LibGuides: GASP 156D / HIST 173 (DePrano): Locating Art Objects with ARTstor

Creating an ARTSTOR Account

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ARTstor is an ever-growing digital library of over 500,000 images of art, architecture and archeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods to support teaching and learning in the humanities and social sciences.

Logging into ARTSTOR gives you access to all the database's features.

Key Features in ARTSTOR

Use Advanced Search (the link is under the Search box)

Functionality

See buttons to right of image.

Item Details (or metadata) are located at the right of the image.

More Image Resources

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
ARTstor is an ever-growing digital library of over 500,000 images of art, architecture and archeology from a wide range of cultures and time periods to support teaching and learning in the humanities and social sciences.
Yale Art and Architecture ePortal This link opens in a new window
A collection of eBooks highlighting important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design, from publishers and museums. Many images are included.

The British Museum - Department of Greece & Rome
Suggest using the Period e.g. Roman Imperial. Though a date limiter can be helpful, items will still appear that are tagged "Greek & Roman Antiquities".
The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - Greek and Roman Art
Links to view artwork at bottom of the page
Search Collection at The MET
Roman Empire - Collections (Walters Art Museum)
from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore; large collection of ancient art
Art of the Ancient World (Museum of Fine Arts Boston)
Includes Search of the collection and Collection Tours (at bottom of page) including Roman Emperors and Empresses & Greek and Roman Sculpture
Greek, Roman, and Etruscan Art (LACMA)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) includes a Roman art collection
Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities (LOUVRE)
Search at right allows you to limit to Roman Art
Greek and Roman Art (Michael C. Carlos Museum)
museum at Emory, includes collection on Greek & Roman pieces; very limited search capacity

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GASP 156D / HIST 173 (DePrano)