Finding Pictures:

AltaVista Photo Finder An image finder, from a good search engine site.

ArtNet® Worldwide An art search engine, among other things.

WWW Virtual Library: Museums

World Wide Art Resources

Digital Image Collections This is a great starting point of high-quality collections.

Sites with Images

The National Digital Library From the Library of Congress, Civil War and Depression era photographs and other resources.

Portfolio and Stock Sites:

There are more and more of these. Here are a few examples:

• Picturebook The site for the only and best sample book for children's book illustrators.
• Illustrators on the Net Over 80 British illustrators post art samples at this well-designed site.
  
• theispot A virtual portfolio site for a variety of illustrators. Showcases 35 illustrators from Gerald and Cullen Rapp and others...
  
• The Cartoon Bank It's a commercial site, pushing cartoons for stock uses, but you can preview some good cartoons....
  
• PhotoDisc A very large stock agency goes online. Searchable databases, with low-res images available for comping.
  

Libraries of specific kinds of images:

The William Blake Archive An amazing project. Huge images, but worth the wait if you are a Blake fan.
Volcano World Images and information about currently active volcanoes.
Nasa's Space Shuttle Photo library Some great shots of the earth.
TerraServer Find many locations in the US in satellite photos.
Live Weather Cameras A fascinating way to take a peek at what is happening at a large selection of sites across North America. Or try Tommy's Worldwide List.


Destinations

• The Art of Illustration A WWW exhibit of a real exhibit of Canadian illustrators. Great survey, and an introduction to illustration styles.
• Artlex A free dictionary of art terms.
• Dia Center An example of how to use the Internet for art.
  
• The Art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude Many pictures and information about the work of this team of environmental artists.
  
• Virtual Whales Whales are fascinating -- here you can see what scientists are learning about their behavior under the water.
  
• Artswire For artists.

 

Maps:

The PCL Map Collection University of Texas collection of full-color public domain maps. You can download them--but the files are very large.
MapQuest Why get one of those mapping programs when you can create your own maps for free on the WWW? A bit slow, of course.
Map Machine @ nationalgeographic.com This is a map-making WWW program, but may not run on every computer.
USGS Elevation Database Brightly colored, and full of information. More large files.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States This is the best of all. Must be seen--a piece of cartographic art. Of course, very large files. A 28.8 K modem is enough if you have other things to do while downloading.
Panoramic Maps Collection A great section of the Library of Congress site.
Satellite Images Global coverage, courtesy of the European Space Agency. You must pay for detailed ones, but the thumbnails here can be interesting.
Area Accurate Map / The Peters Projection A new way of looking at the world.
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