Would you like to spend more time using your research photos and less time searching for them? Manage them with Tropy, a free, open-source research photo management tool. This desktop application brings order to your photos by providing a common-sense way to organize and describe your… Continue reading »
The WCDA VRC Teaching Collection, an ever-growing custom collection of over 40,000 images tailored to the curriculum of the Williams College Art Department, is now fully integrated with the Artstor Digital Library. One-stop image shopping has arrived! Simply perform a search in the Artstor Digital Library and the VRC Teaching… Continue reading »
The Williams VRC Collection, an ever-growing custom collection of over 40,000 images tailored to the curriculum of the Williams College Art Department, is moving to Artstor’s Shared Shelf media management solution. Users will be able to browse both the Artstor Digital Library and the Williams VRC Collection simultaneously, creating a… Continue reading »
The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Archipedia is now available to the Williams community. Archipedia is an online encyclopedia of American architecture, containing histories, photographs, and maps for more than 17,500 structures in 2,565 cities and 29 states. Archipedia is accessible on campus or remotely via the… Continue reading »
The Bridgeman Education database includes a superior selection of images from the world’s leading museums, galleries, contemporary artists and private collections. It may be accessed on Williams campus or remotely via the proxy server. Images may be downloaded, however, the dimensions top out at 600 pixels. This… Continue reading »
The Williams College Museum of Art and Artstor are collaborating to release an additional 2700 images of collection objects in the Artstor Digital Library. New images come from WCMA’s African, Eastern, and Ancient collections, as well as its collection of the works of Maurice and Charles Prendergast. Visit the… Continue reading »
The Freer and Sackler Galleries will be releasing their complete collections of Asian and American art online January 1, 2015. The images will be available without copyright restrictions for noncommercial use. The vast majority of the artworks have never been seen by the public. See the… Continue reading »
The eMuseum Network features over 1.6 million objects and images from 60 institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Continue reading »
At last! ARTstor has entered into an agreement with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, to distribute approximately 35,000 images of European and American paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and photographs, dating from the 13th-21st centuries. Previously the Gallery’s presence in ARTstor was limited to 700 images of European… Continue reading »
The Wellcome Collection in London explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future. Wellcome Images provides access to over 100,000 images including manuscripts, paintings, etchings, early photography and advertisements. All images from the historical collections are available for any use free of charge. Continue reading »