Subject Expert
Paul Victor
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JFK Library
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office Hours: By appointment.
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office Hours: By appointment.
509-359-7909
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- Text Message us! 509-383-8677 (not 24/7)
- 509-359-2263 JFK Library reference desk (Cheney)
Art Images
- Artstor This link opens in a new windowImages of art, architecture, photographs and videos from art museums from around the world. Keyword search or browse by collection, type, or geography. Create an individual account to download the images. Downloaded images can be used in the classroom and non-commercial educational use.
- Smithsonian Institution Research Information System This link opens in a new window
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"Search over 7.4 million records, with 568,100 images, video and sound files from Smithsonian museums, archives, and libraries." Free resource.Click on the "Image Gallery Browse" to see images from digitized collections held at the Smithsonian (direct link: https://collections.si.edu/search/gallery.htm)
- University of Washington: Art: Images GuideUse the links under "UW Image Guide", "Digital Images - Museum Collections" and "Digital Images - General Content" to access free resources (except Vogue Archive). Do not use their link to Artstor; it is the UW-specific link and you will not be able to log in with your EWU SSO. Instead, use the EWU Artstor link above.
- Free Media Resources/Photography (Wikimedia Commons)
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Links to sources of freely licensed and public domain images on the Web. Caution: The presence of a resource on this list does not guarantee that all or any of the images in it are in the public domain. You are still responsible for checking the Copyright status of images. - Google ImagesGoogle's search engine for images.
Art images are readily accessible, but it is important to determine whether an image is in the public domain or whether the image is copyrighted. If the image is copyrighted, permission from the artist or owner is required.
Citing Images
Art history courses generally use Chicago Manual of Style for image citation. However, check with your instructor to see what style they prefer.
See these image citation resources for a variety of citation styles from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL):
- Chicago Manual of Style: Miscellaneous Sources: scroll down to "Visual Arts"
- Modern Language Association (MLA): Works Cited: Other Common Sources: scroll down to "A Painting, Sculpture, or Photograph"
- American Psychological Association (APA): Reference List: Audiovisual Media: scroll down to "Artwork in a Museum or on a Museum Website" or "Photograph (not associated with a museum)"