The World Art Database from Airiti Inc. features an engaging online collection of 45,000 paintings and drawings for adults and children by over 500 artists digitalized in 1024 pixel images, which reflect the distinctive cultural heritage of Taiwan and Europe over many centuries. This database is continually updated with Chinese-language information on the latest exhibitions, including art reviews, research papers and multimedia images from the 1980s onward, to facilitate academic research, teaching and learning. The World Art Database has won numerous awards from central and municipal governments in Taiwan, and is a designated database for use by the Taipei City Government Bureau of Culture, public libraries and schools of various levels throughout Taiwan.

• Paintings and drawings—by Taiwan artists from the 20th century onward and European artists from the 16th century onward.
• Historical and contemporary artist profiles—Contemporary artist profiles include a résumé, major exhibitions, publications, awards, current positions and references.
• Artwork description—Title, date of composition, physical dimensions, collector, media of composition, creativity analysis, etc..
• Search engine—simple to use with 350,000 key words.
• Painting school categorization—European artists grouped by painting tradition.

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