Italian Renaissance Resources
Oxford Art Online
To login to Oxford Art Online, ask the librarian for assistance.
Other Art Resources
ART-Dok
Journal articles on art history. Much German content as well as articles in English.
Asian Art Newspaper
Only limited selection of articles free online, but nevertheless a good source of information about Asian art.
Blue Mountain Project
European avant-garde journals from 1848 to 1923, digitised for online reading and viewing.
British Art History Resources
Links to free resources, compiled by the Walpole Society.
Courtauld Books Online
Small collection of art history books.
Dissertations and theses
Global Electronic Theses and Dissertations Search is a search engine for finding free online versions of theses and dissertations from around the world, at both master's and doctoral level. PQDT Open is a smaller collection, with no content not found in Global ETD, but can be easier to search for some topics.
EThOS offers doctoral theses (dissertations) from UK universities, and other degree-awarding institutions in the UK. When searching, check the box Limit search to items available for immediate download... for material you can read on your laptop or other device.
Getty Publications
Art history and art conservation books published by the Getty Institute.
Getty Research Portal
A collection of older works: over 30,000 art history publications, rare books, and related literature, from many publishers.
Google Books
Good for older works that are out of copyright. Also offers brief extracts, cover images and contents pages for newer titles which are not offered full-text.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Essays, images and chronologies, together providing a grand overview of the history of art, worldwide. Created by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: several different collections of e-books. Most are accessed via the Digital Collections, including all known Met publications from 1869-1939, rare art books, and historic sales catalogues. 400 Met publications from 1964 onwards.
MoMA exhibitions database
Images and documentation from the New York Museum of Modern Art exhibitions from 1929 onwards.
Modernist Journals Project
Online reproductions of early modernist journals. 27 titles have been digitised as of 2015.
Watercolour World
Database of documentary watercolours from before 1900