The online exhibit that accompanied "The Horse" at American Museum of Natural History is quite informative and useful. Visitors who are not necessarily that interested in horses, may just be won over by this beautiful and educational online exhibit. The "Evolution of Horses" link explains how horses evolved from being multi-toed to single-toed, and how horses as small as a dog, and larger horses,...

Several decades before Ernest Hemingway came to Paris to spend some quality time with Gertrude Stein near the Jardin de Luxembourg; there were a multitude of other American artists inspired by the City of Lights. Paris was, without a doubt, the art capital of the 19th century, and as Henry James remarked in 1887 "when to-day we look for 'American art' we find it mainly in Paris." Staff members at...

William Shakespeare was happy to write about blood, bile, melancholy, and phlegm at length. During his time, balances of these four humors were thought to affect physical and mental health, along with defining individual personalities. These humors bred the emotions of anger, grief, hope, and fear, all of which can be found in Shakespeare's works in varying intensities. This digital exhibit from...

AnnoTate is a collaborative, online project that invites citizen and professional art historians alike to review and transcribe the sketchbooks, letters, diaries, and other personal papers that belonged to a number of famous British artists (including both British-born artists as well as those who immigrated to Britain). This project, a collaboration between the Tate Archives and Zooniverse,...

Willis and Lillian Leenhouts were a husband and wife team that specialized in single-family residences, and they were well known around the Midwest for their regional modernist style and ability to effectively utilize solar technology in their designs. From the 1940s to the 1980s, the Leenhouts built dozens of projects, and this digital collection from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...

With a studio school and a children’s theater within its walls, the Arkansas Arts Center is certainly much more than just a rather fine art museum. Founded in 1961, the Center has expanded its mission to support a number of artistic endeavors within the broad range of visual and performing arts traditions. On the Center’s website, visitors can learn not only about visiting the museum itself, but...

The ARLISmatters blog aims to be "a current awareness bulletin for anyone working in, or with an interest in, art, architecture and design libraries and archives." This blog is a publication of the Arts Library Society (ARLIS) of the United Kingdom and Ireland, an organization established in 1969 (Arts Library Society North American, or ARLIS/NA, was founded three years later in 1972.) While some...

Armando Reverón (1889 - 1954) was an artist who only became known in his native Venezuela in the 1950s, shortly before his death, and has remained largely unknown outside of Latin America. In fact, the current Armando Reverón exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art is the first retrospective of his work in a North American museum. The accompanying Web site is organized into 8 sections providing...

In time for the holiday season of indulging, the Art Institute of Chicago presents this exhibition that documents the American fascination with food, using paintings and sculptures, as well as period cookbooks, menus, and posters, dating from the 18th through the 20th century. The online exhibition is presented in the form of a cookbook and includes historical recipes illustrated with works from...

This celebration of Art Deco and the decorative arts was lovingly crafted by the specialists at McGill University's Library. The original in situ exhibit that accompanied this site was crafted for the 10th World Congress on Art Deco. Here, visitors can browse through the images from the collection organized into categories that include Bon Voyage, Montreal Leisure, Interior Design, and Book...