Image Resources
Major Image Databases
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ARTstor A digital library of
images with associated information and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning, and
scholarship. A detailed
guide is available.
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Saskia Digital Images The
collection contains 30,000 digital images of paintings, sculpture and architecture, including
images from many important collections including the Prado, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the
Uffizi, and the Louvre as well as archaeological sites in Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Egypt.
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"Finding Images on the Web"
Tutorial Comprehensive tutorial designed and maintained by Boston University
Libraries. Offers good information on how and where to search for images. Includes
links to major image databases and copyright information. Good resource for the novice and
experienced users.
Architecture
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archINFORM Focusing primarily on twentieth-century
architecture, this database includes information one over over 14,000 built and unrealized projects
from various international architects and planners
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Cities/Buildings Database From the University of
Washington, "a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and
throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web."
Art History
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Agence Photographique Database of over 440,000 works of art from the national and regional
museums of France. This site is available in French and English.
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Art & Architecture A searchable collection
of images from the Conway Library of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
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Art Images for College Teaching Focusing primarily
on ancient, medieval, and Renaissance European art arranged in chronological sequence, from
original photographs.
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Art Resource The worlds largest fine art stock photo archive.
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Artcyclopedia “The Fine Art Search Engine” An extensive
index of on-line images of fine art, primarily from museums and galleries.
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Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur des Bildarchivs Foto
Marburg Database of images available from the Bildarchiv Photo Marburg, primarily in black and
white. Classified iconographically according to the Iconclass system.
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Index of Christian Art A
photographic and bibliographic archive of Medieval Christian art, with an increasing amount of
images available on-line.
Specialized Image Resources
Select Museum Image Collections
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Getty Research
Institute
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Guggenheim Museum, New York
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Harvard University Art Museums
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Krannert Art Museum, UIUC
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Museum of Fine Art (MFA), Boston
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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Hermitage
Museum, St. Petersburg
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La Louvre, Paris
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National Gallery, London
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Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
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Spurlock Museum, UIUC
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Tate Gallery, London
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Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Victoria and Albert Museum,
London