Art Appreciation

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• Academic Search Ultimate
• America: History and Life with Full Text

Image Searching in the Library*

In the America: History and Life with Full Text and the Academic Search Ultimate databases, you can tailor your search specifically for images.

Steps:

1. Select Databases on the library homepage.
2. Navigate to either America: History and Life with Full Text or Academic Search Ultimate in the list.
3. Inside the database in the blue bar at the top, click "Images."
4. In the new search screen that appears, search for images by using keywords. Be sure to search for phrases in quotation marks, such as: "great depression."

Additional Tips for Finding Images in the Library

You may also conduct a short keyword search in a database and look for images in the content to the right of the results. Here are some databases which may best utilize this feature:

• Fine Arts
• Opposing Viewpoints
• College
• U.S. History (GALE IN CONTEXT)
• World History (GALE IN CONTEXT)

*Please note: The library does not possess an image database or collection. The databases suggested above simply house some images within them.

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Museum Websites

• Andy Warhol Museum
• Art on the Atlanta Beltline
• Boca Raton Museum of Art
• The Cleveland Museum of Art
• deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
• Denver Art Museum
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Guggenheim
• The Israel Museum
• The J. Paul Getty Museum
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Louvre
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Musco De Prado
• Musee Rodin
• The National Gallery
• The National Gallery of Art
• National Museum of Wildlife Art
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• National Museums Liverpool
• New Orleans Museum of Art
• North Carolina Museum of Art
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Tate
• Tel Aviv Museum of Art
• Van Gogh Museums
• Worcester Art Museum

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Image Collections

• Library of Congress: Digital Collection
• Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs
• National Gallery of Art Image Collections
• New York Public Library Digital Collection
• Smithsonian Libraries: Digital Library
• VADS: The Online Resource for Visual Arts

Online Art Resources

• Art History Resources
  • Comprehensive webliography of art history links organized by an art historian and appraiser: some are commercial sites while many others are credible sources such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• The Web Gallery of Art
  • A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture.
  • Search by name of painter and see examples of their work.