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Ooh, I like that, Lee. If this was social media it would get a heart. *Sara MacDonald* *she/her* Director for Library Services University Libraries University of the Arts 320 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-717-6282 [log in to unmask] *uarts.edu <http://uarts.edu/>* | *#uarts* *@uartslibraries* On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 10:25 AM Lee Sorensen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Janine and Rebecca: > > > > I often start my image-research classes by asking the class what our > largest image collection is. They guess ArtStor or university archives. I > tell them it’s the book collection in the library. > > > > It’s worth it, as you emphasized, to highlight the ease at searching > images in hard-copy, too. > > > > Thanks for this. > > > > Lee > > > > *From:* ARLIS/NA List <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf Of *Henri, > Janine > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 4, 2020 4:28 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [ARLIS-L] Help Requested > > > > Just a reminder not to discount looking for images in books! > > > > Searching my library’s catalog, I retrieve a number of digitized books in > EEBO and in the Biodiversity Heritage Library using keywords ‘trees > grafting.’ But you can also try these subject headings: > > Grafting--Early works to 1800 > > Gardening--Early works to 1800 > > Fruit-culture--Early works to 1800 > > (and maybe even: Trees in art) > > > > And the latest issue of AL Direct includes a link to the Biodiversity > Heritage Library’s Flickr site: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/ > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.flickr.com_photos_biodivlibrary_&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=bZEdm_-OHGFff8UIqY75vZZKjqjYmlUSgdc4AzcGI-M&e=> > (“more than 55 million pages of literature, some of which date back to the > 15th century. Some 158,000 illustrations are available for free download in > high-resolution files”). > > > > For that matter, I also recommend looking for articles and dissertations > (perhaps combining different variations of terms such as “Virgil Eclogues > grafting”) to see what others have gathered up on the topic. > > > > Happy image hunting! > > > > Janine J. Henri > > Architecture and Design Librarian > > Arts Library > > 1400 Public Affairs Building > > Box 959312 > > Los Angeles, CA 90095-1392 > > Tel: 310-206-4587 > > Fax: 310-825-1303 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > orcid.org/0000-0001-6264-4133 > > > > *From:* ARLIS/NA List <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf Of *Rebecca K. > Friedman > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 4, 2020 11:35 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [ARLIS-L] Help Requested > > > > Yes, always an interesting topic. Thanks for letting us know about that > research guide, Sara, I’ve bookmarked it. An ARLIS/NA colleague asked a > question awhile back, and I’ve dug up my answer to it to see what I said at > the time. It was in reference to James Hall’s *Dictionary of Subjects and > Symbols in Art*, which requires some knowledge of variant names, biblical > history and such, but is very robust compared to other sources, apparently. > I actually have that source listed on one of my LibGuides, which hasn’t > been updated in a while (although I just added a link to Sara’s guide too): *https://libguides.princeton.edu/artfaq/iconography > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__libguides.princeton.edu_artfaq_iconography&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=K-_rH58YPD8kBGnfDKbp-aP1B3vpw4MPqIDTXlKzHVQ&e=> > .* > > > > Here was my response to the Hall question: > > > > I have never been fully satisfied with the suggestions I’ve made > about iconography/iconographic sources to library users over the years. I > know that ArtStor allows some keyword searching but metadata varies (when > one wants to search for the *subject *of a particular work). In addition > to my guide (URL above), we have add’l. titles in our ref. room, one being > Hall’s *Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art* (Olderr, > 1992) with small illustrations next to entries. I also just saw the *Reverse > Symbolism Dictionary: Symbols Listed by Subject*, which I never use nor > recommend so need to take a look at it. > > > > I notice we have this but haven’t looked at it (recently, at least): > https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/1793016 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__catalog.princeton.edu_catalog_1793016&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=bbjY35QZ7CcELtKJ2D3L-1vITmPZgn4bwjJ34VkDWCg&e=> . > I recall adding this title to the ref. room here awhile back: > https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/956874 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__catalog.princeton.edu_catalog_956874&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=5Zcd2YcRdaTQp5dfQQuyXP-9z4zeoA7cPoyxOJS8chg&e=> and > don’t think I’ve looked at this one by the same author: > https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/1006888 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__catalog.princeton.edu_catalog_1006888&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=x_NvbljFqxor3p52Fr48P8f3uLlrI3uzs7VxhStxOA4&e=>. > I don’t think I’m aware of any digital resources in this area. Perhaps *Studies > in Iconography* (journal) could be useful to help investigate this > question. I found this in my Web bookmarks: > https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/special-collections/photographic-collection/iconographic-database > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__warburg.sas.ac.uk_special-2Dcollections_photographic-2Dcollection_iconographic-2Ddatabase&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=xXQnzyHpK2TVZQ9-6_DKyjEUfjD-jq4Y5MX5BulmXEY&e=> . > We are in the process of determining whether we will pursue this resource > here at Princeton: http://arkyves.org/ > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__arkyves.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=_u4yoOpuu-97E9vBkz1jXXnckniUerMj5zUfDH05NOM&e=> (update: > we do have access to it now and I have used it a bit for certain types of > questions). > > > > -Rebecca Friedman, Marquand Library, Princeton Univ. > > > > *From:* ARLIS/NA List <[log in to unmask]> *On Behalf Of *MacDonald, > Sara > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 4, 2020 10:51 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [ARLIS-L] Help Requested > > > > Iconography! A favorite topic. We have a subject guide with the name Signs > & Symbols > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__library.uarts.edu_research_guides_signssymbols.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=fzlbcEeRKRqmCH850LkH7JArEtAWz6WgGhTFOJILGRI&e=>, > which is the LCSH. I hope this is helpful. > > > > *Sara MacDonald* > > *she/her* > > Director for Library Services > > University Libraries > > University of the Arts > > 320 South Broad Street > > Philadelphia, PA 19102 > > 215-717-6282 > [log in to unmask] > > *uarts.edu > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__uarts.edu_&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=jqYPZvCvHjf5MrxCxKcQlw8cPZxCtSiXyg3yKUT9vnI&e=>* > | *#uarts* > > *@uartslibraries* > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 10:35 AM Stock, Matthew C. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Good Morning, > > > > One of my faculty has posed a question that is out of my depth. > > > > “. . . it's been a while since I consulted an index to iconography. In > the day there were enormous multi-volume sets in various languages in the > reference room. Do such works exist any longer or is everything online? 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I'm looking > for images of the grafting of fruit trees, specifically illustrations of a > verse from Virgil (Eclogues 9) but actually any image of arboreal grafting > produced in Europe before about 1860 > > ” > > > > Can someone point at struggling musician/librarian in the right direction? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Matt > > > > Dr. Matt Stock > Associate Professor/Fine & Applied Arts Librarian > University Libraries > University of Oklahoma > (405)325-4243 > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.arlisna.org_membership_join-2Darlisna&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=QgmvKT4wlxqKVqLXXiKhYQ&m=LJwTkLPQPWy3KmG3eHFhnsQP6eQlbPtLMCuVS1kxzcM&s=LytUC5X6qCdnhuJYlN3n5GBoPUqxPQVv2wsXLmk_vA4&e=> > Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to 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