Search by artist
>> Giotto
>> Henri Rousseau
>> Vassily Kandinsky
Search by title
>> The sun The Dervish in the Tree Arshile Gorky == sun Dervish Tree Arshile Gorky
>> Synchromy with Figures == Synchromy Figures
Search by theme
>> athens parthenon
Search by artist and theme
>> monet Rouen cathedral
Search by specific word
1. generic search >> sunspecific search >> "the sun"
2. generic search >> blue flowersspecific search >>"blue flowers"
3. generic search >> catspecific search >> cats
specific search >> "the cat"
specific search >> "a cat"
Narrowing the search by language
1. >> compositionA search like "composition" can be very broad in art; so if, for example, you are looking for composition in Russian art, you can narrow the results by typing the keyword directly in Russian
>> композиция
If you want to search in the German-speaking area
>> komposition
If you want to search in the Polish-speaking area:
>> kompozycja
If you want to search in the Japanese-speaking area:
>> 構図
2. Do you want to search for the theme 'bathers'?>> bathers
Do you want to search for the theme 'bathers' in French art?
>> baigneuses
Narrow the search by excluding specific words
1. >> GaneshaA search for the word "Ganesha" might include images with ganesha in their titles and images from the archive ganesha.lu. If you are not interested in the last ones, type:
>> Ganesha -"ganesha.lu"
The search will not include any image from the archive ganesha.lu
Filter by form of art, technique, material or medium
>> monkeys +"painting"
>> monkeys +"sculpture"
>> monkeys +"drawing"
>> monkeys +"print"
>> monkeys +"poster"
>> monkeys +"oil on canvas"
>> flower +"watercolor"
>> flower +"pastel"
>> flower +"gouache"
>> flower +"ink"
>> flower +"paper"
>> flower +"canvas"
>> flower +"wood"
>> flower +"glass"
>> flower +"bronze"
>> flower +"marble"
Filter by institution and source
>> sunset +"Metropolitan Museum of Art"
>> flowers +"Rijksmuseum"
>> peony +"國立故宮博物院" == peony +"National Palace Museum"
>> landscape +"Museu Nacional de Belas Artes" +"Rio de Janeiro"
Filter by date
coming soon!