The Artchive
The Artchive is a virtual art gallery website. It was established in the late 1990s by Mark Harden. He contributed to WebMuseum from 1995 before establishing the Artchive. A biography of the founder called it a "top art resource".[1] A user on Pinterest called it "such a valuable website".[2] However, the contact email does not currently work and the site is neglected and not updated.
Founded | Late 1990s |
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Founder(s) | Mark Harden |
URL | www |
The Artchive website displays historic artworks with a convenient viewer that allows the size of the image to be set easily as required. It provides a leading online teaching resource for art at a university level.[3]
The Artchive contains 2,300 scans of works by more than 200 artists.[4] Posters of displayed artworks are available.
It has the same name as a service of SITO.[5]
Notable works on the site include The Fight Between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.[6]
See also
References
- "Mark Harden". Museums and the Web. Archives & Museum Informatics. 1999.
- "Artchive". Pinterest.
- "Mark Harden's Artchive". University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- "Mark Harden's Artchive". University of California Santa Barbara.
- "SITO-Artchive". SITO.
- "The Fight between Carnival and Lent". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.