Fine Art

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
"A thematic, chronological, and geographical exploration of global art history through The Met collection ... for students and scholars of art history.”

Art Forum Magazine
Reviews and art world news, current and archived issues of the printed mag, popular columns, interviews, books, and more.

Khan Academy – Art History
KA offers has an excellent art history section and provides special resources for students preparing for the AP Art History test.

Instagram
Check out accounts managed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, Whitney, Guggenheim, and Aperture Foundation.


Architecture

Metropolis
A leading design site showcasing game changing design at all scales, from product creation to urban planning.

Great Buildings
Carnegie Mellon site devoted to architecture images and media. Various image collections and links to others online.

Frank Loyd Wright
King of mid-century architectural design, Wright's creations epitomized the notion of inhabited spaces as works of modern art. See Marin Civic Center.

Architectural Digest
A key influence in the world of interior design. Since 1920, AD has brought to the fore creative innovation and excellence in home design, travel, and living well.


General Design

.W
Fascinating site on building, environmental, product, and fashion design and conceptualization from across the globe.

Design Thinking
Solution-focused thinking, planning, and action are at the heart of good design, enabling practitioners to channel creativity, optimize results, improve the future.


Interior Design

Wikipedia Article on ID
Following are additional articles and ideas on the basics of interior design featured in: Life Hacker, the spruce, Pinterest.

Udemy Interior Design Courses
A broad range of inexpensive interior design and feng shui video courses offered on Udemy. Interior Design Institute offers their own course here.


Color Theory, Typography, Graphic Design

Color Theory
More sites providing beginning instruction in the theory and psychology of color and color combining can be found here.

Canva.com
Following are additional articles for beginners and enthusiasts on basic typography, font rules, and graphic design principles.

99designs
Commercial art mecca and “online graphic design marketplace” with more than a million freelance designer members. Info and resources for budding designers.


Movements

Bauhaus
Incubator of the early 20th century modernist design movement, the Bauhaus school was way ahead of its time. See Tate, Met.

Mid-Century Modern
Modernist trends culminated in mid-century minimalist Scandinavian designs, Wright-like-buildings and Eichler homes, monolithic public buildings, and head-turning abstract art.


Other

Using Ancient Mathematics to Enrich Your Design Skills
Nowhere is the symbiotic relationship between art and mathematics seen more clearly than in those areas comprising the broad field of design.

Arts.net
"Making the world’s art accessible to anyone with an Internet connection." 800K images of art, architecture, design by 80K artists of all periods.

Mobile Sculpture
Pinterest page celebrating hanging mobiles. These sculptures blend art and science in tantalizing ways, producing a natural sense of calm. Calder mobiles here.