Resource Library

a publication of Traditional Fine Arts Organization

Resource Library articles and essays listed by topic: Academies, Associations, Ateliers and Societies African American Art American Scene Painting Artists Abroad Art Clubs Art Colonies Art History by State within the United States Art Museums, Galleries and Art Centers Arts and Crafts Movement Ashcan Artists Asian American Art Ateliers & Academies: 20th Century Athletic and Sporting Art Basketry Botanical Artists Capitol Art Collections, Federal and State: 18th-21st Century Cartoons and Comics Ceramic Tile and Pottery Courage as Virtue Crafts and Decorative arts: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Decorative arts: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Eastern Art: 20-21st Century Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Painting Equine Art: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Expatriate Artists Fabulism  Fauvism Figurative and Portrait Art: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Floral Art Folk Art Furniture Genre Art: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century, Glass Gold and Silver Graphic Masters Healing and Medicine Hispanic-American Art Historic Art Clubs Historic Art Colonies Historic International Exhibitions Hope as Virtue Humility as Virtue Illustrators Impressionism Installation Art Jewelry Landscape Art: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Living Artists: 20-21st Century Luminism Macbeth Gallery Exhibitors Marine and Maritime Art: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Mexican American Artists Mid-Atlantic Art: 20-21st Century Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Painting Middle East Influences Midwest Art: 20-21st Century Military and Wartime Art Miniature Painting Modernism Monotypes Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, 1880-1910 Murals Music in American Art Native American Art Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southern Art: 20-21st Century Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Painting New Deal Art Nudes Orientalism Outsider Art Pacific Coast Painting: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington: 19th-21st Century Patriotism Photography: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Photo-Realism Plein Air Painting Pop Art Postage Stamp Art Posters Post-Modernism Precisionism Printmaking Quilts Railroad Patronage of American Artists Realism Regionalism Religious Art Representational (other): 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Reverence as Virtue Rock 'n Roll Rocky Mountain and Southwest Painting and Sculpture: 19th-21st Century Southern Art: 19th-21st Century Sculpture: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Self-Taught Art Society of Six Sporting Art Still Life Art: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Surrealism Synchromism "The Eight" "The Ten" Thrift as Virtue Tonalism Tools as Art Trompe l'Oeil Weaving Western Genre Art: 19th-21st Century Wildlife Art: 18-19th Century, 19-20th Century, 20-21st Century Women Artists WPA Era Art   Columnists: Art Law by Ann Avery Andres The Plein Air Scene by Sarah Beserra Fine Art Valuation by Roger Dunbier Maryland, Virginia and DC Art by Ann Erskine   Milestones in American Art

Resource Library is an online publication of Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) devoted to American representational art. It includes aspects of both a scholarly journal and a popular magazine. Maintaining a balance between both emphases, Resource Library offers an interconnected body of knowledge including: biographical information for important artists, relationships of American artists to their teachers in foreign nations and America, history of American art centers, schools, ateliers and museums, evolution of methods and styles of artistic expression, changing cultural emphases over time.     About us: Overview Services to institutions Scholarly text from private sources Indexes and information retrieval Submitting materials Content presentation guidelines Linking within pages Errors and omissions User Agreement and legal notice Readership information Volunteering How Resource Library differs from paper-printed art publications   Search Resource Library and the TFAO web site:   Indexes: The Chronological index is the quickest way to find the most recently published articles and essays. Many articles feature links to related articles in the archives, and to other interesting and related sources. The Art Museum, Gallery and Art Center index and an index for other non-profit sources including Academies, Associations, Ateliers and Societies provide resources for locating essays and articles concerning exhibitions and other subjects from those sources. Sources of Articles and Essays Indexed by State within the United States helps readers plan visits to institutions.     Also of interest from Traditional Fine Arts Organization: About TFAO   Author Study and Index   Catalogues including: American Representational Art links to dozens of topics in American Representational Art Audio Online a catalogue of online streaming audio recordings Collections of Historic American Art notable private collections America's Distinguished Artists a national registry of historic artists Geographic Tour of American Representational Art History a catalogue of articles and essays that describe the evolution of American art from the inception of the United States to WWII. Illustrated Audio Online streaming online narrated slide shows Articles and Essays Online substantive texts published outside of Resource Library Videos Online a comprehensive catalogue of online full motion videos streamed free to viewers Videos an authoritative guide to videos in VHS and DVD format Books sampler of general reference books published on paper Interactive media media in CD-ROM format Magazines a comprehensive list of paper-published magazines and journals Individual States Art History Project Museums Explained Mission, Organization and Accreditation Exhibitions Staff Support Definitions National Calendar of Exhibitions   Projects, Reports and Studies   TFAO digital library   Virtual Volunteering   By visiting this website, you are agreeing to the terms of our user agreement. Before reproducing or transmitting text or images please read the user agreement.   Traditional Fine Arts Organization a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering education in American art through advocacy, publication and research   Links to sources of information outside of this website are provided only as referrals for your further consideration. Please use due diligence in judging the quality of information contained in them. Information from linked sources may be inaccurate or out of date. Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. neither recommends or endorses these referenced organizations. Although Traditional Fine Art Organization, Inc. includes links to other websites, it takes no responsibility for the content or information contained on those other sites, nor exerts any editorial or other control over them. For more information on evaluating web pages see Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc.'s General Resources section in Online Resources for Collectors and Students of Art History. Copyright 2003-2013 Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. All rights reserved.