Famous paintings, painters, painting techniques, abstract and figurative
Painting styles, subjects, periods, genres. A comprehensive index of websites
Maleri Pittori Peintres Pintores
Animals in art
Body art
British painting
Cave art
Figurative
Floral/flowers
Fresco
Military art
Miniatures
Maritime
Oil Techniques
Pigments
Portraits
Still life
Street art
Techniques
Watercolours
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Abstract painting
See: Abstract painting
See also: Modernism Art Periods/Movements Artist Index
African-American painting
African-American museums.
Association of African-American Museums
American artists
See also: Artist Index
American Art; a directory of American art museums, galleries and organizations.
American West. Painters of the American West/ cowboys.
Artcyclopedia
Folk artists of America and Canada, including Grandma Moses.
Artcyclopedia.
Animal pictures, painters of animals
See: Paintings of animals
Artists
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Biblical art
Biblical art, art and the Bible
Stories in the bible have always inspired artists. In this section you will find a selection of such biblical art, including many highlights from the history of art.
Body art, body painting
The Henna Page
An educational resource devoted to the history, traditions, techniques, science and art of Henna.
World Body Painting Festival, Europe.
British painting
See also: British Art
British artists. English artists.
Great British art on the internet from Artcyclopaedia. A chronological listing of several hundred British artists from Mathew Harris to Benjamin Tanner.
British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies
British Design Initiative
Handbooks, design directories, news, awards.
British drawings, watercolours and paintings from the Wallace Collection, London.
Bonington, Callow, Cooper, Denning, Derby, Downman, Gainsborough, Roberts, Romney, Sant, Symonds, Turner, Westall, Wilkie and others.
Your Paintings
Your Paintings is a website which aims to show the entire UK national collection of oil paintings, the stories behind the paintings, and where to see them for real. It is made up of paintings from thousands of museums and other public institutions around the country. Your Paintings is a joint initiative between the BBC, the Public Catalogue Foundation (a registered charity) and participating collections and museums from across the UK.
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Cave painting, rock art
See also: Ancient Art
Bradshaw Foundation. The recording of cave paintings around the world.
EuroPreArt database of European Prehistoric Art
Wikipedia entry on cave painting.
Chinese painting
See also: Chinese Art
Chinese classical painting.
Techniques, styles, theory, periods.
Colour theory
Color Matters. The science of colour, how colour affects our minds, the significance of colour.
Colour theory in design and art. Colour wheels, primary and secondary colours.
Color Wheel Pro – See Color Theory in Action.
A software program to create color schemes and preview them on real-world examples.
Physics of colour in nature: Why are things coloured?
Contemporary painters with an international following
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Egg Tempera
Egg Tempera Fine Art Museum. The use of egg tempera in the history of art.
The Society of Egg Tempera Painters
Pigments through the Ages – Egg tempera