ARTstor celebrates the life and work of James Conlon, Director of the Visual Media Center at Columbia University, who passed away suddenly on July 17, 2009 at the young age of 37. He was a wonderful friend, colleague, and champion for the use of new technologies to enable the documentation and study of cultural heritage [...]
Archive for July, 2009
ARTstor celebrates the life and work of James Conlon
Posted in Architecture & City Planning on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Now in ARTstor: Photographs from ancient sites in Dura-Europos, Syria and Gerasa, Jordan
Posted in Prehistoric & Ancient Art and Architecture on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, has collaborated with ARTstor to make approximately 18,000 images related to the ancient sites of Dura-Europos in Syria and Gerasa (modern Jerash) in Jordan available in the Digital Library. The collection in ARTstor consists of images from the Gallery’s extensive photographic archives, which provide historical documentation [...]
Collection agreement: Images from the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery (St. Lawrence University)
Posted in Modern & Contemporary Art, Photographs on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University has partnered with ARTstor to share 229 images of African textiles and Vietnam War-era photography from its permanent collection, as well as approximately 100 images of contemporary Nigerian art. From its permanent collection, the Gallery will share images of West African textiles, which were donated [...]
Now in ARTstor: Mexican architecture and urban design—Pre-Colombian through the 20th century
Posted in Architecture & City Planning on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ARTstor and the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin have collaborated to share more than 5,700 images from the Hal Box and Logan Wagner Collection of Mexican Architecture and Urban Design. This collection richly documents outdoor communal spaces in Mexico, including Pre-Columbian sites, as well as buildings and public spaces from [...]
