New agreement: Contemporary architecture in Mexico from ART on FILE

ARTstor Digital Library and ART on FILE are collaborating to release approximately 1,200 new direct-digital capture photographs of architecture, built environment projects, and landscape architecture in Mexico City. The focus will be to capture the most recent developments in the architectural evolution of the city, as well as modernist buildings, UNESCO world heritage sites, iconic murals, historic parks, monuments, and colonial edifices.

Sites and locations scheduled to be documented include the Museum of Memory and Tolerance, Arditti + RDT Architects; Vasconcelos Library, Alberto Kalach; the National Museum of Anthropology, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Jorge Campuzano and Rafael Mijares; Soumaya Museum, LAR + Fernando Romero; Juarez Complex, Legorreta + Legorreta Architects; Camino Real Hotel, Ricardo Legorreta; Casa Luis Barragán, and Museum Torri Satélite, Luis Barragan; Facultad de Arquitectura, UNAM, Jose Villagran Garcia; Museo Tamayo, Abraham Zabludovsky and Teodoro Gonzales de Leon; Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez; XXI Century National Film Archive, Rojkind Arquitectos; Xochimilco Masterplan and Aquarium, TEN Arquitectos; Xochimilco Ecological Park, Mario Schjetnan; Chapultepec Park and Palace; Arcos Bosques, Teodoro Gonzales de Leon; A47 Mobile Art Library, PRODUCTORA; Escuela Nacional de Arte Teatral; Quetzalcoatl Nest house, Javier Senosiain; the Earthscraper, BNKR Arquitectura; Spain’s Cultural Center, Javier Sanchez; 13 de Septiembre residential complex, Higuera + Sanchez; Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Taller de Arquitectura-Mauricio Rocha; Chapultepec Park, Fountain Promenade, Grupo De Diseño Urbano SC; Torre Latinoamericana, Augusto H. Álvarez; Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies, Landa García Landa Arquitectos; Museo Jumex, David Chipperfield; Museo Estudio Diego Rivera, Juan O’Gorman.

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Now available: Additional images of European architecture and sculpture by Sarah N. James

York Minster Cathedral; interior; chapter house ceiling | Completed 1286 CE | York, England | Image and original data provided by Dr. Sara N. James

ARTstor and Sarah N. James have collaborated to release more than 1,500 additional images of Italian and English art and architecture to the Digital Library. This brings the collection total to 2,137 images.

James’ collection focuses primarily on England, including cathedrals and parish churches from the Norman Romanesque period; ecclesiastical buildings in the early English, decorated, and perpendicular styles; medieval secular architecture including castles, marketplaces, and town halls; perpendicular gothic collegiate buildings; and Tudor, Elizabethan, baroque, and neoclassical country houses and churches. Photographed in situ during James’ travels throughout Europe, the images provide contextual views of sculpture and architecture from various angles.

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Now available: Additional images of cave temples at Ellora

Hindu | Cave 16 | ca. mid 6th to 8th century CE | Ellora, India | Cave Temples at Ellora, India, Collection; elloracaves.org

ARTstor and Deepanjana Danda Klein have collaborated to release nearly 2,000 additional images of the rock-cut cave temples at Ellora in Maharashtra, India in the Digital Library. 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. Klein’s work at Ellora represents the first systematic photographic campaign of the entire site, including photography of previously undocumented caves.

All photographs were taken by Arno Klein and annotations for these images are based on Professor Spink’s notes from the site. Klein is a Specialist in the Modern & Contemporary Indian Art Department at Christie’s. She has a Ph.D. in Indian art history from De Montfort University (DMU) and has taught art history, theory, and aesthetics at the School of Architecture at DMU, Leicester and at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies in Mumbai.

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Now available: Additional images from the World Monuments Fund

San Juan Bautista in Huaro; Interior detail | 16th c. – 17th c. | Huaro, Peru | Photographer: Ruperto Marques/World Monuments Fund, wmf.org

ARTstor Digital Library has collaborated with the World Monuments Fund (WMF) to release 950 additional images of important architecture, cultural heritage sites, and monuments.

World Monuments Fund is the leading independent organization dedicated to saving the world’s most treasured places. Since 1965, in more than 90 countries, WMF experts have applied proven techniques to preserve important architectural and cultural heritage sites. Through partnerships with local communities, funders, and governments, the organization inspires an enduring commitment to stewardship for future generations. The collection in ARTstor consists of images documenting various Watch List sites and monuments, with a particular focus on art and architecture.

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Now available: Contemporary architecture in Italy from ART on FILE

Ponte Sant’Angelo; overview of the bridge from the banks of the Tiber | 134 AD; Image 2011 | Image and original data provided by ART on FILE, artonfile.com

ARTstor Digital Library and ART on FILE partnered to release nearly 1,800 new direct capture photographs of buildings, built-environment projects, and landscape architecture in Italy. In their most recent ARTstor-sponsored campaign, photographers Colleen Chartier and Rob Wilkinson focused on architectural highlights in Rome and Venice, and captured views of the city of Florence.

Among the sites documented in Rome are the MAXXI Museum (Zaha Hadid, 2009), La chiesa di Dio Padre Misericordioso (Richard Meier, 2003), Museo dell’Ara Pacis (Richard Meier, 2006), and the Ponte della Musica (Buro Happold and Powell/Williams Architects, 2008). Highlights in Venice include: Torre Massimiliana Cultural Centre, Sant’Erasmo Island (C+S Associatti, 2004), Sculpture Garden for the 1952 Venice Biennale (Carlo Scarpa), La Giudecca (Cino Zucchi, 2002), Pinault Foundation, Punta della Dogana (Tadao Ando), Isola di San Michele (David Chipperfield), Ponte della Costituzione (Santiago Calatrava, 2010), Fondazione Querini Stampalia (Mario Botta, 2008), and the Sant’Erasmo Development (C+S Associati).

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Now available: Photographs by Julius Shulman and Alexander Liberman

John E. Lautner | Arango House (Acapulco, Mexico) | 1972-1973 | Photographer: Julius Shulman | Image © Getty Research Institute

ARTstor has collaborated with the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute to share approximately 5,000 images of modern architecture from the archive of architectural photographer Julius Shulman (1910–2009) and approximately 1,500 images of European and American artists from the archive of Alexander Liberman (1912–1999).

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Now available: Architecture of Dublin (University College Dublin)

Thomas Cooley; James Gandon | Four Courts: view from O’Donovan Rossa Bridge | 1776-1802 | Inns Quay, Dublin, Ireland | UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy

ARTstor and the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at the University College Dublin have collaborated to share 620 images of the architecture and built environment of Dublin, Ireland in the Digital Library. These images provide a visual record of the development of Dublin’s architecture from the medieval to the early modern period, principally from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Included are many of its major civic and ecclesiastical buildings, together with important examples of domestic architecture. The collection in ARTstor includes images of the exteriors, interiors, and decorative details of individual buildings – including those of major architects such as Sir William Chambers and James Gandon – as well as streetscapes and general views of the built environment. Together, these images provide valuable documentation of the historic and ongoing changes to the urban fabric of Dublin, whether through development, demolition, or conservation.

Established in 1854, the University College Dublin (UCD) is the largest university in Ireland and ranked within the top 100 universities by the Times Higher Education (THE) World Universities Rankings.  The School of Art History and Cultural Policy has a very strong research reputation and many of the academics are recognized as international scholars in their fields of expertise.  The school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in art history and cultural policy and arts management. The collection in ARTstor is drawn from the school’s extensive collection of 35mm slides and 200 of the images were digitized as part of the UCD Irish Virtual Research Library and Archive (IVRLA) project.

View the collection in the ARTstor Digital Library.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Architecture of Dublin (University College Dublin) collection page.

 

Related collections:

• Brian Davis: Architecture of Britain
• QTVR Panoramas of World Architecture
• Wayne Andrews: Architecture (Esto)
• SAHARA
• European Architecture and Sculpture (Sara N. James)

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Happy Hanukkah!

Jewish | Chanukkah lamp (menorah), with birds |end 18th cent. | Image and original data provided by Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.; artres.com

Happy Hanukkah! The eight-day festival that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness begins on the eve of the 25^th of the Jewish month of Kislev, which fell on December 8 this year. ARTstor offers many resources to mark the holiday.

Among the traditions surrounding the festival, possibly the most striking is the nightly lighting of the menorah. And indeed, a search for menorah leads to more than 100 magnificent images, such as photographs of the holy necropolis Beth She’arim in Israel from Sites and Photos, which includes a carved menorah from the Byzantine era, and dozens of images from Art, Archaeology and Architecture (Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives), ranging from a coin depicting a menorah from 1^st century BCE to dazzling menorahs from the 20^th century.

Two coins; left: coin of Antigonus last Hasmonean king of Israel, with menorah; right: coin of John Hyrcanus II, with inscription in wreath | 1st cent. BCE | Image and original data provided by Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.; artres.com

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New: Architecture and Design Topics Image Groups

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | International Art Exhibit, German Pavilion, exterior | 1929 | Barcelona | Image and original data provided by Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y.; artres.com
| © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

We’ve launched four Architecture and Design Topics Image Groups, carefully-curated to include dozens of images of seminal works taught in introductory-level architecture and design courses. Subjects include “Architecture and the Built Environment,” “Architecture to 1900: Plans and Models,” “Design and Decorative Arts,” and “Gardens and Landscape Architecture.” To see the full list, visit the ARTstor Digital Library, and click on Organize > Open Image Groups, then open Global Folders > Featured Groups.

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New agreement: Contemporary architecture in Italy from ART on FILE

ARTstor Digital Library and ART on FILE are collaborating to release nearly 1,500 new direct capture photographs of buildings, built-environment projects, and landscape architecture in Italy. In their most recent ARTstor-sponsored campaign, photographers Colleen Chartier and Rob Wilkinson focused on architectural highlights in Rome and Venice, and captured views of the city of Florence.

Among the sites documented in Rome will be the MAXXI Museum (Zaha Hadid, 2009), La chiesa di Dio Padre Misericordioso (Richard Meier, 2003), Museo dell’Ara Pacis (Richard Meier, 2006), Parco della Musica (Renzo Piano Building Workshop, 2008), and the Ponte della Musica (Buro Happold and Powell/Williams Architects, 2008). Highlights in Venice include: Torre Massimiliana Cultural Centre, Sant’Erasmo Island (C+S Associatti, 2004), Sculpture Garden for the 1952 Venice Biennale (Carlo Scarpa), La Giudecca (Cino Zucchi, 2002), Pinault Foundation, Punta della Dogana (Tadao Ando), Isola di San Michele (David Chipperfield), Ponte della Costituzione (Santiago Calatrava, 2010), Fondazione Querini Stampalia (Mario Botta, 2008), and the Sant’Erasmo Development (C+S Associati).

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