Here's where you'll find more information about the group. This includes a host of illustrated guides and useful links below.
”There really is no such thing as Art. Only artists”
E. H. Gombrich
”Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world”
Einstein
Useful links
Moving Pictures is an ongoing BBC radio series exploring artworks in high resolution and fine detail, including links to other works and web pages
The Web Gallery of Art is a searchable database of European fine arts and architecture (3rd-19th centuries), currently containing over 48.000 reproductions. Artist biographies, commentaries, guided tours, period music, catalogue, free postcard and mobile services are provided.
Visual History is an educational site, in English, provided by the Toledo Museum. It provides an excellent grounding in the ‘Art of seeing Art’
Illustrated Notes
Periods and Artists
A selection of PDF guides to specific periods and artists. Choose from the list to open or download the guide.
- Prehistoric Art * Cycladic & Etruscan Art * Classical Greek & Roman * Medieval Art & Architecture * The Early Renaissance (Part 1)
- The Early Renaissance (Part 2)
- Early Netherlandish Painting (Part 1)
- Early Netherlandish Painting (Part 2)
- Bosch
- Breugel
- German Renaissance: Grüenwald and Dürer
- Cranach
- High Renaissance: Leonardo, Michelangelo & Raphael
- Giorgione
- Titian
- Tintoretto
- Mannerism
- Caravaggio
- Antemisia Gentileschi
- 16th and 17th Century Spain
- 16th Century British Painting
- Dutch Art 17th Century
- 18th Century: Portrait & Landscape in British Art
- The Royal Academy and the Academic Tradition
- William Blake
- Turner and Constable
- 18th Century: France and Venice
- Goya
- Romanticism
- Realism 1: 19th Century France: Corot and Courbet
- Realism 2: The Realist Heritage
- Symbolism
- The Barbizon School
- Impressionism
- Les Nabis
- Neo Impressionism
- Divisionism - Heritage
- Van Gogh & Gauguin Part 1: the early years
- Van Gogh & Gauguin Part 2: Arles and the aftermath
- Gauguin the legend
- Cézanne Part 1: The Years of Struggle
- Cézanne Part 2: Mountain of Victory
- Art Nouveau
- Vienna Secession
- Gustave Klimt
- Klimt: the Beethoven Frieze
- Egon Schiele
- Three Expressionists: Munch, Ensor, Kollwitz
- Die Brucke
- Cubism : Picasso and Braque
- Cubism 2: Cubist Developments
- Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930 <document not found>
- Italian Futurism
- Russian Futurism
Themes
A curated selection of PDF guides exploring specific themes. Choose from the list to open or download the guide.
- Classicism
- The Classical Heritage
- The Reclining Nude
- Atmospheric Abstraction
- Figures in the Sky
- Art and the Machine
- The Pursuit of Reality
- Contrasts and Comparisons
- Gardens in Art
- Painting Trees
- The Portrait in the Age of Photography
- Self Portraits
- Photorealism
- Techniques of Printmaking
- Eight Views of Sculpture
- The Making of the English Landscape
- The Art of the First World War
- Six Women Artists
- Three Women Artists
Timelines
Painting and Sculpture
A curated selection of PDF guide timelines in painting and sculpture. Choose from the list to open or download the guide.
1240 to 1800
1800 to 1870
1870 to 1940
- America 1
- America 2
- America 3
- South America 1
- South America 2
- Britain 1
- Britain 2
- Britain 3
- Britain 4
- Britain 5
- Britain 6
- Britain 7
- Scotland
- France 1
- France 2
- France 3
- France 4
- France 5
- France 6
- Germany, Austria and Switzerland 1
- Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2
- Germany, Austria and Switzerland 3
- Germany, Austria and Switzerland 4
- Northern Europe
- Russia
- Spain, Portugal & Italy
Architecture and Design
A curated selection of PDF guide timelines in architecture and design. Choose from the list to open or download the guide.
Photography
A curated selection of PDF guide timelines in photography. Choose from the list to open or download the guide.