Art Education: Images

Image Collections - Miami Libraries resources

ARTstor
Searchable repository of nearly 1 million digital images of art, architecture, photography, decorative arts and design, and archaeology. For more information about using ARTstor at Miami, please see the ARTstor LibGuide

OhioLINK Digital Media Center (DMC)
Access to images, sounds, video, numeric data, and other types of media information. Art/Architecture image collections include:

ART Collections around the world
Saskia Art History Images
Akron Art Museum Images
WPA prints by Cleveland artists
Art and architecture from the University of Cincinnati

Oxford Art Online
Includes over 130,000 images and 45,000 articles

Shields Trade Card Collection
Collection of historical advertising trade cards in Miami's Special Collections and Archives.
Boden Postcard Collection
Collection of historical postcards cards in Miami's Special Collections and Archives.

Image Collections - Other Libraries and Museums

This is not a comprehensive list. For images specifically related to architecture, please see the Architecture & Interior Design LibGuide.

American Memory (Library of Congress)
Over 9 million primary source materials (images, written and spoken word, prints, maps, etc) regarding the history of the United States.
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American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
Art Images for College Teaching
Free-access, free-use images of art and architectural works hosted by the University of Minnesota
Asian Historical Architecture
Photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage. Over 14,600 photos of 744 sites in twenty countries, with background information and virtual tours
British Library Images Online
Thousands of images from the British Library's collections.
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Images Online gives you instant access to thousands of the greatest images from the British Library's collections which include manuscripts, rare books, musical texts and maps spanning almost 3000 years. The range of images available include illustrations, drawings, paintings and photographs.
David Rumsey Visual Collections
View maps, fine artwork, photographs and other items from over thirty renowned collections
Getty Images
Over 24 million stock and editorial photos and images
Getty Museum: Explore Art
Images of artworks in the Getty's collections
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog
Access to nearly 1.2 million images in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress
MoMA Archives Image Database
MAID contains a select but growing body of materials digitized from our collections. These assets comprise a broad range of materials, including letters, art documentation and ephemera, images of artists and art-world personalities, installation photographs of MoMA and MoMA PS1 exhibitions, historical views of the Museum building and Sculpture Garden, administrative records, and more.
NYPL Digital Gallery
Over 685,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more
NYPL Public Domain Collection
Public domain images that are free to download. Click "Visualize the Public Domain" for a beautiful image browsing interface
Smithsonian Institution: Collections Search Center
Search over 2 million records with 210,500 images, video and sound files, electronic journals and other resources from all across the Smithsonian.
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections
Over 56,000 works and over 86,000 images from the V&A's collections, including ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, metalwork, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles.
Web Gallery of Art
Virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries
VADS
Over 140,000 images from 300 different UK collections – all available free for use in education.

Free Stock Photos

Photos Public Domain
Free stock photos, textures, images, and clipart.
Unsplash Photos
Free images, wallpaper, and backgrounds.
Wunderstock
Free stock photos.

Image Collections by Topic

Ad*Access
Over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955
Adflip
Classic print ads from the 1940s to present
Book Cover Archive
Archive of book cover designs and designers
Emergence of advertising in America: 1850 - 1920
Over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States
PD Posters
Categories include World War, WPA, Graphic Arts, and Performing Arts. You might find it easier to browse by category than running a keyword search. These images are in the public domain.
Reusable Art
Images (mostly prints and drawings) from old magazines, books, and other print media.
People's History of Graphic Design
The People’s Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced virtual archive of inclusive graphic design history. The Archive includes everything from finished projects to process, photos, correspondence, oral histories, anecdotes, articles, essays, and other supporting material. You’ll find all sorts of information and links to other relevant archives, too.

Public Domain Images

The Met
Results from this page have already been limited to those in the public domain.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Results from this page have already been limited to those in the public domain.
The National Gallery
Make sure to click "open access" on the bottom right.
The British Museum
If image is downloadable, it is in the public domain. You can either create an account and the museum will email you the image or save the image to your computer.
The Getty
Only applies to images marked as public domain
Yale University Art Gallery
Only applies to images marked as public domain
New York Public Library Public Domain Digital Collections
All images are in the public domain.
Artstor Public Collections
Consult the rights data in each record to see if and how an image can be reused.
Smithsonian Images
All images are in the public domain as long as you use the search bar on this page.
Paris Musées
A collection of artworks from Paris museums. For open access images, use the bottom searchbox on the lefthand side of the page (under "refine results.")

Last Updated: Feb 1, 2024 2:48 PM
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Subjects: Art and Architecture, Education