Washington and Lee University
Please note: links to sites that our library does not subscribe to may be outdated.
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ARTstor. Art image database, containing hundreds of thousands of images. Includes Washington and Lee's teaching collection of images, and the Irish Studies images.
Web Gallery of Art
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European
painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1150-1750),
currently containing over 6,000 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries,
guided tours are available. Free postcard service is provided for the visitors.
San
Francisco Fine Arts Museum Imagebase
Over 60.000 digitized images from its collection are available for viewing.
You can search the "imagebase" by keyword.
The WebMuseum
From Paris, this site gives access to thousands of art historical images.
OCAIW: Orazio Centaro's Art Images on
the Web - Home Page
Collection of art images presented on the Web. Over 13,000 links to
images of architecture, painting, photography, and sculpture.
Artcyclopedia
The definitive guide to great art online, at art museum sites and image archives
worldwide.
Can be browsed by: Movement, Medium, Subject, Nationality.
private, non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination of information on works of art preserved in churches, cathedrals and monasteries all over the world. They intend to assemble a collection of images that will constitute a visual representation of the Bible, ad maiorem gloriam Dei! (for the greater glory of God!) The Vatican collection comprises over 1200 images, and they have started building the data base for a world wide tour of churches and monasteries, comprising in excess of 5000 images.
Artchive
At the Artchive, the only constant will be change. Each gallery will include
new material for your return viewing pleasure, from new scans in the Recent
Acquisitions gallery, to additional art criticism excerpts, to new installations
of feature exhibits.
The
Great Buildings Collection
You can search for a particular building, architect, or place. Limited information
and images are available. This is the free website that advertises the CD-Rom
product by the same name. One nice thing is that you can download software
from this page to see a 3-D model of the building.
ARLIS/NA
: Image Sites and Sources for Art and Architecture (Guide to the World Wide
Web)
Contains a compilation of image databases, collected by the Art Research Libraries.
Very helpful guides included.
Saskia, Ltd. Cultural Documentation
This is a subscription database of art historical images. Several image collections
go hand in hand with art history textbooks such as Gardner, or Stokstad. At
this point, W&L does not subscribe to it. However, you can see thumbnail
images without subscription. Click on "Digital Images".
Eikon
Image database for Biblical Studies. Compiled by the Yale Divinity School.
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* P * I * R * O Query Form
A project of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Architecture.
Rochester
Institute of Technology Image Database
RIT's online images of Medieval Manuscripts, and of the History of the Book.
The
Bridgeman Art Library - a Fine Art Photographic Archive
Archive of images. Can only be viewed as thumbnails.
AICT
Art Images for College Teaching. "AICT is a royalty-free image exchange resource
for the educational community."
AP Photo Archive
Leyburn Library subscribes to this image database. It is also accessable from
Annie, our online catalog. The Photo Archive is an electronic library containing
the Associated Press's current photos and a selection of pictures from their
50 million image print and negative library. Click on "Enter the Archive".
Photo
Study Collection Database
From the Getty. A work-in-progress.
Time Inc. Picture Collection
Millions of pictures, primarily to market Time-Life images to the publishing
and multi-media industries, this resource can be used by anyone after registering
online.
Vistas: A Searchable Database of Spanish-American Images Maintained by Prof. Jeff Barnett.
The Archive of Early American Images. From Brown University.
Clearinghouse of Image Databases - U. Arizona
Image Databases
on the Net - Berkeley
Thorough website on all things image databases.
Other Links Of Interest:
Digital
Library Federation
ARLIS/NA Web Site (Art Libraries Society
of North America)
Art History Webmasters ASSOCIATION
des webmestres en histoire de l'art