ARTstor has added these to its Digital Library: ART on FILE: more than 870 images of contemporary architecture in the Netherlands and Scandinavia, bringing this collection to almost 11,000 images (keywords: “art on file” or click here) Seattle Art Museum: 2,718 high-quality images of works in the museum’s permanent collection (keyword: seattleartmuseum or click here) Here…
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has devised a way to turn your cell phone or MP3 player into a multimedia gallery guide. If your phone has the capability, you can download audio-only or image-enhanced “artcasts”; this feature is possible on a MP3 player if you search iTunes for “SFMOMA Artcasts.” Also available is…
Europeana.eu allows you to search through dozens of cultural collections of Europe, including national archives, libraries, museums and other research centers. Simple or advanced searches return digitized texts, images, videos and/or sounds. Each item contains information as well as a link to the “original context” — its page within the originating organization. One great feature…
They will be coming to a town near you, but in the meantime check out The Mourners Photography Project website, hosted by FRAME (French Regional & American Museum Exchange). The website offers new digital high-resolution, 360° multi-perspective, and stereo 3D (anaglyph glasses required) views of the alabaster sculptures of monks and clerics that surround the…
The photo of President Obama on the cover of the June 19 Economist was altered in Photoshop to make him appear more “alone”, alleges the New York Times. The Economist photo editor argues the others in the photo were removed to keep the focus on Obama, and to not confuse the viewer. What do you…
WorldImages database, hosted by San José State University, provides access to almost 80,000 images that are global in coverage and include all areas of visual imagery. The database is accessible anywhere and can be searched by specific fields or browsed by subject “portfolios”. Images are continually added and organized and all images may be freely…