ARTstor staff will attend the upcoming Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Task Force meeting on December 8, 2008. Pauline Saliga (Society of Architectural Historians), Ann Whiteside (MIT), and Carole Ann Fabian, (ARTstor) will co-present on SAH Architectural Resources Archive — an ongoing collaborative effort among SAH, scholars of architectural history, libraries, librarians and ARTstor.
The Society [...]
Archive for December 4th, 2008
ARTstor at the CNI Task Force meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Now available in ARTstor: Architecture in Britain images from Brian Davis
Posted in Architecture & City Planning, Collections on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In collaboration with Canyonlights World Art Image Bank, ARTstor has digitized approximately 1,600 images of architecture from the archive of Brian Davis. The collection documents architectural and garden sites in Europe, primarily architecture in Britain from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. Images include strong coverage of English architecture from the 17th through [...]
Now available in ARTstor: Cave temples at Ellora
Posted in Architecture & City Planning, Asian Art on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ARTstor is collaborating with Deepanjana Danda Klein to share her archive of approximately 6,000 photographs relating to the architecture and sculpture of the rock-cut cave temples at Ellora in Maharashtra, India. These 34 Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain caves were excavated from a two-kilometer stretch of rock cliff between the sixth and tenth centuries C.E. An [...]
Collection agreement: Images from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
Posted in American Art, Collections, Museums on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ARTstor is partnering with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum to share approximately 1,200 images of works by Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986). The images will include all of the museum’s works by O’Keeffe — paintings, drawings, and sculpture dating from 1901 to 1984. The collection in ARTstor will present the entire range of O’Keeffe’s oeuvre, from her early [...]
Collection agreement: Beyond the Taj: Architectural Traditions and Landscape Experience in South Asia (Cornell University Library)
Posted in Architecture & City Planning, Asian Art, Collections on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cornell University Library is partnering with ARTstor to share its Beyond the Taj collection of approximately 6,600 photographs of South Asian architecture. These photographs depict significant works of architecture, cultural traditions, rituals, and pilgrimage sitesfrom the monasteries of Ladakh to the temples of Tamil Nadu. Coverage extends to Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Mogul sites throughout [...]
