As “sensuous” trumps the merely “sensual”, I trust you’ll allow my malapropism as an intentional elevating of these virtual repositories of good taste from the not-quite-real to the very, very good.  Huzzah to all makers and purveyors of beautiful things!

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WebMuseum

Don’t be dissuaded by Monsieur Pioch’s lack of web design prowess.  His collection of 1,000s of images, histories and critical reviews is an Ali Baba’s cave of art treasure.

Google Art Project

Zoom in on classic paintings to see eye-popping detail.  Featuring works from The Met, MoMA, the Van Gogh Museum, and others. 

Web Gallery of Art

Over 27,000 representations of European painting and sculpture of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism periods (1000-1850).

The Artchive

Over 2,000 fine art scans plus select criticism.

artnet Galleries

Work from 2,200 galleries in over 250 cities world-wide featuring more than 166,000 artworks from 39,000 artists.

Much content and many images (c) by their respective owners.  Some original bits (c) 2011 Tom Willett.  tom@tomwillett.com