我從來沒有去過印第安納州，更別說去印第安納波利斯藝術博物館了，所以這不是第一個人的描述。這是我的一個藝術瀏覽習慣的良好結果，使用在線藝術資源Athenaeum的博物館列表功能瀏覽各種博物館’收藏(見我在雅典娜的帖子)。 圖書館為印第安納波利斯藝術博物館(indiana apolis Museum of Art)設計的頁面上，約翰·辛格·薩金特(John Singer Sargent)、埃德蒙·塔貝爾(Edmund Tarbell)和威廉·梅里特·蔡斯(William Merritt Chase)的作品吸引了我的注意。 一到博物館的網站，我就立即點擊到了他們收藏的《1945年美國繪畫和雕塑》，然后開始瀏覽我最喜歡的繪畫流派之一——美國印象派的互動幻燈片。 雖然不是最方便的瀏覽安排(一個簡單的頁面縮略圖會更好,但博物館似乎愛這些小部件),這仍然是一個進入收藏,點擊特定的縮略圖,然后點擊一個頁面藝術家的作品在博物館# 8217;集合。 讓我高興的是，我發現博物館不僅有非常棒的美國印象派收藏，這對一些藝術家來說是很深的，比如William Merritt Chase，他們也有很好的方法來展示收藏中的作品。 縮略圖被鏈接到一個適當大小的圖像，并在彈出窗口中打開，而不是許多博物館喜歡的狹小的縮放窗口，讓你從整體上更好地感受作品。 此外，他們往往有幾張同一幅作品的照片，其中一些照片中有顏色和價值參考卡，使其有可能得到一個準確的顏色的圖像。多棒的功能啊!網絡上很多藝術品的圖片都是彩色的，即使是那些最負盛名的博物館發布的。 到目前為止，我對這個地點的探索很簡短，我選擇突出的圖片比博物館的收藏更能代表我自己的喜好，但我也對他們收藏的歐洲繪畫和雕塑印象深刻。 有人可能希望有一個基于列表的瀏覽功能，允許更容易地掌握特定區域的館藏，但是你可以搜索特定藝術家的收藏，或者使用更寬泛的術語，比如…& # 8220;美國印象派# 8220;。 網上的這些收藏看起來很值得深入調查，當然，對于那些住得很近，可以親自去博物館參觀的人來說，這是一種享受。 

I’ve never been to Indiana, let alone to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, so this is not a first person account. It is rather the happy result of one of my art browsing habits, using the Museum Listing feature of the Athenaeum online art resource to browse a skimming of various museums’ collections (see my post on The Athenaeum). The Athenaeum’s page for the Indianapolis Museum of Art caught my attention with pieces by John Singer Sargent, Edmund Tarbell and William Merritt Chase. On arriving at the museum’s site, I immediately clicked through to their collection of American Painting and Sculpture to 1945, and from there started browsing through the little interactive slide presentation for American Impressionism, one of my favorite schools of painting. Though not the most convenient browsing arrangement (a simple page of thumbnails would be better, but museums seem to love these widgets), it is still a way into the collection, clicking on the thumbnails to particular piece, then clicking through to a page of works by that artist in the museum’s collection. To my delight, I found that not only does the museum have a terrific collection of American Impressionism, which is deep for some artists, like William Merritt Chase, they also have a nice method of presentation for works in the collection. Thumbnails are linked to a decently sized image that opens in a pop-up, instead of the tiny cramped Zooming windows favored by many museums, letting you get a much better feeling for the work as a whole. In addition they often have several photos of the same work, some of which have color and value reference cards in the photos, making it possible to get an accurate take on the color of the image. What a great feature! So many images of artworks on the web are off-color, even those posted by the most prestigious museums. My exploration of the site has been brief so far, and the images I’ve chosen to highlight are more representative of my own preferences than the museum’s collections, but I was also impressed with their holdings in European Painting and Sculpture. One might wish for a list based browsing feature, allowing an easier grasp of the holdings in a particular area, but you can search the collections for specific artist, or using broader terms like, oh, say… “American Impressionism“. The collection online looks well worth investigating in depth, and of course, for those who live close enough to travel to the museum in person, a treat to visit. (Images above: Edmund Tarbell, Richard B. Gruelle, Frank W. Benson, William Merritt Chase, John Sharman, John Cotman Sell, Rembrandt, Jan Brueghel the Elder.)  <