Art on the line

Welcome to Art on the line, the journal designed for historians of visual culture, including the history of art, architecture, design, film and theories of visual culture.

About this journal

The title, Art on the line, can have many layers of meaning, but it is intended primarily to reflect both the means of delivery, ie, online, and its proximity to the margins of art history as a discipline. The journal is quarterly, international and published by the Western Academic & Specialist Press. If there is sufficient demand, an annual compilation of the key parts of the journal will be published in print.

We are committed to maintaining access to past issues of the journal and will use what we consider to be the best and most economical method to enable this at any given time.

Aims and scope of Art on the line

Art on the line is a professional, peer-reviewed electronic journal which seeks to provide an international forum for original and innovative research in the field of visual culture. The journal aims to draw together both the breadth and depth of research currently undertaken in art history departments, museums and fine art departments as well as seeking to expand the boundaries of art historical studies into the broader field of cultural studies. Further it seeks to encourage dialogue and debate and to extend the understanding of visual culture within a broad chronological and geographical context. The journal plans to present research articles varied in both scope and focus, to offer reviews of books, exhibitions and other electronic resources (databases, web pages), and to provide readers with up to date information in an easily accessible electronic format.

This site

From this site you can:

access the free issues we will publish in 2003
access articles to all issues
access current and past issues of the journal in full
(subscribers only, for issues subject to subscription charges)
find out how to submit material to the editor
print out author guidelines
print out referee guidelines
check subscription information
apply for a subscription
contact the editorial and administrative people involved in this journal's production.

Register for future issues

The first two issues will be free for the lifetime of the journal. Please register now using the link below if you are likely to subscribe in future and would like to be kept informed of our plans. We will be offering individual and institutional rates.

(To subscribe in future click here)

Development of the journal

This journal is a new venture for all of us: we will develop it over time to suit your requirements and to take advantage of technological developments. Please tell us about features you would find useful and any you find unnecessary.

Referring to this journal

Art on the line is a hybrid, a cross between an electronic and a print journal. The main parts of the journal are designed to be downloaded and printed out for ease of reading. To refer to any item in the journal you need to know what the issue is, what reference the item has been given and within that the page number. So, if the editorial in issue 2003/1 is item 1 and you wish to refer to page 2, your reference will be 2003/1(1):2. We also suggest that you cite the URL of the journal with the reference as described here and the date of accessing the article.

Our URLs are being changed in November 2003 and for long term reference the journal URL will be http://www.waspress.co.uk/journals/artontheline/ Until the changeover it will be http://www.waspjournals.com/AOTL/ and anyone searching for this address will be pointed to the new address once it is functional.