Paradises on earth: the sublime architecture of the Indo-Islamic empires

Pinjore, Panchkula, Haryana, India. Mughal Garden. 1658-1707. Image and data provided by American Institute of Indian Studies. Photographer: D.P. Nanda.

The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) has contributed an additional 5,094 images to the Artstor Digital Library, bringing their total to more than 69,000.*

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Now available: College Art Museums collection launch part II

 

Grant Wood. January, 1938. 1938. Lithograph.

Helen Frankenthaler. Out of the Blue. 1985. Acrylic on canvas. Image and data provided by The Davis Museum at Wellesley College. Art © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Auguste Rodin. Désespoir (Despair). 1893 (cast in 1902). Bronze with green patina. Image and data provided by Tufts University Art Gallery.

Punu People. Mukudj Mask. 19th or 20th Century. Wood, pigment. Image and data provided by Williams College Museum of Art.

In this second installment of our college art museum collection launch (see our post about the first installment here), the Artstor Digital Library has released 14,000+ images from four additional institutions. Between the two launches, there are now more than 29,000 new images available to Artstor participants.* Highlights from this release include American and European paintings and works on paper, and historical objects from around the world.

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Now available: 2,600 additional images from the Williams College Museum of Art

Lu Chih, after. Cranes in a Landscape. Possibly 19th century. Painting on silk. Image and data provided by Williams College Museum of Art.

Govardhan (North India, Mughal). Holy Man. c. 1610-1615. Watercolor on paper, heightened with gold. Image and data provided by Williams College Museum of Art.

The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) has contributed 2,600 additional images of its permanent collection to the Artstor Digital Library, bringing their total to more than 2,750.* The selection in Artstor represents the Museum’s holdings across Western, African, Eastern, and ancient collections.

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Now available: 4,300 additional images from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

James McNeill Whistler. Nocturne. c. 1878. Wash lithograph on blue tinted chine collé. Image and original data provided by the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University.

The Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (DAC) has contributed 4,300 additional images of works on paper from their permanent collection to the Artstor Digital Library bringing their total to more than 6,300.* The selection in Artstor includes many highlights, with an emphasis on western prints from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.

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Now Available: 7,600 additional images from the Davis Museum at Wellesley College

James T. Woolley. Footed Bowl. Early 20th century. Sterling silver. Image and data provided by The Davis Museum at Wellesley College.

The Davis Museum at Wellesley College (the Davis) has contributed an additional 7,600 images of its permanent collection to the Artstor Digital Library bringing their total to over 8,000.*

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Now available: highlights from the Tufts University Art Gallery

William Edward Norton. Untitled. 1876. Oil on canvas. Image and data provided by Tufts University Art Gallery.

The Tufts University Art Gallery has contributed 88 images of its permanent collection to the Artstor Digital Library.* The selection in Artstor accentuates the museum’s American holdings, predominantly paintings and works on paper from the nineteenth century through to the present.

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Now available: college art museums collection launch part I

 

Elihu Vedder. Natura: detail of head. c. 1893. Pastel, crayon, and graphite on paper. Image and original data provided by Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Style of Sajanu. Adoration of Parasurama. c. 1810. Opaque watercolor and gold. Image and data provided by Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Newsboy (Photographer). Harriett Vernon. 19th c. Image and original data provided by the University of Florida Digital Collections.

Artstor has now released 15,000+ images in the first part of our launch focusing on college art museum collections.* This release encompasses arts, crafts, and cultural objects in many media from around the world that are curated and housed in art museums at leading universities across America.

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Now Available: 1,800 images from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art Collection

Tsugoharu Foujita. Sleeping Cat. 1929. Etching. Image and original data from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art Collection and Galleries. © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art Collection (UWM Art Collection) has contributed 1,800 images to the Artstor Digital Library.* The selection in Artstor includes works on paper from the Renaissance through contemporary and many corners of the globe, African art, European and Asian decorative arts, icons, and Western paintings and sculpture.

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Now Available: 5,000 images from the Ringling Theatre Collection (University of Florida)

Anonymous Photographer. Unidentified Performer. 1908. Image and original data provided by the University of Florida Digital Collections.

The Department of Special Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida has contributed 5,000 images from the Ringling Theatre Collection to the Artstor Digital Library.* The selection in Artstor offers comprehensive imagery from the rich resource that traces the history of stagecraft in Europe and America from Shakespearean prints through to the 20th century.

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Now Available: 5,000 additional images from the Ackland Art Museum (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Eugène Delacroix. Cleopatra and the Peasant. 1838. Oil on canvas. Image and data provided by Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill has contributed an additional 5,000 images from its global permanent collection to the Artstor Digital Library, bringing their total to over 16,000.* The selection in Artstor provides generous representation of the collection across diverse curatorial departments.

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