Art History
A library research guide that directs students to recommended and specialized online and print resources for their study of topics within Art History.
Select Resources for Images
- AP ImagesIncludes more than 3.5 million primary-source photographs from the 1820s to the present, as well as the original captions AND more than 100,000 graphics, including maps, timelines, logos and graphs.
- College of Architecture + Planning Image CollectionThis collection was created by the College of Architecture + Planning at the University of Utah to facilitate the study of a wide range of local, national and international architectural styles and histories.
- Mountain West Digital LibraryThe Mountain West Digital Library is an aggregation of digital collections from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. Hosting institutions each run servers supporting their own digital collections and support partner institutions by providing scanning and hosting services. The Mountain West defines the region of contributors, but the content extends beyond the Mountain West and into different fields.
- Dept. Art & Art History's Digital Image DatabaseA growing collection of Art and Art History images for research and teaching, including western and non-western, spanning prehistoric to contemporary art. Locate the "Digital Image Database" from the left sidebar menu; you will then need to enter your uNID and password for access.
- UMFA Collection DatabaseThe Utah Museum of Fine Arts collection includes more than 18,000 objects -- paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture, and mixed media objects from artists around the world.
- Multimedia Archives at the Marriott LibraryThe Multimedia Archives at the Marriott Library holds many thousands of photos spanning many topics.
- accessCeramicsA searchable database of contemporary ceramics images by recognized artists enhancing ceramics education worldwide. You can consult an artist list or browse by various categories such as glazing/surface; material; object type; technique; firing; and temperature. Developed at Lewis & Clark College.
- Digital Images Collections WikiThe Digital Images Collections Wiki is a resource of Free- and Fair-Use digital image collections that are available for anyone to use for personal or educational purposes. Developed by Hollin Elizabeth Pagos (MLS graduate, Simmons College) during a summer 2007 internship in the Visual Resources department of Wellesley College, the project's wiki format supports ongoing development. Please contribute!
- Image Library: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)Here you will find a growing body of high resolution images (between 10–40 MB) from LACMA's encyclopedic collection. All works are believed to be in the public domain, and are therefore available without restriction, free of charge for non-commercial use. From ancient sculpture to Impressionist masters, from scroll paintings to MesoAmerican pottery, we hope these works of art will inform and inspire.
- Rare Book RoomEducational site featuring digitized books (about 400 titles) on a wide range of topics and from many historical periods. Search and browse by 1) categories; 2) authors; and 3) holding repository. Examples of what you will find include selections from: Copernicus' On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543); Shakespeare quartos from major European collections; Andrea Palladio's The Four Books of Architecture (1570); and and William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794).
VERY USEFUL research guides!
- Permissions Free ResourcesUse this guide to find material that you can freely use, share or modify beyond what the Fair Use Doctrine (and other exceptions) usually allows.
- Finding Images & MultimediaConsult this guide for tips and links to library databases and web resources with images and multimedia.
ARTstor
ARTstor is the premier image database for art historians. While images for more modern and contemporary art may be a little limited, those addressing your interdisciplinary research needs are growing!
- search more than one million images and 360°-panoramas of art, architecture, cultural objects, maps, ephemera, and more
- viewing tools include zoom and pan
- you are able to download presentation-quality image files to your computer and you can directly import images into your PowerPoint presentations
- you can create folders or study collections within ARTstor
To use ARTstor from of-campus, you must first register a personal account within ARTstor while on a campus computer.
