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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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: 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 Met: Themes and Cultures
Explore and learn through in-depth features on past exhibitions and select galleries from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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.
NGA: Subject Search
Images and information in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC arranged by subject.
American Kaleidoscope: Themes and Perspectives in Recent Art
An online exhibition from the Smithsonian American Art Museum featuring a selection of images representing American art the close of the century, themes include spiritual expressions, shared concerns, and historical perspectives.
Winter
National Museums Liverpool: Winter
An online exhibition of objects related to winter including works of art featuring animals, plants, and people that have adapted to the cold weather, instruments used to measure the temperature, snowy landscapes and more.
MFA: Winter Holidays
View around 165 images related to winter holidays around the world, from the online collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
WGA: Winter Landscapes
Winter scenes and Christmas themes from the Web Gallery of Art.
The Arrival of Winter
A collection of 21 images related to winter in Maine from around 1886 - 1982, presented online by the Maine Historical Society.
Ice Skating in 19th Century America
An online exhibition from The Library Company of Philadelphia featuring a small collection of images related to ice skating.
Alcohol
Alcohol, Temperance & Prohibition
A Brown University Library exhibition showcasing sheet music, broadsides, government publications and pamphlets from the Alcoholism and Addiction Studies Collection.
Ardent Spirits
An online exhibition presented by The Library Company of Philadelphia, explores the origins of the American temperance movement.
Maps
Drawing the Line: Tasmania on the map
An online exhibition of maps from the State Library of Tasmania's Heritage Collections.
