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Oxford Art Online is an Oxford University Press online gateway into art research, which was launched in 2008. [1] It provides access to several online art reference works, including Grove Art Online (originally published in 1996 in a print version, The Dictionary of Art ), the online version of the Benezit Dictionary of Artists , and The Oxford ...
Archaic and Classical Greek Art (1998), by Robin Osborne in the Oxford History of Art. The Oxford History of Art is a monographic series about the history of art, design and architecture published by Oxford University Press. [1] It combines volumes covering specific periods with thematic volumes.
The society was established in 1891 by Walter Tyrwhitt, with the aim of encouraging art in the city of Oxford and also the University. [1] Its first president was Hubert von Herkomer (1849–1914), a Royal Academician who succeeded John Ruskin as the Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford.
The Dictionary of Art was first offered online on 12 November 1998 by Grove Dictionaries (New York) under the title The Grove Dictionary of Art Online. [3] [4] The online version is now published by Oxford University Press, is updated three times a year, is available by subscription and includes some extra content. In the UK, many public ...
Christ Church Picture Gallery is an art gallery located inside Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The gallery holds an important collection of about 300 Old Master paintings and nearly 2,000 drawings.
The Ruskin School of Art grew out the Oxford School of Art, which was founded in 1865 and later became Oxford Brookes University. [2] It was headed by Alexander Macdonald and housed in the University Galleries (subsequently the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology). [3] In 1869 John Ruskin was appointed Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford.
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (/ æ ʃ ˈ m oʊ l i ən, ˌ æ ʃ m ə ˈ l iː ən /) [2] on Beaumont Street in Oxford, England, is Britain's first public museum. [3] Its first building was erected in 1678–1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities that Elias Ashmole gave to the University of Oxford in 1677.
The main entrance of the Ashmolean Museum in central Oxford. The Oxford University Museum of Natural History viewed from Museum Road. The following museums and art galleries are located in the city of Oxford, England (with locations), many run by the University of Oxford: [1] [2] Ashmolean Museum * (Beaumont Street)