WikiPaintings.org - the encyclopedia of paintingThe project aims to create high-quality, most complete and well-structured online repository of fine art. We hope to make classical art a little more accessible and comprehensible, and also want to provide a new form of interaction between contemporary artists and their audience. In the future we plan to cover the entire history of art — from cave artworks to the new talents of today.
The site presents both public domain artworks and works that are protected by copyright. The last ones are posted on the site in accordance with fair use principle, because:
they are historically significant artworks;
the images are only being used for informational and educational purposes;
the image are readily available on the internet;
the images are low resolution copies of the original artworks and are unsuitable for commercial use. Wikipaintings.org allows unlimited copying, distributing and displaying of the images of public domain artworks solely.
