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Finding Art Resources

The resources on this page including WSA databases and art websites that can be used for research in art and art history. See:

Artstor
Artstor Across Disciplines
Britannica ImageQuest
Europeana Collections
Gale Virtual Reference Library
General Art Websites

And...a video tutorial on citing everything you find in NoodleTools:

Citing Works of Art, Photographs, and Images in NoodleTools

See other pages in this section to learn about:

Articles from Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers
Books
Images
Videos
Museum Resources
Other Online Resources for Art
Book Arts

For information on copyright, see:

Copyright and Image Use in the Artstor Digital Library

Britannica ImageQuest

Britannica ImageQuest
3.25 million rights-cleared images from 62 leading collections; each photo or illustration comes with the source, the copyright holder, caption, keywords, and complete citation information.

Remote access requires user ID and password.

Britannica ImageQuest Getting Started Guide
Guide to using Britannica ImageQuest's collections of millions of images that are rights-cleared for educational use. Login or register for your own personal account to access images in “My Images” later on any device.Topics covered in the tour include: Searching (how to search, browse, narrow results, and display images), Image Details (copyright information, captions, credits, citations, and how to select and add multiple images), Saving Images, and Organizing Images.

General Art Websites

Below are a few resources that may help with introductory information:

Art cyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
A resource with 9,000 artists listed, 2,900 art sites indexed, and 160,000 links. The main mode of searching within the site is a search on an artist's name.

e-flux
The e-flux site includes a news digest, events, exhibitions, schools, journal, books, and art projects related to contemporary art, culture, and theory internationally. Search the archive to look at past issues of the e-flux journal for essays relating to the creation of contemporary art.
Glossary of art terms - Tate
Browse Tate's online glossary which is designed to explain and illuminate some of the art terminology you will find on the Tate website, from abstract art to Zero. Tate has four major sites and holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art, which includes nearly 70,000 artworks.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Art ebooks
A group of ebooks on topics in the arts in Gale Virtual Reference Library. Titles includes Arts & Humanities Through the Eras; Encyclopedia of World Biography; Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear Through the Ages, and Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library - Searching for Information

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Citing Works of Art, Photographs, and Images in NoodleTools

Watch this tutorial to learn how to use NoodleTools to cite images in art: photographs or illustrations, "born digital" images like logos or graphics, or works of visual art.

Tutorial created by Susan Timmons, Upper School Librarian, The Harpeth Hall School, Ann Scott Carell Library, Nashville, Tennessee, September 5, 2018, using Screencast-O-Matic.

Artstor

Artstor
Artstor Digital Library features more than 2 million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences. Their collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists’ estates.

When using Artstor on the WSA campus, register for a free user account. Your account allows you to access the Digital Library while off-campus. You can download images, create and share image groups, and more.

Getting Started in Artstor Digital Library
Directions for accessing Artstor, with tips for searching, organizing content with groups and tags, sharing with links, printing, and downloading individual images or an entire PowerPoint. Links in the PDF go to specific help pages in Artstor.

Personal Collections in Artstor

Personal collections are available to all registered users. Personal Collections are a private storage spot for registered users to upload and manage content that can mingle with Artstor content. Uploaded image files can be cataloged, added to groups to be share with others, exported, and cited.

Supported file types: .png (with alpha transparency), .jpg, .jpeg, .tif, .tiff, .jp2 / jpeg 2000, .cr2, .gif, .psd, .ai, .bmp, .eps, .nef, .svg, multi-page tiffs

File size upload recommendations: keep uploads under 20GB

Storage limits: personal collection storage is limited to 1 GB per user and 100 GB per institution

Artstor Across Disciplines

Guides to Artstor content related to specific disciplines in the visual and performing arts:

Architecture in Artstor
This page highlights Artstor content related to architecture and man-made habitats and infrastructures, including monuments, buildings and their interiors, land and cityscapes, as well as our corresponding incursions on the natural environment. Designs are presented in plans, drawings, and models, and structures are recorded in archival and contemporary photographs and 360-degree virtual reality panoramas.
Decorative Arts in Artstor
This page highlights Artstor content related to western and non-western decorative arts, including a varied selection of images of furniture, interiors, tableware, textiles, ceramics, and silver.
Fashion and Costume in Artstor
This page highlights Artstor content related to fashion and costume, including images of historical fashion, costumes, designers, and fashion shows.
Music History in Artstor
This page highlights Artstor content related to world music throughout the ages, including images of musical scores, composers, performers, instruments, and venues such as concert halls and opera houses, as well as examples of musical iconography.
Photography in Artstor
This page highlights Artstor content related to the history of photography, including works by significant photographers chronicling people, events, and places of our time, as well as images documenting the development of landmark processes and technologies, from early daguerreotypes to contemporary prints.
Theater and Dance in Artstor
This page highlights Artstor content related to theater and dance, including images of costumes, venues, and staged performances from around the world, as well as portraits and performance shots of notable playwrights, theater directors, choreographers, set and costume designers, actors, and dancers.

Europeana | Europe's Digital Collections

Europeana - Europe's Digital Collections
Explore over 58 million artworks, artifacts, books, films and music from European museums, galleries, libraries and archives. Their search and filter tools can help you find what you’re looking for. They have dedicated thematic collections on art, fashion, music, photography and World War I, each with galleries, blogs and exhibitions.