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Art and Architecture
Although there are lots of great resources for finding art and architecture images listed on this page, you won't find links to museum's digital collections here. Make sure to take a look at the Museum & Library Collections page on this guide!
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowThis searchable repository of over 1.6 million high quality digital images offers tools for viewing, sharing, and saving visual materials. Although its strengths are visual art and architecture, Artstor includes images that are useful in both the humanities and the sciences.
- AICT - Art Images for College TeachingAICT is a personal, non-profit project of its author, art historian and visual resources curator Allan T. Kohl. AICT is intended primarily to disseminate images of art and architectural works in the public domain on a free- access, free-use basis to all levels of the educational community, as well as to the public at large.
- Art in the Christian Tradition (Vanderbilt University)Images from the Christian tradition dating from the first century C.E. to the present. Search by keyword, scripture reference, or iconographic content. All images may be used for educational purposes.
- Art Project, Powered by GoogleGoogle's Art Project allows you to view artwork from hundreds of museum collections. You can even take a virtual stroll through select galleries. Although educational use of this website is encouraged, images cannot be downloaded and printed. You can, however, zoom in to view images in extraordinary detail, create slideshows, and save and share images in your personal gallery.
- ArtcyclopediaThe Artcyclopedia is an index of online museums and image archives: find where the works of over 8000 different fine artists can be viewed online.
- Asian Historical ArchitectureOn this website, you can find photographs and information about over eight hundred architectural sites in twenty-one Asian countries.
- Web Gallery of ArtSearchable image database of European art from c. 1000 - 1850.
- WorldImagesCreated by faculty, staff, and students at California State University, this database provides educational access to approximately 80,000 digital images with a multidisciplinary focus.
- Perseus Digital Library This link opens in a new windowThis evolving digital library of resources for the study history centers on a flagship collection of materials for the study of the Classical world. The Greek and Roman collection includes both primary and secondary source material, and the Art and Archaeology Artifact Browser includes digital images of ancient art, architecture, and artifacts.
Not finding what you're looking for?
There are so many digital image collections that it is impossible to list them all on this guide. If you're not having luck with these resources, make sure to take a look at these other guides for finding images.
Need help finding art images online?
- 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.
Using ARTstor (Tutorials)
Visit ARTstor on YouTube for tutorials about registering and using the database.