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Web-based sources of images in many disciplines--fine arts, history, science, etc.
Updated on 2009-08-15
Created on 2009-04-06
Category: Entertainment & Arts
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"The Office Online website is an excellent resource to find high-resolution stock photographs, clip arts, GIF animations and other graphics that you can use in your PowerPoint presentations or Word Documents for free without having to worry about any licensing issues"
"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 20,000 maps and images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia, and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, childrens, and manuscript maps."
Free clip art based on vintage images
"The American Art Museum is the home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art in the world. Its artworks reveal key aspects of America's rich artistic and cultural history from the colonial period to today. More than 7,000 artists are represented in the collection..."
"Case in point is this article describing some of the visual resources available on the web. The deep web. These images won't show up in search engines' image searches or on Flickr (save one exception), but instead can only be accessed via the links ..."
Digital reproductions of historic trade literature about the sewing machine
"The Freeze Frame project is developing an online database of freely available visual and textual resources to support learning, teaching and research into topics relating to the history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration and science. Through a series of
Simultaneously searches 4 digital collections of costumes: Detroit Historical Museums Costume Collection, Dorothea June Grossbart Historic (WSU) Costume Collection, Meadow Brook Hall Historic Costume Collection, and The Henry Ford Costume Collection
Search the collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including Arms & Armor, the Costume Institute, Egyptian Art, Islamic Art, Medieval Art, Musical Instruments, and more
source of art prints for purchase, as well as professional custom framing and mounting services
"Thousands of digital images from the Library’s renowned collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts"
"The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries. It was started in 1996 as a topical site of the Renaissance art, originated in the Italian city-states of the 14th cent
"While our museums each maintain websites supporting their respective programs and exhibits, George Eastman House and ICP collaborate in building Photomuse to provide online resources for the study of an important cultural subject: photography at work in
50 items | 3 visits
Web-based sources of images in many disciplines--fine arts, history, science, etc.
Updated on 2009-08-15
Created on 2009-04-06
Category: Entertainment & Arts
URL: