Category: image searching

  • Image collections still available through Luna Insight

    Just a reminder that the California Digital Library still supports Luna Insight, the image hosting and search tool that was tested by the UC campuses a few years ago.  There are several terrific collections  which are not available through ARTstor or other means at this time, for example: The National Palace Museum of Taipei (over…

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  • British Museum digital image service

    The British Museum has a free image service that delivers high quality* digital scans of many works of art in their collection. To use this service, which allows you to receive 100 images per month for non-commercial use: Click the Use digital image button on any image page (located beneath the image thumbnail; if this…

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  • NY Public Libraries Digital Collections

    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.

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  • Newly added ARTstor images

    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)…

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  • Organizing your images with Cooliris

    Cooliris is a plug-in for your browser which displays images in a wonderful “3D Wall” effect – you can browse your own image folders, or online image searches (google, flickr, etc.). There’s a great explanation of it here: http://aahvrc.blogspot.com/search?q=cooliris

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  • New ARTstor collection releases

    ARTstor announced the following collections are now available: The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (approximately 800 images, learn more) The Roy Lichtenstein Collection (800 images, learn more) MoMA Exhibition Installation Photograph Collection [The Museum of Modern Art Archives] (last release completed and totals roughly 16,700 images, learn more) Larry Qualls Archive of Contemporary Art…

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