The NY Public Libraries Digital Gallery has expanded and now includes a vast array (more than 30,000 images) of maps, early advertisements and photographs, posters, scientific illustrations, and much more. This link goes to the main NYPL Picture Collection page.
ARTstor just announced new images added to the following collections: Carnegie Institution of Washington Photographs of Mayan Excavations [Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University] (final release completed, with a collection of now 44,300 images, learn more) University of Michigan Asian Art Photographic Distribution [AAPD] (first release of 4,700 of 9,600 total, learn more)…
Here are some recent image orders that have been added to the VRC image database – we will be posting periodic updates of new content: Russian posters and painting, 1920-2000 (Stalinism, propaganda, realism, recent conceptual art, etc.) (90 images) Selections from “WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution” (catalogue) (110 images) The architecture of Frank Lloyd…
In case you have any questions about the benefits of metadata and proper digital preservation, watch this short YouTube video (Brought to you by your friendly digital preservationists at the VRC)
You heard it here first – Paul Gauguin cut off Van Gogh’s ear with a sword during an argument but they kept a “pact of silence”. via The Daily Telegraph