As an established art history
department at a liberal arts institution, it is vital that you have easy access
to visual resources for teaching. Below, you will find a bibliography to start
your search for images; this one in particular highlights Islamic art, since it
is one of the strengths of our department. Should you find these resources
insufficient, please feel free to consult me further regarding other websites,
purchasing images from vendors, scanning slides, or scanning images from
publications. Thank you and good luck!
Visual Resources Curator
1.
ArtStor. http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml
Our institution currently
subscribes to ArtStor, a non-profit digital image database with a collection of
over one million images. Thousands of these images are uploaded by institutions
such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, who encourage their use in educational
enviornments. ArtStor offers both keyword and advanced searches similar to that
of a library catalog and also fosters easy browsing through geography and
classification lists, as well as "featured groups," including one on
Islamic Art and others on interdisciplinary topics. If you cannot find images
that you're looking for in ArtStor, we would be happy to scan them from
publications, catalog them, and upload them to the site via their Shared Shelf
tool. ArtStor also offers the organizational feature of saving personalized
image groups, with the ability to export them to slideshows.
2.
ArchNet https://archnet.org/lobby/
Hosted by MIT, ArchNet describes
itself as "an international online community for architects,
planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and
scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilisations." It offers a
free membership and, similar to ArtStor, it breaks down images into helpful
categories with more of an architectural focus, offering categories such as
building type, building style, and building usage. ArchNet also gives users the
ability to save personal groups of images. In addition, it hosts a number of
digitized scholarly articles and other publications (downloadable for free)
which complement their image collection. This project is supported by the Aga
Khan Trust for Culture.
3. Europeana http://www.europeana.eu/
Europeana is a collaboration
between European museums, galleries, and archives, and offers library
catalog-like searching and browsability. One particularly helpful aspect of
Europeana is its usage of linked data in fields, which can be helpful in very
specific browsing. With content uploaded directly from the institutions, this
site offers generally thorough metadata, often including a curatorial
description of an object.
4. Ancient World Image
Bank http://www.flickr.com/photos/isawnyu
This resource, supported by
the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is free, available
via a flickr account. All images can be used freely with proper citation.
Although it mostly focuses on Egyptian sites, it also contains a number of
images of Palestine and other disputed areas, as well as sites of ancient
Islamic occupation.
5. Saudi Aramco
World http://photoarchive.saudiaramcoworld.com/
This site offers over 40,000
images of the Middle East and other Islamic cultures. Featuring images not only
of art and architecture, this site also focuses on other aspects of Islamic
culture, including every-day life, in order to convey that culture through
images. Most of the images on this site were photographed for the magazineAramco
World, although many are unpublished. Tis site offers a free
membership.
6. Individual Museum websites.
Many museums with strong Islamic collections also have strong databases. While
some images are available for free, many museums will small a charge fee to
sell you a high resolution image. A few museums include:
The British
Museum http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx LACMA http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.htm
Welcome to the Visual Resources Center (VRC) web page! The mission of the VRC is help users locate images either from our own collection or other useful online collections, provide classroom and technical support to faculty and students, and promote visual literacy. Our collection includes work of art, photography, as well as film. The Visual Resources Center is located in the basement of the Random Academic Library.
Students and faculty have access to our extensive image gallery through CONTENTdm,1 our online visual repository, and are also encouraged to read our blog2 for news about new services or current changes within the visual resources academic community.
Please check-in with our blog to find out more about local events in the arts, or upcoming lectures and conferences on campus.
The VRC has access to two great resources for locating digital images:
ARTstor, a digital library hosting millions of images available to scholars, artists and librarians.
CONTENTdm (the VRC repository), our own image gallery which hosts over 25,000 images. The collection includes photographs, works of art, and also architectural plans.
Other useful resources: Getty Open Content Program, hosted by the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute. The site has over 10,000 images, and also offers useful information about fair use and tools for proper citation.
Oxford Art Online, which hosts Grove Art Online and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. The site offers images and other tools to assist in your research. Users can also browse through Artists' Books and various galleries.
For those interested in learning more about issues regarding copyright, fair use, and image management the Visual Resources Association webpage is a great place to begin. The staff of the VRC is also available to assist anyone with any questions about proper use. Contact VRC@randomacademiclibrary.edu for a private consultation, or visit the center during our business hours:
During exam periods the VRC will have extended hours. Please check the website the week before for our hours of business.
Starting a research project?
The Random Academic Library website has a number of sources that may be useful to those who need help with conducting research. Please visit the Art Research Guide page to learn more about possible databases and reference materials that are available through the university. The library also provides searching tips to help you locate the information you need.
There are many scholarly arts databases that are readily available to artists, historians and art lovers. Art Full Text, Bibliography of the History of Art, and Art Index Retrospective are three that are very popular. Looking for Technology Support?
For remote access, please visit the Random Academic Library webpage to learn how to connect from home.
The VRC and the GSLIS Tech Lab also offer tutorials, workshops, and webinars to faculty and staff. If you have always wanted to brush up on your presentation skills, or learn great tricks for mobile devices, please visit their website to learn more about image management!
Bibliography
1 The Visual Resources Collection at Reed College, is one of many who uses CONTENTdm to store and share their digital collection. Their collection also includes Artists' Books, which may be useful for Studio Art students and staff. 2 The Williams College Art Department Visual Resource Center maintains a blog that features information about new content, news from the visual resources community, and technical services.↩ Journal Title Overlap Study of Four Major Online Art Indexes, The Bulletin of the Japan Art Documentation Society no. 13 (March 2006): 44-49 Along with the libraries/Visual Resource centers used in the blog, the following also provide interesting services to their communities: RISD, Lewis & Clark, and Ithaca College.
Welcome aboard! Here at the Ocean State Historical Society, we are particularly proud of our collection of historic houses. Perhaps even more, we take great pride in the collection of period antique furnishings, textiles and art that have been painstakingly assembled and displayed in order to bring the 18th and 19th centuries to life for our visitors. In light of this, I have prepared a list of online resources and current journals to help you keep abreast of any new information or research relevant to our collection.
Print Journals
Art & Antiques
While primarily intended for the private collector, this magazine does contain useful information on a wide variety of topics. They also have an e-newsletter and a website, http://www.artandantiquesmag.com
Early American Life Magazine
This magazine is primarily geared toward those who craft or build furniture in 18th and early 19th century American styles. While our collection focuses in contemporary pieces, rather than reproductions, this journal can provide excellent research and insight into period construction methods. The annual directory if traditional crafts may also prove to be a valuable resource for finding artisans to consult with or make period-accurate repairs. They are also online at www.ealonline.com.
This website includes valuable information on and links to a wide variety of historical textile organizations and museums, including those specializing in embroidery, quilts, printed fabrics, tapestries and fashion. It also has a listserv, which is a great resource for discussions and current developments.
CINOA is an international organization dedicated to art and antiques. Although their focus is quite broad, they do have useful information regarding the trade, including legal information, guides on care for a variety of objects such a silver, furniture, textiles and paintings and data on sales.
Both of these museums have excellent collections of early American art, furnishings and decorative objects and both have searchable online catalogs with excellent pictures. Great for research and identification.
We have a membership to this fantastic online art database. (Please email me for the user name and password.) It is an excellent resource for auction results and valuation, but in addition it has signature images and short lbiographies for many artists.
I'm sure you are familiar with Kovel's antiques books as a standard resource. Their blog is full of interesting tidbits on care, repair, identification, styles and other things. The only caveat is that it is inconsistently updated. Probably still a good resource to check in on once in a while.
I hope these resources are a good starting point for you. Please let me know if there are any topics you would like to delve into more deeply or if there is anything else I can help you find.
The Pew Research Center released a study on social media usage in 2012. I'm generally weary of polls, but this one is really interesting. We discussed the relationship between social media and outreach last week, and it would be great to find out if museums and art libraries take any of this info into consideration. The findings do not include usage by Asians or other ethnic groups (The classifications of "Latino" and "African-American" are also very broad ), but is still a great tool to use when discussing social media. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Social-media-users/The-State-of-Social-Media-Users.aspx
This is a quick guide to selected reference resources for processing photographic collections. As of now, resources are limited to online format; however, please feel free to contact the library about locating print materials. Major Institutions/Organizations The following are prominent institutions/organizations in photographic preservation and conservation, providing significant research, publications and tools for managing photographic collections. Notable resources will be mentioned in this guide, but not all. Further investigation into these sites is recommended.
Image Permanence Institute: recognized leader in the development of sustainable practices for the preservation of images and cultural property through a program of research, education, products, and services.
Northeast Document Conservation Center: non-profit conservation center devoted to the conservation and preservation of paper-based materials by providing laboratory and digital services; making available workshops, publications, and web tools; providing disaster response and emergency assistance; and developing model programs and preservation strategies.
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works: plays a role in establishing and upholding professional standards, promoting research and publications, providing educational opportunities and encouraging the exchange of information among conservators and other professionals.
National Archives: government site providing "expert yet practical" advise on photographic preservation.
Getty Conservation Institute: dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing the understanding of visual arts through its expertise, collecting program, institutional collaborations, exhibitions, and publications.
History Ted's Photographics: site that provides a concise history of photography, a list of notable photographers by name and decade, and insight into the science behind producing an image. British Photography History: provides information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history including museums news, exhibitions and publications. Identification Graphic Atlas: tool developed by IPI for the identification and characterization of photographs. "Photographic Processes:" webpage by the Victoria and Albert Museum with explanations and examples of photographic processes Conservation Photographic Materials Wiki: catalog of conservation treatment and procedures maintained by AIC's Photographic Materials Group.
Conserve-O-Grams on Photography: produced by the National Park Service. Topics include "Caring for Photographs: General Guidelines," "Caring for Color Photographs," "Caring for blueprints and cyanotypes," and "Storage enclosures for photographic prints and negatives." Note: cannot be accessed as of now due to the government shutdown. "Caring for Your Treasures: Photographs:" AIC's resource center for the care and handling of photographs. Also, provides help with finding a conservator if needed. Preservation "Preservation 101: Preservation Basics for Paper and Media Collections:" online course provided by NDCC that covers the preservation of paper collections and related formats. Learn to identify deteriorated materials, how to properly care for collections and how to set priorities for preservation. Leaflets also provided ("Preservation Leaflets: Photography") with information on variety of topics with links to additional resources. "Preservation Advisory Centre: Photographic Material:" booklet provided by the British Library identifying best practice in storage, care and handling of photographic materials. Lists additional resources for further research.
Dew Point Calculation: tool developed by IPI for calculating the best combination of temperature and relative humidity for long-term preservation of collection materials. Digital Print Preservation Portal: site developed by IPI to provide information, skills and tolls needed to care for digitally printed collections, including technology, identification, deterioration, and preservation.
Digitzation "Guidelines for Electronic Preservation of Visual Materials:" research publication by the library of Congress on how best to perform a digital image capture of preservation quality. Price Indexes/Auction Houses Art Sales Index: provides access to over 3.5 million entries for fine art sold at auction. Includes current coverage of many auction houses and historical coverage of Christie's London and Sotheby's London. Registration required. Artfact: provides access to auction information on over 4 million items sold from more than 250 major auction houses. Registration required. Bonham's: privately owned auction house holding two sales each year of fine photography. Gordon's Photography Price Annual: covers auctions and dealer sales for photographs of all styles and periods. Subscription required, please contact the library for purchase. Photographic Exhibitions in Britain 1839-1865: research database containing records from over 20,000 exhibition catalogues published from 1839-1865. Information is listed by exhibition, photographer, process and price. Publications/Blogs/Databases Aperture: a not-for-profit foundation connecting the photo community and audiences with inspiring work and latest ideas. Includes a blog and photo book reviews. Subscription to Aperture magazine required, please contact the library for purchase. Conservation Perspective: the Getty's journal featuring articles and discussions on areas of conservation practice. Spring 2012 and Spring 2002 newsletters feature photographic preservation. "F-Stop: Links:" List of photography magazines, blogs and organizations. Gawain Weaver Art Conservation: art conservator providing treatment and services for museums, galleries, collectors, historical societies and libraries. Goodblogon art conservation and great links toadditional resources, including a bibliography. Earth-Sea Imagery: blog with numerous tutorials on photography, photoshop, photo restoration and preservation. Article and Research Databases: list of databases subscribed to by the Getty. Most are available remotely; however, some databases can only be accessed onsite. Useful subject databases: art and architecture, art sales and collecting. Community/Listservs Photographic Materials Group: specialty group within AIC of photographic preservation professionals offering scholarly resources, annual meetings, workshops and listserv. Notes on Photographs: tool developed by the George Eastman House as a forum for gathering information that enhances the understanding of the photographic print "Several Photography & Image-Orientated Mailing Lists on the Internet:" list developed by the Rochester Institute of Technology of about 50 listservs related to photography and imaging
Other Museums: what are they doing? Victoria and Albert Museum: photography homepage contains links into interesting articles about various topics, including history, contemporary practice in the field, and events. Also includes a bibliography for the study of photography. History of Photography Archive: site with a great collection of 19th century photographs and links to other photo archives and photo dealers. International Center of Photography: institution dedicated to the practice and understanding of photography as a museum, school and research center. National Media Museum: collection comprises the Daily Herald Archive, the Royal Photographic Society Collection, and the Kodak Museum Collection. Great blog and fact sheets with topics such as "How to date your Victorian photographs." British Library-Online Exhibitions: online gallery divided into 8 major "points of view" in 19th century photography. Luminous Lint: site contains a number of online exhibitions curated by collectors, galleries, museums and photographers. Many relate to major themes of 19th century photography.
I know that as we continue to develop our collection here at the Generic College University Library, the Islamic art resources, one of the most
popular collections we have on campus, will also continue to grow. While I know many of you have made
arrangements for your class room and your students with text books and written
works, I wanted to take some time to introduce you to some materials you may
find interesting in terms of images and current information in the field. This list is intended to aid you in your
lectures, as well as help you maintain a grasp on what is occurring in the
world beyond the doors of our university.
It is composed entirely of online sources, many of which, in addition to
being valuable tools, have social media pages, blogs, or e-mail newsletters, so
that you can have the latest sent directly to you without any hassle. While most are free for use, please note that
a few, including the databases we have licensed, must be accessed with your
faculty ID and password through the library homepage.
This guide is separated into three sections: Visual Resources,
which focuses mainly on sources for usable images, Visual Resources and
Sources of Information, which includes resources that provide both information
and images, andSources of Information, which focuses mainly on sources
for text or information.
(Note: Images are owned by the institution or web resource they are posted with.)
Visual Resources
1. ARTstor
ARTstor is one of the largest databases we
have access to, and it provides over 1.6 million images (including an excellent
number of Islamic art pictures ranging from photographs to architecture and
illustration). Images can be used for
educational purposes, and can be added to presentations or dissertations. Most of the images are very high in quality,
and results for searches can be limited by time period, geography, and
classification. ARTstor also has a Facebook
page as well as a Twitter and a much less frequently used Tumblr. Though the emphasis of the three seems to be
“behind the scenes” information and general interest stories, their posts are
often entertaining and interesting.
The Aga Khan Visual Archive includes a
large collection (composed of more than 120,000 slides and digital images) of
visual resources for Islamic architecture.
These images can be searched through the manual search bar on the home
page, or through a series of linked keywords based on Author, Subject, Date
Issued, and Worktype. Images are all
donated by photographers, professors, students, and architecture firms. Anyone who donates an image retains the
copyright, but users of the archive can access the photos and utilize them in
presentations, publications, or other educational purposes as long as proper
credit is given. The Archive is
maintained by Dome, home for any digitized content produced by the MIT
libraries.
3. ArchNet (https://archnet.org/lobby/magesrktype ries of keywords based on
tecture. These images can be searched
through the manual search bar on the home page, or)
ArchNet, a collaboration between MIT and
the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, is another open access source for Islamic
architecture, and provides images in their digital library to historic and
current sites of interest, general views, project files, and a large assortment
of special collections. In searching for
images, you can search by typing in a keyword, or you can click the digital
libraries images link, choose an option, and specify what you would like to
see, including images based on country, building type, building usage, decade,
and site name. The site also has course
syllabi and publications free to read, but is infrequently updated (current
news for this year includes only two articles, and while there is a job link,
no jobs have been contributed). A
special perk to the site is the ability for members to store and upload their
own images into a workspace.
Registration is required for the workspace option (though it is free,
and ArchNet does have strict privacy limits), but searching the images requires
no sign up, and all the images are available for use. ArchNet images are uploaded by users, just
like the Aga Khan Visual Archive, and ArchNet has a “royalty-free, perpetual,
non-exclusive license to reproduce, transmit, modify, authorize the downloading
of, and otherwise publish such material (in whole or part) in any form, medium,
or technology now known or as may be later developed.”
The Freer and Sackler galleries hold a
large collection of Islamic art that can be searched online. The collection is relatively large, and boasts
a specialty in ceramics and illuminated manuscripts. Though images can be easily found and
browsed, they require purchase to use. Our library did acquire a digital image set on
CD with some of the most popular or important images included from the museum’s
Islamic art collection, but please let me know if there are additional images
you would like access to.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has quite the collection of Islamic
art images, and many images of pieces that do not show up in other
resources. Their collection can be
broadly browsed, or you can limit your search by Artist, Classification,
Curatorial Areas, Chronology, or Museum Location. Many of their images (over 20,000) are
considered in the public domain (most of which appear on the Museum’s Flickr
page), but some are protected by copyright.
Click underneath an image to double check. In addition to their Flickr, the LACMA also
has a Facebook, Youtube channel, and Twitter account, but as a multi-collection
museum, these sites are not solely dedicated to Islamic art.
The Detroit Institute of Art’s (DIA) collection of
Islamic art is not as large as some of the previously mentioned sites, but the
images available are of high quality and are well documented. They cover a range of Islamic art as well, and
include architectural details like tile alongside Koran pages, Bowls, Carpets,
and Jewelry. The DIA is a heavy user of
social media, and they have a newsletter you can sign up, but they have strict copyright policies, so their images are less versatile for use.
Islamic Arts Magazine is an online magazine
we have a current subscription to, though if you need a copy from before 2012,
please let me know, as we will need to order it in its physical form. This magazine is an excellent resource for
keeping up to date on both modern works/exhibits and contemporary scholarship
occurring in the Islamic art world.
Articles are offered on everything from history and exhibits to calligraphy,
photography, and ceramics. They cover
many recent areas of interest and are updated often. In addition to articles, http://islamicartsmagazine.com/ also
hosts a gallery of images that can be sorted by a variety of different
keywords. Anything from Islamic Arts
Magazine is for personal use only, but they are a fantastic resource for
current literature. In terms of keeping
you in the loop, they also have a newsletter you can subscribe to, as well as a
decently active/updated Facebook and Twitter.
The DDFA collection at Shangri La is a
collection of over 2,500 items acquired over the life of Doris Duke, who began
collecting in her early twenties, and acquired her last piece almost 60 years
later. Though not comprehensive, almost
every piece from the collection, including furnishings of lamps and vases, tile
panels, and ceiling paintings, are documented and photographed. Images are available for use in educational
settings, as long as copyright is credited.
The site allows for keyword searching, and can limit results based on
medium, period, or country and region.
The Shangri La Center has residencies for scholars (for those of you
interested), and includes a section under the Islamic Art Collection link
called “Scholars Favorites”, in which scholars from around the world present
and discuss pieces from the collection.
These scholars also contribute to the Shangri La blog, but because they
are travelling academics, the site is infrequently updated, and less reliable
for current information.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art not only
offers unique images for use in an educational setting, but also has an in-depth time line that provides
information on a variety of different styles, time periods, locations and major
events in the history of Islamic art.
This resource is an excellent one for many of your students, from those
just beginning to explore Islamic art as a whole to others looking for material
on contemporary works of modern art.
Information can also be searched through the use of an interactive map,
and there are over 900 thematic essays on art history to be explored. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is also well
connected to social media, and if you are interested, you can check out their
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest (well supplied with over 1,000 images), or Flickr
through links on the museum’s main page.
10. Oxford Art Online – Grove Art Online
Oxford Art Online is the access point for
Grove Art Online, an art database that contains images, articles, and biographies. When searching the Grove Art Online site, you
can select from a huge selection of terms, dates, geography, people, and styles
to refine your results, though searching is not always intuitive or easy to
conduct. Please contact me if you need
any help, or would like to learn how to search this resource. Articles
can be lengthy, but are incredibly informative. Images from this collection can be printed and
displayed, but cannot be distributed or used in any electronic network.
Sources of
Information
11. Art Full Text
Art Full Text offers a wide array of
publications on a variety of topics, including magazine articles, trade
publications, and scholarly articles.
Though Art Full Text is not focused solely on Islamic art, it can
provide excellent material for both current and historical research. Results can be narrowed by date and type of
publication, so if any of you are interested in only the most recent academic
journals, you can tailor your search to produce such information. You can also limit by subject and specific
publication title, though I would recommend avoiding that feature unless you
know exactly what you want, as the search function is not always flawless, and
you may eliminate some potentially valid materials by setting such strict
search standards. Though not
comprehensive, I would recommend a quick search in Art Full Text, as it may
have relevant textual information for you.
Created by PBS and narrated by Susan Sarandon, this hour and a half special encompasses over 1400 years of history and discusses the beginnings of Islamic arts, as well as its growth over time. Another excellent resource for students, this film is well composed and informative.
Harvard’s Guide to Research in Islamic Art and
Architecture is a good base source for information on texts related to Islamic
art. While my guide is entirely online
resources, the Harvard Guide is mainly concrete sources, (many of which we hold
within the main library, make sure to take a peek at the catalog!). If you are adverse to working with online
material, need more extensive information on a topic, subject, or region, or
desire a list of valuable texts, this guide could be very useful for you.
The Studio Art & Visual Resources page at Beantown College
Contact Librarian: Rachel Sietz
rsietz@beantowncollege.edu
(617) 585-9236 ext. 16
Our goal is to share some of the resources available to you through the Fenway Library and Visual Resources Center. This area is limited to online resources in studio arts and visual image sharing, so be sure to visit our General Art & Architecture Resources page for other print and digital information such as bibliographies and art history resources including reference sources, journals, databases, and other online resources.
By no means does this page attempt to be a comprehensive list of studio art or image resources, but rather a place to get started learning about what types of resources exist and are available to both students and faculty. We are here to serve. Literally! It is our job to be useful. So please feel free to contact us with further questions, comments, or any problems. We are happy to work both with you and your students.
Reference Resources
Oxford Art Online:provides access to a wide range of authoritative online art resources, including reference works, articles, and bibliographies.
Credo Reference:a collection of over 500 reference books across a variety of subjects from top publishers. Credo also includes the Bridgeman Art Library Archive, a good source of images.
Art Babble: a video hosting service for art content. Partnering institutions include museums from all over the world.
ARTbibliographies Modern: a source of information on modern and contemporary art dating from the late 19th century onwards, including photography
Image Resources Collections
ARTstor: over 1.5 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities and sciences with cataloging image management abilities. Please come see us for all your ARTstor needs! We would love to help you integrate images with the Moodle courseware system. We also offer targeted training sessions for both faculty and students.
Flickr Commons: thousands of images from dozens of leading international academic and cultural institutions available freely in the public domain. Includes the NYPL, Getty, Library of Congress, Brooklyn Museum, and the Smithsonian.
Websites + Blogs
graphicCOMMcentral:the graphic communications industry’s education and career support portal for secondary and post-secondary students and educators. Funded by the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF)
The Little Chimp Society: a website community that connects illustrators and artists with events, a blog, interviews, news, calls, as well as links to the Facebook and Twitter groups.
Flux-Boston: a blog with a mission to "provide timely information on art events happening in the greater Boston area at established and lesser known venues and give exposure to local and emerging artists." The blog is posts multimedia, is updated multiple times a week, provides links to other resources, has Twitter and Facebook accounts as well.
Top 100 Blogs: An annotated list of the top contemporary art blogs, including Contemporary Art Daily, the NYT, ranging from content focused geographically, institutionally, by medium, or varying author positions and perspectives.
ArtVenue: resource to help get artwork shown and sold in local businesses.
Boston Art Underground: list of local galleries and artists with an interactive map to search for galleries by location near MBTA stops.
Publications
Communication Arts: the largest international trade journal of visual communications. Covers graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration, and interactive media.
Juxtapoz: Featuring sub-genres of underground art. In 2009 was the most widely circulated art magazine in the US.
Hi-Fructose: A quarterly print contemporary art magazine that focuses on "art which transcends genre and trend".
Guggenheim ebooks: Freely available catalogs and out-of-print books published by the Guggenheim Museum.
Journal of Artists' Books: publishes critical and theoretical articles, reviews of artists' books and exhibitions, and commentary on conferences and and other book art-related activities.
Art Bulletin:Bulletin of the College Art Association - leading scholarship in the English language in all aspects of art history as practiced in the academy, museums, and other institutions.
ARTnews:covers art from ancient to post-Modernism. It includes news dispatches from correspondents, investigative reports, reviews of exhibitions, and profiles of artists and collectors.
Art New England: focuses on the artist communities throughout the region
ArtForum:an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art
International Journal of Design: a peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to publishing research papers in all fields of design, including industrial design, visual communication design, interface design, animation and game design, architectural design, urban design, and other design related fields.
Depth of Field: peer-reviewed journal, published in English. It offers an interdisciplinary platform for researchers from scientific disciplines such as art history, history, media technology and visual anthropology.
We are your resource for any and all questions regarding fair use and copyright for image sharing. Please come for an information session or schedule a learning session for your students.
Welcome to the Studio Art Resources section of the library!
This is an overview of some of the resources available to you and your students in our library. The emphasis of this overview is online resources, which are readily updated and can be accessed from your office or home computer. Many of them are freely accessible. Please don't think this is a replacement of our print collection; the two collections complement each other. We have included blogs and podcasts as well as image collections, databases, and links to some museum and art school library catalogs. We have also included a section of Boston-specific resources, to assist you in staying updated on local events, and some career resources.
We do our best to make sure we link to current information. Please note that the blog aggregators may include closed blogs.
We welcome our newest resource section, Apps, currently in beta. Any feedback on mobile applications pertaining to studio art resources is encouraged.
We encourage you to post your class syllabus online. We are piloting a program to have syllabi added as a library resource, and that information will help the librarians better understand your instructional emphasis and student needs, as well as being a resource for future faculty.
If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to email artlibrary@simmons.edu.
Online Image Collections
Many museums and other institutions offer extensive collections of images online, which may be used under fair use for educational purposes. Image collections are a relevant resource, and can be overwhelming. Below are some of the best in terms of depth, breadth and image quality.
Valuable reference resources for artists, art history, and literature on art.
Looted Art - Bibliography of Nazi-era looted artworks Degenerate Art - Bibliography of Holocaust-era artworks and exhibitions Kathy Wayne's List - a definitive bibliography of art books, compiled in 2004.
Bibliography of the History of Art - European and American architecture, drawing, sculpture, painting, prints and decorative arts, industrial design, folk art and photography from 4th Century A.D. to the present. Requires login. Contemporary Culture Index - free online collection of bibliographical information, assembled by librarians and updated regularly Digital Public Library of America
International Bibliography of Art - scholarly literature for European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945. Requires login.
Databases:
We subscribe to several databases, providing access to hundreds of periodicals and images. Many of these require the library login.
Art Crimes - valuable for its images of illegal artworks that may no longer exist ChristusRex.org - images of art preserved in churches, mainly religious themed ArtNet - art auction information, prices and updates
