Local Image Collection
- CUNYdid Slide Library (JSTOR)
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The Graduate Center's slide library was scanned to create CUNYdid in JSTOR, a collection of almost 200,000 digital images for institutional use in Art History. Access is available to all CUNY affiliates.
- CUNYdid on ARTSTOR (access through August 1, 2024)Images collected by the Graduate Center's Art History program. Access available to all CUNY affiliates.
ARTSTOR is retiring on August 1, 2024 and content is moving to the JSTOR platform. See this guide to find out more about this migration.
Image Collections
- Bildarchiv der Kunst und ArchitekturTwo million images of European art and architecture, primarily prior to the 20th century.
- British MuseumFree non-commercial use images.
- Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material CultureImages and digitized texts with a particular focus on decorative arts from early America.
- EuropeanaEuropeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europes museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.
- Frick Digital Image ArchiveWorks of art photographed between 1922 and 1967 by staff photographers in private homes and small public collections throughout the United States and in New York City galleries and auction houses.
- Google Art ProjectThousands of images from art museums around the world.
- LACMA20,000 high-res digital downloads for any use.
- Machiel Kiel Photographic ArchiveImages of Ottoman-Islamic architectural monuments in the Balkan countries from the photo archive of Dutch historian Machiel Kiel.
- National Gallery of Art Images20,000 open access images from the NGA available for download and use.
- NYPL Digital GallerySearch or browse over 700,000 images digitized from the collections of the NYPL.
- RijksmuseumHigh-res digital downloads free (for non-commercial use only)
- vads: the online resource for visual artsVADS (the Visual Arts Data Service) is based at the Farnham Campus of the University College for the Creative Arts (United Kingdom). This website contains over 100,000 images covering an array of visual subjects a complete list can be found here: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/index.html
- Van Alen Institute Design ArchiveA selection of architectural drawings, photographs, and institutional records from over a century of design excellence at Van Alen Institute.
- Wikimedia CommonsFreely accessible images from museums, galleries, libraries, and archives.
- Yale Digital Commons250,000 images without license.
Images and Copyright
Two useful guides that discuss copyright, fair use and images:
- The College Art Association's Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts
- The Visual Resources Association developed a set of Fair Use Guidelines for images used in teaching and research (including disserations - see section 6)
Digital Humanities
- Mapping Gothic FranceA database of images, texts, charts, and historical maps that allow exploration of Gothic architecture and the formation of France in the 12-13th centuries.
- The Institute for Advanced Technology in the HumanitiesDozens of digital projects supported by the IATH including 'Leondardo a Vinci and his Treatise on Painting' 'The Complete Writings and Pictures of Dante Gabriel Rossetti' and 'The William Blake Archive'
Multimedia
- UbuwebGreat source for audio and video recordings of avant-garde poetry and art.