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ARTstor Update
 
ARTstor is pleased to announce the first release of images to the Mark Rothko Collection in the ARTstor Digital Library. This release includes 43 paintings scanned from eight-by-ten color transparencies not previously in public collections. Learn more

 

Ghiberti Collection Completed

Just released the final 30 images of the Ghiberti collection, depicting the cleaned Noah panel. Along with the previously added images of the partially cleaned panel, these images further underscore the importance of the recent restoration campaign and its photographic documentation by ARTstor. Learn more

 

New Additions

Approximately 2,300 additional images to the Islamic Art and Architecture Collection. This latest release focuses on Ottoman architecture in Turkey and brings the total number of images in this collection to over 14,800. Learn more

 

More European art and architecture from Scala Archives and Art Resource bringing the total number of Scala images now available to ARTstor users to approximately 10,500. Learn more


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New Collection Agreements    

 

ARTstor is pleased to announce the digitization of 70,000 images from the Ezra Stoller Archive. Ezra Stoller is widely recognized as the leading American architectural photographer of the 20th century. Learn more

 

Through a partnership with the Library of Congress, ARTstor will distribute approximately 200,000 images from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) image collections. Coverage spans across the United States and its territories, representing various periods and styles from the 17th through the 20th century. Learn more

 

ARTstor and the New Museum of Contemporary Art are collaborating to digitize and distribute approximately 7,000 images from the New Museum's photo archive. This collaboration will significantly increase the representation of contemporary art in the Digital Library. Learn more

 

ARTstor and the Library of Congress will collaborate to distribute images from the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South collection, a systematic record of early buildings and gardens in the American South. The Library of Congress will be digitizing the Carnegie Survey negatives for eventual distribution through the Digital Library. Learn more

 

Through a partnership with ARTstor, the Visual Resources Center at Bryn Mawr College will be contributing a collection of site plans for key ancient and medieval architectural monuments and archaeological sites. There are approximately 8,000 black and white slides depicting archaeological and building site plans, particularly relating to the classical and ancient Near East, as well as medieval Europe. Learn more

ARTstor and Douglas Massey will collaborate to bring approximately 130 images of Mexican retablos to the Digital Library. Dating from 1912 to 1996, these small, colorful oil paintings represent modern expressions of a traditional Mexican art form. Learn more

# - Karen Cognato - Art and Architecture - 11/14/07; 12:55:46 PM -


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