# Online Art Collections

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**Created:** [January 18, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-art-collections/647601 "2013-01-18T08:28:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-art-collections/647601/1 "2013-01-18T08:28:02Z")

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What are some good online collections of artwork?

One site I’ll recommend here is the Art Renewal Centre which is one of the largest online collections I’ve seen while being largely limited to stuff I like: [http://www.artrenewal.org/](http://www.artrenewal.org/)

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**Author:** ![BlackFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@BlackFish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackFish)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-art-collections/647601/2 "2013-01-18T10:39:31Z")

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[Web Gallery of Art](http://www.wga.hu/index1.html) is definitely worth checking out.

It covers the time period from the medieval ages to realism in the 19th century.

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**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-art-collections/647601/3 "2013-01-18T11:04:50Z")

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The Public Catalogue Foundation and the BBC have now put online images of every painting in all public collections in the UK.

> **[Art UK | Home](https://artuk.org/)**
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> Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 300,000 artworks by over 50,000 artists.

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**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-art-collections/647601/4 "2013-01-18T11:24:34Z")

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I’ve never found a more comprehensive site than [Wikipaintings](http://www.wikipaintings.org/). Really, take a look.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-art-collections/647601/5 "2013-01-18T13:41:14Z")

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[Google Art Project.](http://www.googleartproject.com/)