search the research records of the Catalog of American Portraits (approximately 65,000 records).
National Trust for Historic Preservation: The home page for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, an organization devoted to preserving American historic places.
The Octagon Museum: The museum of the American Architectural Foundation geared to historical architecture.
Print Council Index to Oevre-Catalogues of Prints by European and American Artists: Find citations in Oeuvre Catalogues.
Resource Library Magazine: Read stories on exhibitions and other news from over 600 associations, organizations, clubs and museums that concern American art. There are indexes by subject, state, museums, and associations.
Society of Architectural Historians: The Society of Architectural Historians has information on chapters, membership, projects, and activities.
Southeastern Architectural Archive: The Web site of the Southeastern Architectural Archive at Tulane University. Get contact, publication, and special events information.
Special Collections in the Library of Congress: Choose "Art" or "Architecture" under Subject to view the holdings at the Library of Congress.
Thesaurus of Geographic Names Browser: Developed by the Getty Research Institute, users can get latitude, longitude, and notes about a location.
Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda Restored: This is a hypermedia edition of Vaughan's and Gianniny's book, originally published in 1981 by the University Press of Virginia. The present edition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Rotunda fire, which occurred in October, 1895. Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda Restored is a pictorial survey of the most recent renovation of the Rotunda, which restored the building to its original design.
The Union List of Artist Names: Sponsored by the Getty Research Institute, this database lists over 220,000 names and other information about artists from antiquity to the present from around the world. It presents the variety of different spellings of an artist's name and bibliographies that lead to biographical information.
Wave Hill: The Catalog of Landscape Records of the United States: A place to inquire about doing research on land use like history of gardening and landscape architecture.
Web Gallery of Art: The Web Gallery of Art contains over 8,500 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1800. Users can search by artist, work, or a variety of other options.

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