American Book Prices Current (ABPC)
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Want to know what that book is worth? Or a map, signed photo, autograph, letter, manuscript or other printed or handwritten paper item? If it, or something similar, came up for auction from September 1, 1975 through last month, you'll find it on American Book Prices Current. The database is updated monthly with actual hammer prices from public auctions held in North America, Europe, Australia and other locations. Unlike previous versions of ABPC, users can search by price (entering the number in the keyword box) or the name of the auction house. If no results are retrieved, put in fewer terms, such as just an author's last name. Print, e-mail or download up to 200 records per search.
Library subscription.
Only available for use within City of Milwaukee
libraries.
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Antiques Roadshow
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Provides a sneak peek at this season's Antiques Roadshow episodes. Just before an eqisode airs, broadcast highlights for that city are added to this Web site. Covers the current season and the upcoming season. Has an appraisers index with contact information where available, plus a list of auction houses used on the show.
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Appraisal of Art and Artifacts
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The following list of appraisers is provided to you as a service by the Wisconsin Historical Society. This in no way constitutes an endorsement of these appraisers
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Architecture Through the Ages
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"This Web site discusses the many types of architecture and the many ways they have shaped our lives. In this comprehensive guide, you will learn about architecture from the great Maya to the building of cathedrals."
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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A public online resource by the Getty Institute, this Web site is a structured vocabulary containing 125,000 terms and other information that may be used to describe art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture, and archival materials.
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Art Full Text
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For articles on subjects including: Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles, and Video, choose Art Full Text from the WilsonWeb menu. Coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews and feminist criticism has been expanded. This partially full-text database indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage begins in 1997. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. In addition to articles, reproductions of works of art are indexed. More information is available if you click here for the HW Wilson database descriptions page. NOTE: For citations from periodicals published between 1929 and 1984 search Art Index Retrospective. Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Art History Resources on the Web
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The contents of this site are organized under 12 broad topics. Eight of the topic areas provide chronological coverage from prehistory to art of the 20th Century. The remaining categories cover Prints and Photography, Non-European Art, Research Resources, and Museums and Galleries. Each subdivision has an extensive collection of links. Updated on a regular basis.
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Art in Wisconsin
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This Web site of the Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors features articles, artist information and a calendar of Wisconsin events and exhibitions.
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Art Index Retrospective
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This product cumulates citations to the HW Wilson Art Index volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929 and 1984. Search more than 400,000 records, citing articles and reproductions from 600 publications. More information is available if you click here for the HW Wilson database descriptions page. NOTE: Use the Art Full Text product to search for newer or full-text articles. Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases.
Library subscription.
Available for use within City of Milwaukee libraries
and by remote access to City of Milwaukee library
cardholders.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Artcom Museum Tour
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This site lists 1,700 U.S. museums of all types: botanical gardens, zoos, planetaria, aquaria and other fine cultural institutions.
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Artcyclopedia
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Primarily an index to where paintings, sculptures and other great works of fine art can be viewed online, at hundreds of art museum sites and image archives worldwide. Links are classified by artist. Where possible, artists are classified by movement, by medium, by subject matter and by nationality. Included is a comprehensive list of art museum sites worldwide, a guide to the visual search engines on the internet, and a monthly top 30 list of the most-sought after artists.
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Artfact
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Begun in 1989, this database includes over 10 million unedited public auction sales results from more than 500 auction houses (many provide full-text transcriptions of original catalogue entries). Listed are market value, auction history, provenance, exhibition history, author or artist's biography, and a host of other relevant information pertaining to fine or collectible art, antiques, jewelry, or collectibles. The database image file has over a million photos, and each week, more than 50 upcoming auctions are featured.
Library subscription.
Only available for use within City of Milwaukee
libraries.
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ARTINFO:Art Sales Index
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The site has over 3.5 million auction records dating back to the 1920s. Use the Search Lots at Auction search form rather than the simple search box at the top. The information available is extensive and includes worldwide locations for such major auction houses as Sotheby's and Christie's. One may search by artist name, artwork title, and auction house. Search results may include an image along with descriptive information, plus further data.
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ArtNet
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artnet is the place to buy, sell and research fine art online. This online Gallery Network is the largest of its kind, with over 1,000 galleries in 250 international cities, more than 90,000 works by over 18,000 artists from around the globe. The Network serves dealers and art buyers alike by providing a survey of the market and its pricing trends, as well as the means to communicate instantly, inexpensively and globally. The Price Database offers a comprehensive color illustrated archive of fine art auction results worldwide. Representing auction results from over 500 international auction houses since 1985, the Price Database covers more than 2.6 million artworks by over 180,000 artists, ranging from Old Masters to Contemporary Art
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AskArt--the Artist's Bluebook
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The most comprehensive site for biographical & exhibition information about North American artists. Cites book & periodical references. Can also search art dealers and art museums, and auction records.
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Christie's Auction House
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This is a great resource for looking up recent art sales at Christie's Auction House, as well as to view the catalogs of upcoming auctions worldwide.
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Chronology of Animation
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This is a chronology of dates in the history of animation around the world.
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Clip Art Searcher
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This site is a clipart search engine, searchable by site name and by topic.
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Design Addict
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Design Addict is your resource for modern, post-modern and contemporary design of the 20th-21st centuries where you'll find information on designers and producers, on furniture, lighting, dinnerware and accessories. Features a designer and a manufacturer index, virtual exhibitions, interviews with designers, collector forums, news and an events calendar. Boasts extensive links.
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Digital Archive of American Architecture
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Consists of nearly 1500 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings). It has a link to an archive of European architecture.
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Emporis.com
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Emporis.com is the world's largest free-to-use website about buildings. Professionals and people with an interest in structures can find buildings, developments, and photos in more than 60,000 cities worldwide.
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Everystockphoto.com
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A search engine for free photos.
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Great Buildings
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Documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects around the world and across history. Includes 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, and Web links for famous designers and structures of all kinds.
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Historic Milwaukee
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This local organization has a mission to increase the public's awareness of Milwaukee's historical and architectural heritage by offering walking tours, home tours, etc.
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Historic Preservation Commission
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This site contains records on local properties. Towards the bottom of the first page, look for "Properties and Districts." Click on Locally-designated areas to find Historic Designation Study Reports and some photos on neighborhoods and individual properties.
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International Architectural Database
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The largest online-database about worldwide architects and buildings from past to present. "This database includes over 13000 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database.
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International Archive of Women in Architecture
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This archive documents the history of women's involvement in architecture by collecting, preserving, storing, and making available to researchers the professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and critics, and urban planners, and the records of women's architectural organizations, from around the world.
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LIFE photo archive
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Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.
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Milwaukee Architecture
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A website maintained by Dr. Steven Reyer of MSOE which gives you walking tours of different parts of the city.
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Milwaukee Art Museum
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Information on the Calatrava building, various museum collections, events, parking, admission prices and more.
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Milwaukee Neighborhoods
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The UWM Libraries have developed an extensive online digital collection titled "Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992." The collection presents 638 images of Milwaukee's neighborhoods from the Far Northwest Side to the Far South Side, providing a visual documentation of the development of the city.
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New York Public Library Picture Collection
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A collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.
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NYFA Source
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The New York Foundation for the Arts is a state-wide service organization for artists that provides this free national information resource for artists in all disciplines. Search for grants, residencies, apprenticeships, space, equipment, health and safety, insurance, business, and legal resources for artists in the visual, media, performing and literary arts.
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Photo Collection of Architectural Subjects
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"The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures. Included are the homes of notable Americans. Many of the photographs were commissioned by architects, designers, owners and architectural publications, and document important achievements in American 20th-century architecture and interior design."
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Portal Wisconsin
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Portalwisconsin.org is a non-profit Web site created by the Cultural Coalition to promote culture, arts, humanities and history in Wisconsin. Content will include a statewide events calendar, news articles, course listings, organizational listings, online chats, online galleries, and Web links. The Virtual Gallery allows you to view the works of Wisconsin Artists. In addition, it has a huge list of radio programs and performance groups in the visual arts, performance arts and cultural history.
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Replacements Ltd.
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Replacements, Ltd. (located in Greensboro, NC) has the world's largest selection of old & new dinnerware, including china, stoneware, crystal, glassware, silver, stainless, and collectibles. You can replace broken or missing pieces or add to your collection. Has an inventory of 10 million pieces in 200,000 patterns, some over 100 years old. Use this site to identify items you own. Listed by category, then by manufacturer, you can see what the patterns look like.
Provides a fee e-mail price list of pieces in your pattern. Fax or e-mail a picture of your pattern to their Pattern Identification Service.
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Riverwest Artists Association
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A blog site which fosters reflective, innovative and proactive art, to enrich and stimulate the Milwaukee community.
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Sotheby's
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This Web site of a leading international auction house allows you to browse the current auction catalogues of upcoming auctions.
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Structurae Database
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Structures from around the world are included here. In order to make browsing easier you can browse by name, structure type, function, construction method, geographical location or year of completion. If you cannot find a structure, it is entirely possible that it was entered under a different name. For this you can use the keyword search as possible alternative names are listed on the structure data pages.
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SYMBOLS.com
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SYMBOLS.com contains more than 2,500 Western signs, arranged into 54 groups according to their graphic characteristics. In 1,600 articles their histories, uses, and meanings are thoroughly discussed. The signs range from ideograms carved in mammoth teeth by Cro-Magnon men, to hobo signs and subway graffiti.
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Timeline of Art History
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The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. the Timeline now extends from prehistory to 1600 A.D., and will continue to expand in scope and depth.
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Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory
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"The Architecture and History Inventory, or AHI, is a search engine that provides historical and architectural information on approximately 120,000 properties in Wisconsin. The AHI contains data on buildings, structures and objects that illustrate Wisconsin's unique history."
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Wisconsin Artists Index
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The Wisconsin Artists Index was compiled by indexing over 40 books about Wisconsin art and artists and contains over 2300 citations.
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Wisconsin Arts Board Artists File
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This directory provides information on Wisconsin artists who are available to come to your community. The Wisconsin Arts Board created this as a resource tool for presenters and groups that hire artists to work within their community. It includes dance, literature, music, theater and visual arts. Contact information included for each entry.
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Wisconsin Visual Artists
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Formerly Wisconsin Artists and Painters. Wisconsin Visual Artists a nonprofit organization of visual artists and friends united to advance opportunities and services for artists and the general public. Includes feature articles, exhibitions, and an artist search feature.
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World Wide Arts Resources
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Promoted as the biggest gateway to the arts on the Internet. Discover over 100,000 works of contemporary art. Search by medium, subject matter, price and theme... research over 200,000 works by over 22,000 masters in the indepth art history section. Browse through new art biographies. Includes contemporary artists and masters, museums, galleries, fine art, art history, art education, antiques, dance, theater, and more.
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