Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Imperialism
This website offers a range of selections from important texts related to nineteenth-century imperialism, including sources related to imperial activities in Africa, India, China, and elsewhere. Many of the documents are excerpts from larger works. The texts are arranged thematically. See also the site's section on the Second Industrial Revolution.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook35.html Timeline of Art History: European Art in the Nineteenth Century
This website, maintained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, provides access to a good combination of images and thematic essays divided according to culture, time period, and medium. The site contains many pages dedicated to aspects of nineteenth-century European art and culture, including "Impressionism: Art and Modernity," "Post-Impressionism," and "Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings." See also the section on American Art in the Nineteenth Century.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?i=18
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?i=5 Art Cyclopedia: Impressionism
This compendious website catalogues links to other sites (usually museum websites) where students can find images of the works of specific impressionist artists (sometimes the links identify the specific artwork as well). See also the site's sections on realism, postimpressionism, and art nouveau.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/impressionism.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/realism.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/post-impressionism.html
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/art-nouveau.html Art History Resources on the Web: 19th-Century Art
This website doesn't contain original material; instead it provides access to dozens of links to other sites covering a variety of topics related to nineteenth-century art (including realism, impressionism, postimpressionism, and art nouveau), as well as many other cultures and time periods.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks5.html Project Gutenberg
At this expansive website, students can find a number of e-texts of nineteenth-century works—both English-language literature and foreign literature in English translation. Among the authors whose works may be found on the site are Zola, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Dickens, and many others.
http://www.gutenberg.org The Thomas A. Edison Papers
This website maintained by Rutgers University provides a comprehensive source for materials about Edison's life and accomplishments. Along with a biography of the inventor and descriptions of some of the more important of his many inventions, the site provides access to a large number of digital images of Edison's notebooks and letters.
http://edison.rutgers.edu/ Marx and Engels Internet Archive
This website provides access to a wide selection of the writings of the two men most responsible for developing modern communism. The contents of the site include letters and tracts written by Marx and Engels, as well as a miscellany of documents related to the First International.
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/ Mark Twain's Interactive Scrapbook
This innovative website combines excerpts from Twain's writings with photographs, drawings, and audio and video commentary to provide an illuminating overview of his life and career.
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/scrapbook/index.html The Daguerreian Society
Maintained by a society of daguerreotype enthusiasts, this website is notable for its extensive gallery of nineteenth-century daguerreotypes.
http://daguerre.org/index.php The National Portrait Gallery: Matthew Brady's World
This website provides an introduction to the early photographic work of Matthew Brady, with an emphasis on his portraiture. The site includes a discussion of how nineteenth-century photographs were produced.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/intro/cont3.htm Smithsonian Archives of American Art
At this website, visitors can find digitized sources related to a large number of American artists, including Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer. The sources are mostly written (generally letters); but the site can be used in conjunction with one of the several sites dedicated to displaying artwork online, described above, to provide a different perspective on art.
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collectionsonline/ Monetalia: Claude Monet Paintings Gallery
Along with a biography of the founding impressionist, this website provides images of over 1300 paintings by Monet, allowing visitors to trace the development of his style and technique. See also the webpage on Renoir, Degas, and Gauguin in the same format.
http://www.claudemonetgallery.org/
http://www.pierre-auguste-renoir.org/
http://www.edgar-degas.org/
http://www.paul-gauguin.net/ The Vincent Van Gogh Gallery
This comprehensive website contains images of over 2000 artistic pieces by Van Gogh, including sketches, paintings, and oil paintings, as well as e-texts of all of his letters. A good introduction to this legendary artist.
http://www.vggallery.com/ Choral Public Domain Library
This website offers access to the scores of a large number of composers, often accompanied by audio files (midi and mp3) of several of the composer's pieces. Searches can be made according to composer or musical era or style. The website has a very small sampling of the works of composers such as Debussy, Puccini, and Bizet.
http://www.cpdl.org Vaslav Nijinsky: Creating a New Artistic Era
This online exhibit recounts the career of Nijinsky and explains his artistic significance. Still photos provide some sense of the dancer's technique.
http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/nijinsky/ | 