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故宮線上 (Digital Archive of China Treasures)
(Trial period: until 30 June 2007)

「故宮線上」資料庫收錄了大約5000份台灣國立故宮博物院所收藏的繪畫、書法、陶瓷、玉器、銅器、佛教文物及珍玩（文房、 牙、木、骨、漆、緙繡等等）的相片。除此之外，資料庫亦提供文物簡介、藝術年表及逾400位書畫家的名錄。這資料庫支援繁簡體中文、英文及日文。

Digital Archive of China Treasures displays the photos of around 5000 pieces of paintings, calligraphies, ceramics, jades, bronzes, Buddhist antiques, and rarities (stationeries, tusks, woods, bones, lacquers, and silk tapestries, etc.) that are collected by the National Palace Museum, Taiwan. The database also includes collection descriptions, art chronology, and introductions of over 400 calligraphers and painters. It provides interfaces of four languages: traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese, English, and Japanese.

世界美術資料庫 (World Arts Online)
(Trial period: until 30 June 2007)

「世界美術資料庫」分為五個部分，分別為 [台灣畫家資料庫]、[大陸畫家資料庫]、[西洋畫家資料庫]、[故宮典藏資料庫] 及 [世界兒童美術館]。這資料庫集合了近千名藝術家的背景及作品供讀者瀏覽。

Arts Online is comprised of five major parts: (I) Painters from Taiwan; (II) Painters from Mainland China; (III) Painters from the West; (IV) Collections of National Palace Museum; and (V) International Child Art. There are biographical data and paintings of nearly 1000 painters included in the database.

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