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Description:
The ARTstor Digital Library is comprised of digital images and related data and the tools to make active use of those images. The Charter Collection contains approximately 300,000 digital images of visual material from different cultures and disciplines. The collection documents artistic traditions across many times and cultures and embraces architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
Date Range:
B.C.-present
Includes:
Digitized images of art work
Subject Coverage:
Architecture; Art; Design; Images; Latin American Studies; Photography
Types of Materials Covered:
The Charter Collection consists of:
  • The Image Gallery: A broad collection of images of world art and culture, cataloged with subject headings.
  • The Art History Survery Collection: Key monuments of world art defined by a concordance of standard art history survey texts.
  • The Carnegie Arts of the United States: A widely used collection of images documenting aspects of the history of American art, architecture, visual and material culture.
  • The Huntington Archive of Asian Art: A broad photographic overview of the art of Asia from 3000 B.C. through the present.
  • The Illustrated Bartsch: A collection derived from the art reference publication The Illustrated Bartsch, containing images and data related to old master European prints from the 15th to 19th Centuries.
  • The Mellon International Dunhuang Archive: High resolution images of wall paintings and sculpture from the Buddhist cave shrines in Dunhuang, China, on the ancient Silk Route.
  • The MoMA Architecture and Design Collection: A comprehensive collection of high resolution images representing the holdings of the Department of Architecture and Design of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
    Geographic Scope:
    United States and International
    Content Provider:
    ARTstor, Inc.
    Software Requirements:
    web browser,
    Java,
    flash player ( Download Flash Player),
    pop-up blocking software must be disabled or allow pop-up windows from www.artstor.org
    Tips:
  • For a brief tour of ARTstor features, Click on "Tour" on the navigation bar at the top of the home screen.
  • Click on "Search and Browse for Images" for access to the search screen. For search help, click on "Help" on the navigation bar at the top of the Search screen.