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Finding ImagesDatabases at UNC General Image Collections and Metasites University image galleries Museum galleries Advertisements and Graphic Design Print image indexes Painting and Sculpture Photography Architecture & Landscape Illuminated Manuscripts Databases at UNC
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from off campus. General Image Collections and MetasitesAHDS Visual ArtsAHDS Visual Arts is an image database based at The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, and specializes in design and the applied arts. It also provides preservation of its collection of visual arts digital resources and advises in all areas of digital creation, use and management. Registration is free but required. Art History: Image Resources Maintained by Chris Witcombe, Art History Department, Sweet Briar College. This site provides links to art historical image sites, arranged by period. It also links to many additional image websites and databases. Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) Art Images for College Teaching is the personal, non-profit project of art historian and visual resources curator Allan T. Kohl. The images displayed were photographed on location by the author, who consents to their use in any educational and non-commercial application. The collection ranges from classical to early twentieth-century art. d'ART: Internet Art Database A commercial database featuring more than 5,000 artists and images of works for sale. Useful for researching the living artist. Search the directory to find websites. d'ART is especially advantageous if you only know a few characteristics of the art you want to find. Artnet Arttet is an online gallery network for buying, selling, and researching artwork online. With more than 150,000 works by over 25,000 artists from around the globe, artnet includes thousands of full color images. Search, browse alphabetically by artist, or explore galleries focusing on specific genres of art. ArtServe Browsable collection (with limited searching) of 165,000 visual images in selected catalogues, from Professor Michael Greenhalgh at the Australian National University. Emphasis on Mediterranean, Japan, India, and Cambodia. Digital Librarian Maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, N.Y, this site provides an annotated alphabetical list of links to sites containing a wide variety of types of images. Subjects range from aerial photography to scientific images of viruses, wildflowers, daguerreotypes, history of the American West, medicine, posters, presidential and first lady portraits from the Library of Congress, Life magazine illustrations, and NASA images, just to name a few. Diotima: Art Collections Diotima serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. This site includes course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography, and links to many on-line resources, including images, articles, book reviews, and databases. Directory of Web Image Sites A varied assortment of links to image databases and providers, maintained by Paula Berinstein. Google Image Search Google Image Search indexes millions of images on the web-it provides a thumbnail of each image as well as the source website for that image. This is another good way to find images easily, though image quality does vary. Image Collections and Online Art Created as part of Andrew Midkiff's "Mother of All Art History Link Pages," ICOA groups sites by subject and place: Europe, the Americas, photography, etc. Currently maintained by Patrick Young, Art History Department, University of Michigan. Images of African Americans from the 19th Century These image databases are meant to complement and supplement the full text databases of writings by people of African descent which also are a part of the "Digital Schomburg," an electronic reference and research resource on African, African American and African Diasporan history and culture from the Schomburg Center. The visual images contained here are from the Photographs and Prints Division of the Schomburg Center as well as other selected units of the Research Libraries of The New York Public Library. Internet Public Library: Photography A large collection of links to various photography resources. The New York Public Library Digital Gallery New York Public Library's searchable and browsable database of 275,000 photographs and manuscripts from its collections. NYPL Digital Gallery offers digital images of drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints, rare illustrated books, and more. Encompassing the subject strengths of the vast collections of the Research Libraries, these materials represent the applied sciences, fine and decorative arts, history, performing arts, and social sciences. New York Public Library Picture Collection The Picture Collection Online is an image resource site for those who seek knowledge and inspiration from visual materials. It is a collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. The New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection Online The Picture Collection Online (PCO) is a select group of images from The New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan Library, Picture Collection. Since its creation in 1915, the Picture Collection has met the needs of New York's large community of artists, illustrators, designers, teachers, students, and general researchers. Covering over 12,000 subjects, the Picture Collection is an extensive circulating collection and reference archive. With more than 30,000 images, it is the largest of its kind in any public library system. Trove.net Explore or license digital images from frequently updated collections of art, photography, maps, music, posters, and other media. WorldImages WorldImages provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains over 50,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into some 500 portfolios which are then organized into subject groupings. Visual Collections: Images of Art, History, and Culture A collection of over 30,000 images from more than 35 collections, Visual Collections includes photographs, fine artwork, maps and more. Includes a high resolution zoom in tool. University image galleries
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Duke Museum galleries
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Museums and Galleries Online (AMOL): Open Collections Advertisements and Graphic Design
Ad*Access Project Print image indexes
Some images of works of art are difficult to find, and some are not
available online. Below is a list of books that may help in locating
harder to find images. Print indexes such as the World Painting
Index can be can also be used as subject indexes. Painting and SculptureArtfacts.netArtfacts.net is an international online gallery and museum guide for modern, contemporary and emerging art. The site collects, classifies and publishes current international art exhibitions via an extensive database anally generated web site. Digital Scriptorium The Digital Scriptorium is an image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts, intended to unite scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research. It bridges the gap between a diverse user community and the limited resources of libraries by means of sample imaging and extensive rather than intensive cataloguing. Special emphasis is placed on manuscripts signed and dated by their scribes. The Digital Scriptorium includes over 4,000 catalog records and 15,000 digitized images. Kunst Online A German-language site with several navigation issues, but a good source for images of contemporary Western art and artists. The-Artists A substantial database of 20th century and contemporary visual artists. Thousands of well-known as well as obscure twentieth-century artists are represented here. Portraits, birth and death dates, and links to additional web resources about them, including images, are presented. Overviews of art movements, schools, styles and periods of modern & contemporary art are also displayed. Thais This primarily Italian-language site includes hundreds of images of Italian sculpture, European architecture, and images related to the sciences (e.g. botany). Web Gallery of Art Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from the 12th to the mid-19th century. The site currently contains over 16,200 reproductions. Commentaries on pictures and biographies of artists are also available. PhotographyAP Photo ArchiveImage database of over one million primary-source photographs from the 1840s to the present. The Associated Press Photo Archive is updated daily. Each photograph contains a complete caption and citation information. BUBL LINK's Photographs The BUBL (Bulletin Board for Libraries) Information Service is an collection of links organized and managed by the Centre for Digital Library Research at the University of Strathclyde. It's photography databases spans the entire history of the medium as well as primers on techniques, processes, and equipment. BUBL uses the Dewey Decimal Classification system as the primary organizational structure for its catalogue of Internet resources. Fotosearch An online search engine for stock commercial photo images, digital illustrations and artwork, map clipart, picture clip art, and stock footage clips. Buy photographs and get immediate downloads, or get delivery on CD-ROM. George Eastman House Photography Collection A steadily growing digital image sampler and browsing resource for the 14,000 photographers represented by the holdings of George Eastman House. PhotoGraphic Libraries The Photographic Library Directory provides a searchable database of images from stock photo libraries, including fashion, advertising, and archival collections. It also offers images of film footage, fine art, prints and poster art, libraries and museums, historic world maps, manuscripts and atlases. A subscription is required for some portions. PhotoMuse Photomuse is a collaborative web site developed by the International Center of Photography-George Eastman House Alliance. It provides access to exhibitions organized by both institutions, as well as a database of selected photographs from each collection. Pictures and Picture Stories Current Events Smithsonian Photographs Online Smithsonian Photographic Services (SPS) is the Smithsonian's central source for the creation, processing, distribution and archival storage of photographs and digital images. Browse or search through selected images from the Collections of the Office of Imaging and Photographic Services. Included are images from current exhibits, Smithsonian events and historic collections. Select and download screen resolution images for personal and educational use. Time Life Pictures Time & Life Pictures is a collection of striking photographs documenting past and present events in politics, culture, celebrities and the arts. The collection includes some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, such as Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Andreas Feininger, John Dominis, Nina Leen and Gjon Mili, whose photographs have adorned the pages of Time, Life and other Time Inc. publications. The online collection comprises over 425,000 digital files, representing millions of original prints and negatives archived by the Time Inc. Picture Collection. World Heritage List The World Heritage List includes 830 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee (UNESCO) considers as having outstanding universal value. These include 644 cultural, 162 natural and 24 mixed properties in 138 States Parties. Collections are arranged alphabetically by region and country. Architecture & LandscapeArchNet Digital LibraryOnline image resource for ArchNet, a community devoted to the study of Islamic architecture, art, and culture. In addition to the image database, members (membership is free) can add individual image collections and files in their personal Workspace; they can add events to the Digital Calendar; post a topic or a response in the Discussion Forum; create a Group Workspace with other members from around the globe; work with their institution to create an Institution Workspace to make student work and faculty research available to the larger community; and, add to the academic directory or link to web resources in the Reference Section of the Digital Library. Arounder 360-degree Quicktime panoramic views of monuments in many European cities. Catena: Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes Digital Archive of Historic Gardens and Landscapes is envisioned as part of a larger, typologically organized archive of digital images with accompanying educational materials. The initial component of Catena is built around the villa, an important landscape type in garden history. Its purpose is to serve as an educational tool for teachers and scholars of landscape history affiliated with schools and universities. Cities and Buildings Database Images of significant buildings in more than 30 countries. Begun in 1995, the CBD was conceived as a multi-disciplinary resource for students, faculty, and others in the academic community. It has grown steadily since then, with contributions from a wide range of scholars, and now contains nearly 10,000 images ranging from New York to Central Asia, from African villages, to the Parc de la Villette, and conceptual sketches and models of Frank Gehry's Experience Music Project. Design Center for American Urban Landscape Image The DCAUL Image Database contains over 17,000 images related to urban design issues (focusing on the Twin Cities metropolitan region). Digital Archive of American Architecture Slides from the collection of Jeffery Howe, Boston College. Covers 17th-20th century architecture, arranged by century, building type, style, and architect. Enlargeable thumbnails. Great Buildings Collection Online Information and images of 750 buildings. Photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, and architect biographies are included. Hundreds of downloadable 3D models of buildings are also provided here with ready-to-view and walk through functions. Image Exchange, Society of Architectural Historian The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is an international not-for-profit membership organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide. Their database includes hundreds of images of world architecture dating from the ancient to the modern periods. Kidder Smith Images of American Architecture The Kidder Smith Slide Archives is a collection of 3400 Kodachromeslides which document ten centuries of architecture in the United States. Photographed by G. E. Kidder Smith, architect and author of two major surveys of American architecture. Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome Wide-ranging, searchable collection of photographs of Greek and Roman architecture, and Roman architecture in England and France. Perseus Building Catalog The collection contains diverse resources including primary and secondary texts, site plans, digital images, and maps. Art and archaeology catalogs document a wide range of objects: over 1,500 vases, over 1,800 sculptures and sculptural groups, over 1,200 coins, hundreds of buildings from nearly 100 sites and over 100 gems. Catalog entries are linked to tens of thousands of images, many in high resolution, and have been produced in collaboration with many museums, institutions and scholars. Catalog information and keywords have been taken from standard sources, which are cited in the entries for each object. Vitruvio The website contains photographs, drawings and texts about Precolumbian, Greek, Roman, Medieval, Oriental, Renaissance, Baroque, neoclassical, and contemporary architecture. Keyword-searchable and ordered chronologically. Illuminated ManuscriptsBodleian Library Manuscripts (University of Oxford)Roughly a thousand images are found on the Library's website. Manuscripts are arranged geographically and by century. Most manuscripts are represented by thumbnails as well as larger, higher-quality images scanned from existing 35 mm. transparencies, and comes with existing cataloging information. The British Library Digital Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts This database presents a searchable illustrated catalogue of western illuminated manuscripts in the British Library. Once completed, the catalogue will grow to include around 9,500 Western manuscripts, and will include all British Library codices made before c.1600 with decoration and at least one image from each manuscript. Users can take an online tour; browsing and advanced searching is also available. Enluminures(in French libraries) This French-language database presents several hundred images of dozens of French medieval illuminated manuscripts. Manuscripta Mediaevalia (in German libraries; click on Datenbank) Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts This website presents nearly 11,000 unique illustrations from 400 illuminated manuscripts from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum in The Hague, The Netherlands. Users can search the collection through three categories: Themes, Subject, and an Advanced Search function. The site is also indexed by place names, names of artists, dates, iconographic themes, and types. E.g. a user can search for illustrations of Maria in manuscripts from the town of Delft that were produced between 1400 and 1500. Miniatures from the Topkapi Museum (Istanbul) This site represent the Topkapi Museum's outstanding group of Islamic miniature paintings, found in illustrated copies of classic works and as surviving fragments pasted or bound into albums in the former royal libraries. Included are scientific works such as Dioscorides' Materia Medica; romances such as the fables of Khalila and Dimna; the Khamsa of Nizami, the Shahname of Firdawsi; and later Ottoman works such as the Süleymanname and the Selimname, in praise of the exploits of individual sultans. |