Thematic Art
See Also: Art by Medium, Periods and Movements
Fine Art Prints and Posters
Browse a collection of over 500,000 images arranged by artist, subject, and style.
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Thematic Essays
Essays from The Metropolitan Museum of Art focusing on specific themes in art history such as periods and movements, archaeology, empires and civilizations, recurring concepts, and artistic mediums.
The British Museum: Themes
Explore the British Museum collection through various themes including animals, money, time, and writing.
The Louvre: Kaleidoscope
Images of selected objects in the collection arranged by visual theme.
The Louvre: Thematic Trails
The thematic trails allow you to explore objects in the collections related to a specific movement, period, or theme.
NYPL Digital Gallery
Online collection of over 550,000 digitized images from the collections of The New York Public Library, includes vintage posters and ephemera, maps, illuminated manuscripts and more.
World Myths and Legends in Art
Site created by the Minneapolis Institute of Art explores art by theme including creation myths, god myths, hero myths, religious practices, and myths concerning animals and beasts.
Museum of Bad Art
Museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms.
PostSecret
A collection of secrets anonymously revealed through hand decorated postcards.
Museum of Fred
Features thrift store paintings from the collection of Fred Beshid.
A Century of Grand Canyon Art
A collection of artists who have interpreted the Grand Canyon through their works of art, includes images from 1906 to 1999.
Dream Anatomy
An anatomy exhibition with material from the American National Library of Medicine collections.
