LibGuides: Museum/Curatorial Studies: Images

Online Images and Duke

Duke University's image research services page provides easy links to 1) image databases which Duke either subscribes to or recommends, 2) scanning standards, 3) finding scholarly/legal images, and 4) outside image sources.

Art Museum and Image Copyright - Columbia University's "Copyright, Museums, and Licensing of Art Images" (2011).

Print Resources

The scholarly Encylcopedias of art history are all heavily illustrated with reliable images.

General
Encyclopedia of world art. 18 vols. New York, McGraw-Hill 1959-1987. Lilly N31 .E4833 1960
Major English-language essay-length scholarly encyclopedia. Articles are signed by major art historians. Half of every volume is plates.

Ancient Art
Enciclopedia dell’arte antica, classica e orientale.   Rome, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana. 7 vols. 1958-1966. Lilly N31 .E48 1958

Medieval
Enciclopedia dell’arte medievale. Rome, Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1991-2002. 12 vols.   Lilly N5965 .E52 1991

Other Languages

Spanish
Pijoán, José, general editor. Summa artis, historia general del arte. Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1931- . Lilly N5300 .C72 1931 v.1

German
Propyläen Kunstgeschichte. 18 vols. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1966-1974. Lilly N5300 .P76