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Now available: Medieval stained glass images from Madeline Caviness

artstor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:05:14 +0000

ARTstor has collaborated with Madeline Caviness, Mary Richardson Professor Emerita at Tufts University, to digitize approximately 1,400 images of medieval stained glass windows, now available in the Digital Library. The collection offers extensive coverage of French stained glass, particularly from the cathedrals in Chartres, Reims, and Sens, as well as stained glass from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and several other European countries. This collection of original color photographs of stained glass has been a core teaching collection for Caviness, as well as for major institutions such as the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

To view the Madeline Caviness: Medieval Stained Glass collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click “Madeline Caviness: Medieval Stained Glass” Or search the keyword: “madeline caviness”.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Madeline Caviness: Medieval Stained Glass collection page.

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Now available: South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel

artstor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:47:21 +0000

Approximately 7,200 images of works of South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel are now available in the Digital Library. This is the first batch of field photography images from Patel, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of California, Irvine, and includes art and architecture in India and Pakistan from the 1st through 19th centuries, as well as architecture in Cuba from the 17th through 20th centuries. UC Irvine will assist Patel in providing cataloging information for all the images contributed to ARTstor.

To view the Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click “Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture” Or search the keyword: alkapatel.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture collection page.

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Now available: Additional images from Magnum Photos

artstor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:30:13 +0000

The final images of the Magnum Photos collection are now available in ARTstor. This second release brings the collection total to approximately 80,000 high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities by this world-renowned group of documentary photographers.

Magnum Photos International, Inc., is a photographic cooperative founded in 1947. Magnum photographers have produced some of the most celebrated and recognizable photographs of the 20th century and contemporary life, documenting an astounding range of subjects, whether industry, society and people, places of interest, politics, news events, or disasters and conflict. This last release includes photographs by Abbas, Christopher Anderson, Bruno Barbey, Ian Berry, Thomas Dworzak, Stuart Franklin, Richard Kalvar, Peter Marlow, Paolo Pellegrin, Cristina Garcia Rodero, John Vink, and Patrick Zachmann, among others. Many of these images date from 2007 to 2008, documenting contemporary events such as the Georgia-Russia War, the U.S. elections, and the Beijing Olympics, as well as people and daily life in France, Cambodia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.

To view the Magnum Photos collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click “Magnum Photos” or enter the keyword search: magnumphotos.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Magnum Photos collection page.

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New collection agreement: Additional Mark Rothko images to be made available in ARTstor

artstor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:45 +0000

ARTstor is collaborating with the Rothko Family Collections to share approximately 1,000 images of works on paper by Mark Rothko in the Digital Library. The additional images to be added to ARTstor will consist of drawings and sketches spanning Rothko’s entire career. The images will be digitized from 35 mm slides, many photographed from original sketchbooks. Mark Rothko is currently represented in ARTstor with approximately 80 images of paintings, which have been created from high-quality color transparences, originally produced for the Mark Rothko catalogue raisonné. When complete, the collection in ARTstor will include approximately 1,300 images of paintings and works on paper by the artist. The Family will provide cataloging information for all the digitized images, many of which depict works by Rothko that have not been previously published.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Mark Rothko collection page.

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New collection agreement: Japanese art, architecture, and rituals photographed by David Boggett

artstor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:00:29 +0000

ARTstor is partnering with Smith College to share approximately 500 images of Japanese art, architecture, and festivals created by David Boggett in the Digital Library. David Boggett is a Professor in the Faculty of the Humanities at Kyoto Seika University, where he has taught Japanese and Asian history of over 30 years. His photographs focus on the historic buildings, religious and civil festivals, and traditions of Kyoto and the nearby Lake Biwa area of Shiga Prefecture. The collection in ARTstor will document the historic architecture in the area, particularly shrines and temples, and the local festivals celebrated at these sites. The images also record the traditional rituals, customs, costumes, and artifacts associated with the festivals, many of which are no longer held, or have been altered through the influence of modernization and tourism.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the David Boggett: Art, Architecture, and Festivals in Japan (Smith College) collection page.

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ARTstor events at upcoming conferences

artstor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:50:39 +0000

ARTstor staff will attend two conferences in November: The American Association of School Librarians National Conference (AASL) and the Charleston Conference.

The American Association for School Librarians National Conference

Charlotte, NC
November 5 – 8, 2009

ARTstor staff will attend the 2009 American Association for School Librarians National Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, from November 5 to November 7. An ARTstor representative is available at booth 859 to meet with attendees. For more information about the conference please see the AASL website.

The Charleston Conference

Charleston, SC
November 5 – 7, 2009

ARTstor staff will attend the upcoming Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Stephanie Krueger, Associate Director for Library Relations, will speak about assessing the value of non-text electronic resources. Please see the Charleston Conference website for additional details.

Thursday, November 5:
3:10pm — “What Counts: Assessing the Value of Non-Text Resources” in the Calhoun Room, Francis Marion Hotel

Using ARTstor image groups for offline study

artstor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:51 +0000

Did you know you can print an entire image group from ARTstor at once? The images in a saved group print in list form as large thumbnails with their accompanying information, a helpful format for student study guides.

See ARTstor’s online Help for instructions

Quick tip

You can save this print preview page as a digital file for sharing with your colleagues or students. After generating the printable web page, select the browser’s menu option to ‘Save as’ a “Web Page, Complete” file. You can share the resulting HTML file with students through email, or post it to a course management site such as Blackboard or Angel. Students can open the file with any browser to view and print the group of images as static, large image thumbnails with the image information.

See ARTstor’s online Help for instructions

Collection agreement: Saint Louis Art Museum

artstor — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:00:55 +0000

ARTstor is collaborating with the Saint Louis Art Museum to share approximately 1,700 images of works from its permanent collection in the Digital Library. The collection in ARTstor will represent highlights from the museum’s permanent collection of more than 30,000 objects. Encyclopedic in scope, the museum’s collection encompasses works from all cultures and across all time periods. The museum’s holdings are particularly strong in a number of areas, including Oceanic art, Pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes, and European and American art from the late 19th and 20th centuries, particularly 20th century German art.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Saint Louis Art Museum collection page.

Collection agreement: Social documentary photographs by Milton Rogovin

artstor — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:00:30 +0000

ARTstor is collaborating with The Rogovin Collection to share approximately 300 images of Milton Rogovin’s social documentary photography in the Digital Library. A documentary photographer and political activist, Milton Rogovin (b. 1909) is best known for his portraits of the poor and working class, and his depictions of their lives, communities, and working conditions.

Over the course of three decades, Rogovin photographed the working people and ethnic communities in the Buffalo area, often returning to his subjects and in some cases tracing the same family’s history in a series of triptychs and quartets. Further afield, Rogovin explored the plight of workers, particularly miners, in the small towns of Appalachia. In 1983, Rogovin received the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, which allowed him to expand his “Family of Miners” series to include workers in Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Mexico, China, and Zimbabwe. Throughout his career, Milton Rogovin’s work has appeared in more than 160 journals, magazines, and other publications. Rogovin has participated in 60 solo exhibitions and more than 30 group exhibitions.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Milton Rogovin: Social Documentary Photographs collection page.

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Collection agreement: Architecture by Le Corbusier from Dalhousie University

artstor — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:00:00 +0000

ARTstor is collaborating with the School of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Planning at Dalhousie University to share approximately 250 images of architecture by Le Corbusier in the Digital Library. The images have been selected from a collection of slides donated to Dalhousie University by the family of Paul Jobin, an architectural draftsman, which are housed in the School of Architecture’s Slide Library. The collection includes documentation of a number of sites in France, including: Ozenfant House and Studio, Paris; Villa La Roche-Jeanneret, Paris; Villa Cook, Boulogne; Palais du Peuple, Paris; Cité de Refuge, Paris; Pavillon Suisse, Cité Universitaire, Paris; Unité d’Habitation, Marseilles; Maisons Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine; Couvent Sainte Marie de la Tourette, Eveux; Maison du Bresil, Cité Universitaire, Paris; Unité d’Habitation, Firminy; Maison de la Culture, Firminy; and Municipal Pool, Firminy.

For more detailed information about this collection, visit the Le Corbusier (Dalhousie University) collection page.

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