Faculty of Arts
Department of Art and Art History
Art and Art History
Archives of American Art: Smithsonian Institution
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, is an excellent image collection containing over 8,000 photographs, sketches, letters, and other documents that have been scanned and individually described.
Licence: Please refer to the licence applied to each individual resource as some are within the Public Domain and free to use, while others continue to be restricted use.
Art Canada
The Canadian Online Art Book Project is a growing digital library of original books commissioned by the Art Canada Institute, on artists who have made a critical contribution to the evolution of the nation’s art history. Each year the ACI releases new titles in this program.
Licence: Please note that while this resource is free to use, it is not licensed for reuse.
Art History Archive
The Art History Archive is a learning object repository and an Educational Database Library (EDL) providing educators and students with more comprehensive information about artistic movements, art groups, and specific artists.
Licence: Please note that, though free, this resource is not licensed for reuse.
Art History (Boundless) (LibreTexts)
Available through LibreTexts, this textbook and associated course content offer an introduction to art history.
Includes: Lecture slides, quiz questions
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Art History I (Lumen Learning)
This course is from Lumen Learning, and offered through SUNY.
Licence: Various CC licences applied
Art History II (Lumen Learning))
This course is from Lumen Learning, and offered through SUNY.
Licence: Various CC licences applied
Art History Teaching Resources
AHTR is home to a constantly evolving and collectively authored online repository of art history teaching content including, but not limited to, lesson plans, video introductions to museums, book reviews, image clusters, and classroom and museum activities.
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0 for website content, unless otherwise noted.
ArtxHistory
A space facilitated by institutions, historians, curators, artists, faculty, and students who are committed to delivering quality scholarship that is accessible, inclusive, and open.
Includes: Timeline, videos, and sound recordings
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Book of Small by Emily Carr [New]
The Book of Small (1942) is a novel by Canadian author and painter Emily Carr. It is an early childhood memoir consisting of thirty-six word sketches in which the author relates anecdotes about her life as a young girl living in Victoria, BC [Description from resource].
Licence: CC 0 (Public Domain)
The Bright Continent: African Art History
This textbook offers an introduction to African art history and provides tools for discussing and analysing African art.
Includes: Further reading
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Reviews: Available through the Open Textbook Library
CanadARThistories
CanadARThistories, a new online course and its associated open learni