The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has a beautiful online exhibit called Modernism. It covers my favorite periods in the history of decorative arts, starting with Arts and Crafts, passing through Art Nouveau with a midpoint of the superb Wiener Werkstätte, and ending up with Art Deco. The website has many layers of information, with informative links within links (as a good website should have!) which describe locations, define terminology, display photos of the designers, and zoom in on details. The Museum’s Modernism collection originally belonged to Norwest Bank (which has since merged with Wells Fargo) and was begun in 1987 and gifted to the Museum in 1998. The design of the website itself makes the exploration of the 250 objects all the more interesting. You can even send e-cards of each item. Don’t miss the Curator’s Corner for entertaining facts, quotes, and a nifty family tree of modernism’s designers. (via Yahoo’s New and Notable)