duPont Library: Art and Art History: Images/Museums/Auction Records

Images

Artcyclopedia
An index that points the viewer to collections of artist's work found in museums and other web-site from around the world.

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
A collection of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data. Also includes special tools to actively use images. Images are from hundreds of museums, artists, artists' estates, photographers, scholars, special collections, and photo archives. Artstor requires that you register for a free personal account the first time you access through the library. You will set up your own username and password. You will not be required to log in twice after the first time using Artstor.

Bridgeman Art Library
Major database for European and American art.
Google Art Project
Over 17 museums are represented in Google's project and more to come in the future. Individuals may zoom in and view gallery rooms and save images to albums.
Historical and Public Figures: A General Portrait File to the 1920s
"Over 30,00 portraits of a wide-range of public figures, including political, religious, cultural, literary and artistic personalities, with an emphasis on the 16th through the 19th-centuries. Includes some original prints, but is principally printed pictures."
New York Public Library Photograph Archive
American photographs from the 1860s-1920s in the New York Public Library.
Scholars Resource
Thousands of images are listed from various vendors under the Schloars Resource web-site. Brief information is provided and Sewanee clients can download selected images.
World Images
The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It has just been selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in its historic collection of Internet materials. It contains approximately 80,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery.