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What’s new in ARTstor

 

Native American “ledger drawings”

 

This collection consists of high resolution images of approximately 2,000 Plains Indian "ledger drawings."  Plains Indian ledger drawings, mostly produced in the middle to late decades of the 19th century, represent an important indigenous artistic tradition of great and increasing interest to art historians and other scholars. For more information: http://www.artstor.org/info/news/ledger_drawings_announce.jsp

 

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Additional Works from the Clark Art Institute

 

ARTstor just released 281 new images of art works from the collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.  These new images complement the collection we announced just over one year ago, and it includes revisions to the data that accompanied the previous release.

 

To locate the images of art works from the Clark Art Institute, select “Image Gallery” on the ARTstor “welcome page,” then select Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.

 

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New images from the Detroit Institute of Arts

 

We are pleased to announce the inclusion of more than 1,700 images from the Detroit Institute of Arts in ARTstor.  These join the approximately 100,000 images from the former AMICO Library now available through ARTstor.  The DIA’s collection is particularly strong in European painting, Italian Renaissance sculpture, French decorative art, African art, American painting, and Islamic textiles. For more information: http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/detroit_announce.jsp

 

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Three new collections from Cornell University: Architectural Photographs, Southeast Asia Visions, Hill Ornithology Collection

 

We are pleased to announce that the ARTstor Digital Library has just been enriched by three important digital collections from the Cornell University Library. Collections include:

 

·         Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs

·         Southeast Asia Visions

·         Masterpieces from the Hill Ornithological Collection, Cornell University Library

 

Read more information about the content and how to locate these images in ARTstor, visit http://www.artstor.org/info/news/cornell_content_announce.jsp

 

Tools & Tips

Larger Downloads

 

We are pleased to announce the release of larger downloads for approximately 100,000 images in the ARTstor digital library. This new download capacity is part of ARTstor’s ongoing effort to facilitate broad access to digital images for teaching and scholarship. Users will be permitted to download large images (many at 1024 pixels on the long side) for use in classroom presentations and for other noncommercial, educational uses in a variety of software environments. For more information: http://www.artstor.org/info/news/larger_downloads_announce.jsp.

 

Upcoming Collections

ARTstor Collaboration with ART on FILE

 

ARTstor and ART on FILE have now reached an agreement to digitize, at very high resolution, the entire ART on FILE archive of images.  ART on FILE is a preeminent source of high quality teaching images of contemporary architecture and public art.  Produced by photographers Rob Wilkinson and Colleen Chartier, ART on FILE images are have appeared in most national and international design magazines, text books and newspaper journals throughout the world.  For more information: http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/art_on_file_announce.jsp

 

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Documenting the Art and Architecture of Korea

 

ARTstor will digitize and distribute the unique Strom Archive of the art and architecture of Korean Buddhist monasteries.  The Strom Archive consists primarily of photographs of South Korean Buddhist temple and monastery painting from the Choson Period (1392-1910).  For more information: http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/strom_announce.jsp

 

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ARTstor Sponsors Guide to Best Practices for the use of Quick Time Virtual Reality (QTVR)

 

ARTstor, in partnership with the Society of Architectural Historians, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of a forthcoming Guide to Best Practice for the use of Quick Time Virtual Reality (QTVR) in documenting archaeological, architectural and other cultural heritage sites.  The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH) at the University of Virginia is coordinating the production of this much-needed guide. For more information: http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/qtvr_collaboration_announce.jsp

 

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Qualls

 

ARTstor and Larry Qualls will collaborate to digitize and distribute more than 100,000 images from Larry Qualls’ unique archive of contemporary art images.  This archive represents an encyclopedic overview of New York City contemporary art exhibitions in the last quarter of the 20^th century, documenting prominent, emerging, and aspiring artists.  Approximately 3,000 images from the Larry Qualls Archive are now live in ARTstor.  Further releases are in production and we anticipate releasing further images on a quarterly basis.  For more information: http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/qualls_announce.jsp

 

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Carole Ann Fabian

Director of Strategic Outreach and User Services

ARTstor