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A brief but detailed description on how to take slides of your work for entering shows. While the use of slides may be on the way out - there is still some good info here for lighting your work and using a camera.

Example of an analytical drawing from a student. Note heavy use of line in place of shadow. Line is heavily worked - not singular or necessarily definitive. The shape is worked towards methodically and appears even appears transparent.

Hard to find good images of the architectural work of Russian artists, Brodsky and Utkin.  A flickr set.

From the site: "An English curate and the author of several books on religious subjects, Edward Topsell is best remembered for The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes and The Historie of Serpents. Born in 1572, Topsell attended Cambridge before becoming a clergyman in the Church of England. He published The Reward of Religion in 1596, and Time's Lamentation in 1599. In 1604 Topsell became curate of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, a position he held until his death. In 1607, Topsell published his magnificent illustrated work Historie of Foure-footed Beastes, Describing the True and Lively Figure of Every Beast. The book was closely based on the Historiae Animalium of Swiss author Conrad Gesner. In 1608 he followed it with The Historie of Serpents; Or the Second Booke of Living Creatures, which also drew on Gesner's Historiae. The woodcuts for both of Topsell's books came directly from Gesner's pages. Topsell authored one more religious work in 1610 called The Householder. He served as vicar and chaplain in various areas of England until his death in about 1638."

"Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) is a ten-year national initiative to improve the conditions for artists working in all disciplines."

A set of Van Gogh works with links to hi-res versions. There are a number of more interesting pieces you don't see very often here - like Stuffed Bat and Skull with Burning Cigarette. Some drawings, too.

Design and illustration work of David Plunkert and Joyce Hesselberth.

A great selection of Japanese art from antiquity as well as contemporary works from the Japan Society in NYC.

Work from Nagaoka Institute of Design; Japan.

Adolf Wolfli was confined to a mental asylum in Germany where he created a tremendous and complex body of work that included paintings, drawings, writing and combinations of all three.

Good detailed information for creative design-based careers from The Creative Group. The Creative Group is a company that (among other things) works with companies and freelancers to pair them for specific projects.

There is a downloadable PDF biography of the artists here as well as several images of their work including sculptures and prints. The images are not great. Most of their work is highly detailed and intricate - difficult to convey over the internet.

Don't know your Minion from your Lucida? Can't decide which Sans-serif, Humanist font works best? Take your seats, class, and let's review the Periodic Table of Typefaces.

A slideshow, in chronological order, showing Khan's growth as an architect and his concentration on the relationship between people and the buildings they live/work in.

I wonder if he's looked at a lot of Hogarth? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Lane I like the way the architecture is so oppressive in his work - almost like a cemetery. Do you know if he works from models? I'm asking because there is a strong sense of posing in the fight scenes - which turns them into more of an aesthetic experience as opposed to a visceral experience.

A tremendous source for early and contemporary film, sound and written word. The focus is on avant-garde work from several different generations. You can find films by Yoko Ono, audio by William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg as well as the entire contents of each issue of Aspen Magazine here.

From the site: "Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972, comprised of more than 140 objects and organized collaboratively by the Walker Art Center and Tate Modern, London, is the first major exhibition to focus exclusively on early work by the 14 key artists associated with the genesis of Arte Povera"

Extensive, outstanding and comprehensive resource for William Blake's work. Indexed and highly searchable.