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The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism http://www.aras.org

Scoring full marks for visuals, ARAS can be called a pictorial online archive. It takes you through mythological, ritual and symbolic images from all over the world, encompassing all epochs of human history from Palaeolithic to the Modern age. Calling itself a collection of 'primordial images,' a highlight of the site is the photographs.

Romanticism http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/glo/romanticism

Gives an excellent overview of Romanticism. It covers the theoretical aspect, its major proponents and related movements.

Web Directory: Modernism http://www.modcult.brown.edu/people/Scholes/modlist/Title.html

Devoted to the movement that probably relates to us most, here's where you can find everything you ever wanted to know about the Modernist movement. It has an annotated index of Web resources that takes in artists, poets, novelists, musicians, critics, and philosophers from the first half of the twentieth century.

Modern Masterworks http://hyperion.advanced.org/17142/home.shtml

Art and its role in the 20th century is what this site is all about. Covering almost a 100 years of art, the site is vast and comprehensive.

WWW Pop Art http://www.fi.muni.cz/~toms/PopArt/index.html

Andy Warhol said, "Everything is beautiful. Pop is everything." This site takes the movement to heart, and gives visitors an overview, loads of artist biographies and pages on everyone from Richard Artschwager and Christo to Keith Haring, Robert Indiana and, of course, Warhol.

WebMuseum: Expressionism http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/tl/20th/expressionism.html

From its influences and evolution to its major proponents and their work, this site delves deep into the world of Expressionism. It tackles the pioneers, gives you pages related to the painters, and a short but concise summary describing the movement.

Picasso and Cubism http://sunsite.nus.sg/wm/paint/tl/20th/cubism.html

Though it does concentrate on the overpowering influence of Picasso, this page also gives you information, links and a background study of what Cubism is all about. Quotes, pages on related proponents and the work of Picasso and Georges Braque are also covered.

Impressionism http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/paint/glo/impressionism

A concise and ideal overview of this artistic movement makes up the content at this simple page. It tackles the techniques, theories and concepts behind impressionism, and gives you links to related pages on its major artists like Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro.

Surrealism: 1924-1940 http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~igal/visocomm/surreali.html

The art that attempted to reunite conscious and unconscious realms of experience completely is what this site is all about. It is ideal as an introduction to the beginnings, growth and influence of Surrealism, with information on its proponents and the images were born from it.

Pointillism http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Emerson/lesson3.html

Simple and straight, unlike the intricate art it discusses, this page gives you an introduction into the technique of pointillism. Concentrating on a single painting, it has pages that take in the subject, history, proponents, materials, process and techniques.

DaDa Online http://www.peak.org/~dadaist

"DaDa is beautiful like the night, who cradles the young day in her arms," wrote Hans Arp. Here's where you can find out more about the movement, its influence on art and literature, as well as DaDa artists, art, poems, prose and texts.

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