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Nancy Thompson
Art and Art History

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Northfield, MN 55057
507-646-3098
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thompsn@stolaf.edu

Here are some of my favorite places to visit!

 

Image Resources on the Web

Art History Resources on the Web, by Christopher Witcombe

Image Resources, compiled by Anne Harris (check out the Medieval resources, too!) Scroll down for a helpful list of links to museums around the world.

Image Collections and Online Art, University of Michigan

St. Olaf Visual Resource Center Image Database (login required)

Art Stor (login required; available only on St. Olaf campus)

Digital Imaging Project, Images from many places and times, by Mary Ann Sullivan

Web Gallery of Art, Western Art (mainly painting) from the 13th-18th centuries

MedArt, Images of Medieval Art and Architecture, by Alison Stones

Index of Christian Art at Princeton, European Medieval and Renaissance Art

Corpus Vitrearum, UK (UK Chapter of the International Organization of Stained Glass Scholars. The US chapter doesn't have a website yet!) For links to images and monuments, check out the Picture Archive and Other Websites links.

Database of Italian Stained Glass, by the Italian Corpus Vitrearum

smARThistory, by Beth Harris and Stephen Zucker. There are some great little clips of monuments filmed in "real time" by tourists on this site.

Virtual Tours and Panoramas, an excellent collection of links to architectural sites by Arne Flaten.

Map collection at the University of Texas, with access to great maps of all kinds!

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Careers in Art History

Check out Prof. Anne F. Harris's site, with a fabulous page on Careers in Art History

Local museums, galleries and arts organizations

St. Olaf's own Flaten Art Museum

Carleton College Art Gallery

Northfield Arts Guild, check out what's up in Northfield

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Walker Art Center, one of my favorite places in the state

Frederick Weisman Museum, at the University of Minnesota

Minnesota Museum of American Art, in St. Paul and worth a visit

The Groveland Gallery, in Minneapolis

Franklin Art Works, in Minneapolis

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Libraries

St. Olaf Libraries

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

German Institute in Florence (Kunsthistorisches Institut)

Organizations and Monuments

International Center of Medieval Art at the Cloisters, New York

College Art Association (CAA)

Italian Art Society

Renaissance Society of America

The Cathedral of Florence

Blogs and other things of interest

Medieval History in the Movies! A guide to movies set in the Middle Ages, what a fabulous resource.

Pat Kelley's site, includes his blog and lots of other cool things

Ihatetoast, you have to visit to understand...

Found Magazine, worth checking every so often

Cute Overload, also worth checking, if you like puppies and kittens ;-)

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