Traditional Fine Arts Organization: Research Reports, Projects and Studies

Traditional Fine Arts Organization

Research Projects, Reports and Studies

(above: Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931), Madonna of the apples,1927, oil on canvas, 27.9 x 36.2 in. Source: Bonhams. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Author Study and Index EX, RL, PR, RE, SL, MC

About the Study and Index

Purposes

Sources and Study Periods

About Traditional Fine Arts Organization

About Resource Library

Content Enrichment Projects RL

Digital Libraries and Initiatives

TFAO Free Online Digital Library

Digital Libraries for Museums ED, RL, PH

Digital Libraries for Art Dealer Associations

Digitizing Initiatives not Intended for Profit RE, SL, PH

Digitizing Initiatives with Profit Aspects

Founding an Art Museum MC, PH

Gallery and Outdoor Evening Exhibitions EX, DE

Institution Outreach Projects ED, EX, RL

Lending Art to Museums for Special Exhibitions ED, EX, DE, MC

Museums Explained ED, DO, CM, MV, RL, DE, ST, MC, PH

Mission, Organization and Accreditation

Exhibitions

Staff

Support

Definitions

Online Educational Programming for Museums and Art Centers ED

Online audio: Museums may record and deliver audio recordings for both listening on personal computers, portable MP3 players and by cell phones.

Online illustrated audio: A museum can create and stream online slide shows.

Online video: Museums may offer online video similar to to that provided by video on demand services of commercial cable television providers.

Digital libraries: A museum can develop a digital library accessible online similar to the TFAO Digital Library.

Financial assistance: TFAO provides financial assistance to art-related nonprofit organizations.

Online Encyclopedia Projects RE

OpenAI's ChatGPT and Bard AI

Planning, Organizing and Touring Art Exhibitions EX, MC

Resources for Collectors, Life Long Learners, Students and Teachers of Art History

General Resources ED, CM, ST, SL, MC

Appraisals of Original Art Objects ED, MC

Authentication and Evaluation of Art Objects ED, MC

Catalogues ED, EX, RL, PR, RE, ST, SL, SV, MC

Conservation ED, MC

Shaping an Art Collection ED, CM, MC

San Juan Capistrano Art Exhibit Project Management EX

Future Projects

The above Research Reports, Projects and Studies were developed by Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO). They are listed in alphabetical order. Some of the materials are of special interest to certain classes of organizations and individuals. General classes have color codes. Departments or individuals within those general classes are noted by color-coded symbols.

General classes are:


Non-profit art museums, galleries and art centers: ED: Education curator and webmaster; EX: Exhibits curator; DO: Docent; CM: Member of specialized museum council; RL: Reference Librarian; MV: General member or visitor; DE: Development oficer

American art history departments of colleges and universities: PR: Professor; RE: Reference librarian; ST: University sudent

Historical societies: SL: Reference librarian; SV: General member or visitor

General public: MC: Major collector; PH: Philanthropist

Also see TFAO's Catalogues including:

: Topics in American Art, covering over 200 topics in American representational art; America's Distinguished Artists, containing thousands of biographies of historic artists; Videos Online, with links to videos streamed free to viewers; Videos in DVD and VHS format; Online Exhibition Brochures, Catalogues, Gallery Guides and Related Materials; Art History of Each State within the United States; Geographic Tour of American Representational Art History, a survey of articles and essays that describe the evolution of American art from the inception of the United States to WWII; Audio Online, with links to streaming audio recordings; Books, a sampler of general reference books published on paper; Magazines, a comprehensive list of paper-published magazines and journals; Illustrated Audio Online, featuring links to streaming narrated slide shows; Collections of Historic American Art, featuring notable private collections; Articles and Essays Online, including links to substantive texts published outside of Resource Library; Interactive Media, containing links to media in CD-ROM format

(above: Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), Fireside, c. 1900, oil on canvas, on loan to the San Diego Museum of Art. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

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