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ARTstor (Note: network restrictions at LC limit access to some images) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY

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Description: Contains digital art images, museum reproductions, and photograph collections documenting the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, anthropology, ethnographic and women's studies, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Images are international in scope and coverage includes a wide variety of civilizations, time-periods and media. The images are drawn from different sources, such as museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. The database is updated with new images on a regular basis.

Images can be used for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit educational purposes. For instructions, try: ARTstor Quick Start Guide and ARTstor Introduction on YouTube.

Coverage: Various Dates

Subject(s)
Art & Architecture
Gender, Minority Studies & Anthropology
Images and Photographs
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