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Pablo Vargas Lugo – Eclipses for Austin: Public Performance @ Darrell K. Royal Texas Mem. Stadium, October 6, 2009
Images and video displayed in Facebook by The Blanton Museum of Art
See also Workspace at the Blanton.
Bruce Nauman – "Untitled (Leave the Land Alone)," 1969/2009: Public Performance @ Arroyo Seco, Sept. 12, 2009
22 images displayed in Flickr by Art Center College of Design.
See also Weeden Arts Watch video clip and L.A. Times news article.
Staffordshire Hoard: Images of the golden Anglo-saxon objects found at Staffordshire, England in Summer 2009
645 images displayed in Flickr by Portable Antiquities Scheme, UK
For more information, see also Wikipedia.org or BBC news, the week in pictures.
Maybe you can do this too
Visual story telling: ascension: posted to Flickr "Tell as Story in 5 Frames" on October 28, 2009
Alkek Resources
ARTstor is a digital image archive that includes hundreds of thousands of high-quality images for teaching and research. The various collections include images of artworks (paintings, sculpture, etc.), photography (both “artistic” and documentary) as well as the built environment (architectural structures and monuments). In addition to ARTstor’s own collections, users may access additional collections such as the Saskia archive through ARTstor.
Grove Art Encyclopedia
Design and Applied Arts Index Database
Databases for the Art & Design Department, Index Page
Art History
A Timeline of Art History (from the Met)
Art Images for College Teaching (Minneapolis College of Art & Design)
Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) certifies that the image copies provided hereunder, the originals being the
copyrighted intellectual property of art historian and photographer Allan T. Kohl, are licensed for non-commercial
educational use as set forth below, and that the art and architectural works documented are, to the best of its
knowledge, within the public domain as currently defined by United States copyright laws. (more)
Image Resources available for purchase
Bridgeman Art: Images for education and scholarship
Bridgeman Art Library works with museums, art galleries and artists to make the best art available for reproduction.
The result is an outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world, all of which are available
for licensing. Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to
the hidden treasures of private collections. Fine art is just one of the sources of images; design, antiques, maps,
architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artefacts and many others also feature in the collection.
Image Collections Available for Online Viewing
Many images are © Kathleen Cohen. From the site: “You are free to use these images for non-profit educational purposes, but we ask that you give credit to the copyright holders who retain rights to the images. These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 License.”'
Arts of the United States: dating from 17th through the 20th century
A joint project between A project of the Digital Library of Georgia and GALILEO in association with the Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia and Yale University Library, containing over 4000 images of works important to the study of the history of art in the United States. This includes the Sandak Slide Collection of American Art images that were formerly part of the VRC at Texas State, and it can be searched on the same slide ID numbers. Major categories included: architecture, decorative arts, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, and stage and costume design as well as Native American art and artifacts. Although the majority of artists represented in the database are American, significant works created by non-native artists while in the United States are included.
Galileo links to art museums by location (US State or foreign country)
MoOM: the Museum of Online Museums
This site is edited by Coudal Partners, a design, advertising and interactive studio in Chicago, as an ongoing
experiment in web publishing, design and commerce.
Euromuse.net
The exhibition portal for Europe
ICAM: International Confederation of Architectural Museums
An organisation of architectural museums, centres and collections. It is dedicated to fostering links between all
those interested in promoting the better understanding of architecture.
ArchNet is an international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilizations.
For information regarding ‘Fair Use’ permissions and limitations, contact ArchNet - archnet@mit.edu
“Proprietary Rights” A Member posting material represents that such material is owned by the Member or used with permission of the copyright holder. ArchNet acknowledges that each Member owns the material he or she creates and posts on ArchNet. Each Member grants to ArchNet a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive license to reproduce, transmit, modify, authorize the downloading of, and otherwise publish such material (in whole or part) in any form, medium, or technology now known or as may be later developed.
Columbia Visual Media Center: Representing Architectural Time & Space
(Columbia University Dept. of Art History and Archeology
Architecture in 360 degree views.
" . . . we focused on Quick Time Virtual Reality interactive panoramas as a feasible method of expanding the options for classroom presentations of architectural subjects. By acquiring interactive panoramas, or nodes, for important buildings ranging from the Parthenon in Athens to Le Corbusier's Church of Notre-Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, we have attempted to collect and organize new media resources for the teaching of architectural history as we understand it to be practiced in American schools."
Arounder (Travel site featuring 360 degree views of several sites, with both exterior and interior views)
Examples: Street of the Knights, Rhodes (Odós Ippotón, a Medieval walkway)
Park Guell, Barcelona, Spain (by architect Antoni Gaudí)
Florence Cathedral, Florence, Italy (Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore)
Roman Coliseum in Rome, Italy, Exterior
Roman Coliseum in Rome, Italy, Interior
Museum exhibitions (this link an example, specifically, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta)
Didaskalia: Visual resources page
Didaskalia is an English-language publication about Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are
performed today.
Web site includes 3D images of the following ancient theaters:
The Theatre of Dionysus
The Odeon of Pericles
The Theatre of Epidaurus
The Greek Comic Stage
The Theatre of Pompey
The Roman Temporary Stages
Tudor Hall at Whitehall Palace
Chartres Cathedral (U Pitt site)
19th Century - Thomas Jeckyll & James Whistler's Peacock Room: 360 degree virtual tour
To view in 360 degrees, click on the link just below the top image of Whistler's painting La Princesse du pays de la
porcelaine
Prado Museum, the Virtual (Google Earth)
Images of 14 works, which include Velazquez's Las Meninas, Goya's The Third of May 1808, Hieronymus Bosch's
The Garden of Earthly Delights, and Fra Angelico's Annunciation, are 14,000 million pixels in size -- that's 1,400
times larger than an image that could be captured by a standard 10 megapixel camera! The extreme resolution
enables viewers to see not only every stroke of paint, but even the weave of the canvas and cracks in the varnish.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
"1. The text, images, and data on the Site are protected by copyright and may be subject to other restrictions as well. LACMA and relevant third parties retain all rights, including copyright, in data, images, audio and video clips, software, documentation, text, and other information contained in these files (collectively, the "Materials"). Users may download Materials subject to the preceding and following Terms and Conditions, and subject to any additional terms or restrictions applicable to the individual file or program, provided all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the Materials are retained.
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“The text, images, and data on The Metropolitan Museum of Art (the "Museum") website (the "Site") are protected by copyright and may be covered by other restrictions as well. The Museum retains all rights, including copyright, in data, images, software, documentation, text, and other information contained in these files (collectively, the "Materials"). Copyright and other proprietary rights may be held by individuals or entities other than, or in addition to, the Museum.
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The Museum does not warrant that use of the Materials displayed on the Site will not infringe the rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with the Museum. For example, some works may be under copyright by the artist or the artist's heirs holding rights to these works. Such works may not be used in any form; they may not be copied or downloaded without prior permission from the holder of the underlying copyright.
Copying or redistribution in any manner for commercial use, including commercial publication, or for personal gain is strictly prohibited.” Internet, 11/07
We are pleased to share images of objects on this Web site with the public as an educational resource. While these images are not permitted to be used for reproduction, we encourage you to do so by visiting our image rights page to submit a request.
“Image Licensing can provide a print, slide, or low-resolution digital file (JPG) of a work of art from our collection for scholarly or personal research, or for educational use in the classroom, including a thesis, dissertation, or other school-related paper.
Requests must include contact information (name, address, telephone, e-mail), and specify the image(s) requested.
These materials are for research and educational purposes only and are not intended for use in a publication, broadcast, or any other medium. If you are interested in obtaining a reproduction of a work of art to use in a publication, or other project, please see Publishing, Advertising, and Other Projects.” Internet, 11/07
Rijksmuseum (Amsterdan, Netherlands)
Arounder.com 360 degree views of Rijksmuseum interior rooms
Rembrandt (late period)
Rembrandt (room 8)
Frans Hals (room 2)
Vermeer
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdan, Netherlands)
“All materials on this website are subject to the laws of copyright. You may not reproduce or distribute the images or any part of the images for commercial purposes in any way without a licence from the British Museum Images (BM Images). Copyright in all the images remains with BM Images and the collections it represents. By entering the website, you are indicating that you have read and accepted the above conditions.” Internet, 11/07
“The Smithsonian invites visitors to use its online content for personal, educational and other non-commercial purposes. By using the SI Websites, you accept and agree to abide by the following terms (more)."
“The Guggenheim's Photography department manages an Image Archive that is available to the public for educational and editorial purposes. Inquiries may be directed to imagearchive@guggenheim.org or fax number 212 586 0785.
The Guggenheim owns, or has authority to manage, the photographs (including prints and negatives) in the Image Archive as well as the copyright to these photographs. In some instances, however, particularly in the case of contemporary artwork, there may be additional copyrights or related rights in the underlying artwork that belong to an artist or estate. The Guggenheim reserves the right to require parties to obtain the permission of artists, estates, or other necessary persons before releasing an image.” Internet, 11/07
San Francisco MOMA: Collections Access Online
“In accordance with the applicable copyright laws, any materials authored by SFMOMA may be used for limited personal, educational, and non-commercial purposes without permission, provided that the source of the materials is cited. Unless otherwise noted, users who wish to download or print any materials authored by SFMOMA from this Web site for such uses may do so without SFMOMA's express permission. Users must cite the material as they would material from any printed work; the citation should include the URL "www.sfmoma.org" in addition to all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. Note, however, that certain works of art, as well as photographs of those works of art, may be protected by copyright, trademark, or related interests not owned by SFMOMA. The responsibility for ascertaining whether any such rights exist and for obtaining all other necessary permissions remains solely with the user and SFMOMA will have no responsibility in connection with securing such necessary rights for any materials on the Web site. Any use of the Materials that does not qualify as fair use is subject to SFMOMA's prior written approval, and the user must request and receive such approval prior to any use.” Internet, 11/07
“You may download low-resolution images directly from the web site for personal, research or study purposes for free. This includes classroom use and student projects.” Internet, 11/07
Smithsonian Seed Packet Cover Designs
“You may download low-resolution images directly from the web site for personal, research or study purposes for free. This includes classroom use and student projects. It does NOT include using images to populate online courses (even if password protected). For this type of use and any nonprofit or commercial publication (i.e. book, journal, magazine, newspaper, brochure, newsletter, annual report, etc.), CD-ROM, broadcast, website, exhibition, and promotional material you will need to contact Smithsonian Institution Libraries for the appropriate permissions and licenses.” Internet, 11/07
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs
“Not all images displayed in this catalog are in the public domain. The Library offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections.” Internet, 11/07
A Treasury of the World’s Fair Art & Architecture
“The images and text contained in this digital collection are provided freely for educational purposes only. Images and text may not be borrowed or reproduced beyond educational use without obtaining permission from the University of Maryland Libraries and the copyright holder. In most cases, the University is the owner of the copyright.” Internet, 11/07
Visual Collections: Images of Art, Art History, & Culture/ Cartography Assoc.
“Images may not be reproduced or transmitted unless for personal use. For commercial use or republication, contact the listed organization or collection by using the Visit Collection Site link in the description pop-up windows.” Internet, 11/07.
Cave of Chauvet-Pont-D’Arc (France) virtual tour
To take the tour, click on "visit the cave" at the lower right of the screen.
“© French Ministry of Culture and Communication. The duplication and the copy of the photographs and the graphic documents are prohibited.” Internet, 11/07/08.
Cave of Lascaux
“© French Ministry of Culture and Communication. The duplication and the copy of the photographs and the graphic documents are prohibited.” Internet, 8/20/09
Europeana: digital paintings, books, films and archives
Europeana combines the digital resources of museums and libraries, and the information provided includes paintings,
maps, videos and newspapers. The intention is that by 2010 the Europeana portal will give everybody direct access to
well over 6 million digital sounds, pictures, books, archival records and films.
Over half of the digital material is from France, as of November 2008.
There are 90 partners in Europeana, the European digital library network. They include museums, archives, libraries and audio-visual collections, and represent all the countries of Europe. A number of EU-funded technical projects that are producing solutions to interoperability and multilingualism are also partners.
Web Gallery of Art: (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary)
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic,
Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism periods (1100-1850).
Photographs:
* More than 250,000 black and white mounted and catalogued photographs of major types of classical art. The largest number (about 200,000) are of Greek Pottery. More than 10,000 are of Greek and Roman Sculpture.
* More than 7,000 colour photographs of sites and objects taken by Kurtz and Boardman.
Drawings:
• More than 1500 of Greek pottery made by Sir John Beazley
Copyright
The Beazley Archive is a research unit of the University of Oxford’s Faculty of Classics (the "University"). By using the Beazley Archive Website (the "Website") you agree to be bound by the following Terms of Access. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Access you are not permitted to use the Website or access any of the images on it.
* The University’s Legal Notice at www.ox.ac.uk/copyright applies to this website. If there is any conflict between the Legal Notice and these Terms of Access, the latter shall prevail.
* You are permitted to access the images on the Website and to use and download them for the purposes of non-commercial research and private study and for no other purpose. You are not allowed to sell the images or use them for any profit making, commercial or business purposes, or permit others to do so.
* You may not incorporate the images into other works, for example, a thesis or personal website
The Lawrence University Digital Image Collections are hosting the scanned images for the Art of the Poster collection in collaboration with the Visual Resources Library at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where the images were scanned and cataloged.
Copyright
"All of these works are in the public domain under United States Copyright Law."
Emergence of Advertising in America (1850-1920) (Duke University)
Over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States.
Copyright
The images and texts on this web site have been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study.
For these purposes you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) materials from this web site without
prior permission, on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. (more)
Imperial War Museum: Posters of Conflict collection (Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art & Design - MIRIAD; VADS, United Kingdom)
AND
The Basic Design Collection (VADS, United Kingdom)
A collection of images useful in teaching 2D and 3D design courses. "immersign [the art student] in a genuine
culture of serious experimental artistic endeavour. It includes the collections of: Richard Hamilton; Tom Hudson; Victor
Pasmore, and Harry Thubron."
VADS Copyright
"All material supplied via VADS is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, and duplication or sale of all or part of any of the Data Collections is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form. You must obtain permission for any other use. Electronic or print copies may not be offered, whether for sale or otherwise to anyone who is not an authorised user."
"In addition, with reference to any data materials supplied to me by VADS, or by a recognised agency of VADS, I hereby undertake:
1. To use and to make personal copies of any part of the Data Collections only for the purposes of non-commercial research or teaching, as specified in the accompanying application.
Every effort has been made to trace the copyright holders and gain permission for use of the images within this collection. We would be grateful for any information concerning copyright of the images and we will withdraw them immediately on copyright holder's request, if appropriate. Please direct any enquiries to artimages@iwm.org.uk"
"I further agree:
1. To acknowledge, in any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on the Data Collections, the original depositors, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and VADS supplying the data materials, as described in the documentation accompanying the Data Collections."
Design Council (and The Manchester Metropolitan University; VADS, United Kingdom)
"The collection comprises almost 22,500 images and covers most areas of design. The majority of images show products of various kinds (including tableware, furniture, lighting, toys, domestic appliances, textiles, wallpapers, office equipment, engineering components and machinery), but other areas of design such as architecture, town planning, interior design, graphic design and corporate identity are also included. Due to the national role of the Council, the emphasis is mainly upon British design from 1945 to 1990, but there are also many images illustrating design from other countries and from earlier periods. Furthermore, the collection contains a large number of original and unique images that record directly many of the Council's own activities, including its annual design award scheme introduced in 1957, and the various exhibitions and other events that it organised or contributed to in the UK and abroad."
Copyright and permitted uses
The images and metadata presented in the Design Council Slide Collection are copyright of the Design Council and
The Manchester Metropolitan University. They may be used for private research and study purposes only. They must
not be altered or amended in any way without the permission of the copyright holders.
Greek culture/ Hellenistic culture
Interactive site covering ancient through modern material.
Intractive Hellas map & chronology of Hellenic history chart are located within "Hellenic Cultural Heritage" link on top bar of home page.
Edo, Japan (Japanese culture)
"A complex and highly detailed virtual tour of 18th century Edo (now Tokyo) using traditional Japanese woodblock prints to explore not only the sights of the city but the nature and texture of life within it. It is as much a document on early modern urban life in a great city as it is a useful source on traditional Japanese history and culture." Description taken 8/20/09 from http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91378
British Library Online Gallery “Turning the Pages”
“Leaf through our great books and magnify the details.”
See the following titles:
- MASTERPIECE OF THE RENAISSANCE Beautiful images from the Sforza Hours
- JANE AUSTEN'S EARLY WORK The History of England in her own hand
- FIRST ATLAS OF EUROPE Compiled by Mercator in the 1570s
- OUTSTANDING 15TH-CENTURY CHURCH BOOK The wonderful, and weighty, Sherborne Missal
- CLASSIC OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION Elizabeth Blackwell's remarkable Herbal
- BLAKE'S NOTEBOOK Sketches and poems, including 'The Tyger'
- PINNACLE OF ANGLO-SAXON ART The priceless Lindisfarne Gospels
- THE OLDEST PRINTED 'BOOK' View the Diamond Sutra, printed in China in 868
- GLIMPSES OF MEDIEVAL LIFE Selections from the famous Luttrell Psalter
- FLEMISH MASTERS IN MINIATURE The superb so-called 'Golf Book'
- GLORIOUS HEBREW SERVICE BOOK The lavishly illustrated Golden Haggadah
- A LANDMARK IN MEDICAL HISTORY Vesalius's stunning 16th-century anatomy
- SKETCHES BY LEONARDO
- THE ORIGINAL ALICE Written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll
- MOZART'S MUSICAL DIARY With 75 audio excerpts
Graphic Arts Division (Princeton Universiey)
Art of the book, illustration.
Artists' Books (Reed College, Oregon)
View traditional letterpress printed books of poetry, conceptual book works, sculptural and visual works, concrete
poetry, and magazine works. Reed College's Special Collections include livre d’artiste works by David Hockney,
avant-garde works by Sonia Delaunay, conceptualist works by Sol LeWitt, and contemporary works by Xu Bing.
accessCeramics
A growing collection of contemporary ceramics images by recognized artists enhancing ceramics education worldwide.
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts & Material Culture (University of Wisconsin)
The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture collects and creates electronic resources for study
and research of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America.
To access or cite this collection: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts
AIGA (American Institue of Graphic Arts)
About 365: AIGA Annual Desing Competition / Winterhouse Awareds for Design Writing & Criticism /
INDEX: AIGA Aspen Design Chalenge / About 50 Books, 50 Covers competition
Vincent Van Gogh The Letters Project (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Images of the letters, including sketches; translations.
Copyright
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any other information storage and retrieval system, without
prior permission in writing from the publisher.
Design:Documentaries & Presentations
Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process. "Scope of vision . . . holistic vision of design . . . its about how you approach problems . . . this huge, beautiful commonality between design, business, and the world. Beyond the age of information is the age of choices."
Color:
Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's really out there.
Digital Image Technology:
Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.
Photosynth site
Liberal Arts Education & the creative imagination – Synergy on campus
(Freshman 2009-2010 "Common Experience"):
Liz Coleman radically remade Bennington College in the mid-1990s, in pursuit of a new vision: higher education as a performing art. "Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day."
Dr. Erina Duganne:Faculty publications
• Beautiful Suffering: Photography & the traffic in pain
• The Self in Black and White: Race & subjectivity in Postware Ameraican Photography
Career information
• Career Options in History of Art and Visual Culture / Art History
• Museum-related links at Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT)
(COMPT), a Standing Professional Committee of the American Association of Museums. COMPT strives to assist
museum professionals and pre-professionals in their career learning experiences, to address the continuous need to
develop and enhance professional goals, and to proactively engage with pressing concerns that affect professionals
across the field. As we continue to develop this site, we encourage you to contact us with your ideas and suggestions.
Visual Resources Administration
Visual Resources Association
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Getty Union List of Artist Names
Styles & Cultures List (Grove Art Encyclopedia)
Relaxation
All kinds of virtual pictures
License to use materials from Wikimedia Commons