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Art History Research Guide
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Look at the Art
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Lynda Barry on Looking at Art
Look at the Art
These guides offer a deliberate approach to looking at art:
MFA Houston: Practice Looking at Art
Tate: Guide to Slow Looking
The Rubin: These Tips Will Change the Way You Look at Art
RISD: Understanding Art Through Thumbnail Sketching
Selected Museums in the Region
The Barnes Foundation
The Guggenheim (New York City)
Hirshhor Museum and Sculpture Garden
ICA: Institute of Contemporary Art
The Met: The Metropolitain Museum of Art (New York City)
MoMA (New York City)
The National Gallery of Art (Wash. D.C.)
Penn Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum (Wash. D.C.)
Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City)
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