Category: Image Collection

The Image Collection staff have spent much of the Spring and Summer months scanning content from the Drama Collection, a collection of slides geared toward teaching students in the Theater School, into the Image Reserves database. The Drama Collection has a broader selection of images focusing on theater and stage

The following content has been added to the Image Reserves database: Architecture: The Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, Bauhaus architecture, and Lyndhurst Mansion. 19th Century Art: Decorative Arts from the Arts and Crafts Movement, Paintings by The Nabis, Paintings by J.M.W.

The following content has been added to the Image Reserves database: Ancient Art: Classical Sculpture from the British Museum Islamic Art: Decorated Manuscript Pages and Folios African Art: Sculpture of the Songye Culture Asian Art: Animals in Chinese Painting, Woodblock prints by Hiroshige Medieval and Renaissance Art: Chartres Cathedral Modern

The Image Collection has added content to the Image Reserves database in the following areas: Ancient Art: Roman Painting Northern Renaissance Art: Art from the Burgundian Court of Charles the Bold Renaissance Art: Paintings and Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Baroque Art: Dutch cityscapes of the Golden Age African Art:

The following content has been added to the Image Reserves database: American Art: Paintings by Kenny Scharf and Julian Schnabel African Art: Works of the Hausa people and scenes from the ceremonies of the Yako culture of Southeastern Nigeria. Northern Renaissance: Works by Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden

The Image Collection has recently added a large number of images to the Image Reserves database related to Buddhist art and architecture. The images depict works of art as well as temples, monasteries and cave complexes from India, China, Japan and Southeast Asian countries from the Second Century B.C.E. to

The Image Collection has recently added quite a few images of Chicago from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries to the Image Reserves database. Additionally, we have added content in the following areas: African Art: The Art and Architecture of Ancient Nubia, Senegalese Glass Painting Renaissance/Baroque Art: The Paintings

The Image Collection has recently scanned (or re-scanned) images relating to the theory and practice of art. These images include color wheels, illustrations of color theory and optical effects, perspective diagrams and examples of modeling. We have also added illustrations of theoretical texts by the Bauhaus artist and teacher Johannes

Fall Quarter has been very productive in the Image Collection. In preparation for a course to be taught in the Spring, we have added quite a few images related to art of the Silk Road.  Search using the term “silk road” to locate most of these images. We have also

As the Fall Quarter begins, the Image Collection has been adding content to support courses currently being taught. This includes new images of: African Art Dada and Surrealist Art Contemporary Chinese Photography The World’s Columbian Exposition Additionally, Digital Projects staff have been working to add images under the category “Biography.”