Research Guides: Art & Art History: Artworks & Images

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Art Images for College Teaching | University of Michigan Library
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AICT is a royalty-free image exchange resource for the educational community.
The Art Institute Chicago Collections
Explore AIC's online collections, which offer access to over 95,000 works and basic information about works of art from all areas of our encyclopedic collection. Browse the collections by selecting one of the categories shown on the left side of the page. Or, search by entering terms into the "Quick Search."
Canadian Art Images
The CCCA Canadian Art Database Project is a work in progress. With the overall objective of broadening public awareness of contemporary Canadian Art in Canada and abroad, the CCCA is documenting the careers of some of Canada's leading professional artists, designers, art writers and curators, as well as some important Canadian art institutions and organizations that have helped shape the Canadian art scene since the 1960s.
Getty Search Gateway
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The Getty Search Gateway allows users to search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids.
Google Arts and Culture
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Digitized art works searchable and browsable by artist, medium, date, event, and more.
Guggenheim Online Collection
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Featuring over 1,700 artworks by more than 625 artists, the Collection Online presents a searchable database of selected artworks from the Guggenheim’s permanent collection of more than 7,000 artworks. The selection reflects the breadth, diversity, and tenor of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s extensive holdings from the late 19th century through the present day. The Collection Online is continually expanded to include a larger representation of the museum’s core holdings as well as recent acquisitions.
Harvard Art Museum Collections
Over 230,000 works from the Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collections
The Metropolitain Museum of Art Digital Collections
Over 450,000 images of art from the Met.
National Gallery of Art Images
Artstor
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Artstor Digital Library is an image database featuring a large range of images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one repository.

Looking at Art

How Do You Look? Promoting Visual Literacy at Duke University and Beyond
Site poses question to help analyze what is seen; provides information and bibliographies.

Using Images

Getting Permission by Richard Stim
Call Number: KF3002 .S75 2016
ISBN: 9781413323139
Publication Date: 2016-10-24
If you're using copyrighted material, don't get sued--get permission! Online or off, before you use some or all of a song, photo, book, or any other work covered by copyright law, you need to get permission first. If you don't, you could end up facing legal action from the rights-holder. This easy-to-use book shows you how to get the rights you need, with step-by-step instructions and more than 30 forms. Find out when permission is required, who to ask, and when (and how much) you can expect to pay. Getting Permission explains: the copyright permission process the public domain ("free" content) how to figure out who owns a copyright website permissions the "fair use" rule school-related permissions license and merchandise agreements (including sample contracts and other forms) and much more. The 6th edition is updated with summaries of recent copyright and fair use cases, as well as dozens of real-life questions from the Dear Rich permissions blog. Downloadable forms available at nolo.com

California Museums

Academy of Motion Pictures Museum
Autry Museum, Griffith Park Free Admission the 2nd Tuesday of every month
The Broad Museum Free admission; reservations suggested.
California African American Museum, downtown Los Angeles Free admission
California ScienCenter, downtown Los Angeles
Getty Museum, West Los Angeles Free admission (parking $15). The Getty Villa (Malibu campus) also has free admission, but reservations are required.
The Hammer Museum, UCLA Free admission
Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens, San Marino Free admission the 1st Thursday of every month (10-4:30 pm) with advance reservations, $21/$24 regular admission for students
Japanese American National Museum Free Saturday, Nov. 14, 11-4, every Thursday (5-8 pm) AND the 3rd Thursday of every month.
Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery at MSMU Chalon Campus, free admission.
Long Beach Museum of Art Free admission on Thursdays (3-8 pm) and Fridays (all day)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Free admission the 2nd Tuesday of every month and (for LA county residents) after 3 pm every day.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Pacific Design Center is always free.
Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach Free admission every Sunday AND the 4th Friday of every month (5-9 pm)
Natural History Museum Free admission the first Tuesday of every month as well as every Tuesday in September
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Free admission for students with valid ID
Pasadena Museum of California Art Free admission 1st Fridays (12-5 pm) AND 3rd Thursdays (5-8 pm)
Petersen Automotive Museum
USC Fisher Museum of Art Free admission

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