Art Museum Image Gallery Grows by
More Than 62,000 Images
Arrangement with The Art Archive Brings New Content from
Over 1,800 Top Sources
New York, New York, November 20, 2006
H.W. Wilson has announced the addition of some
62,000 images to its acclaimed
Art Museum Image Gallery
database, a popular art image reference source on the WilsonWeb
database service. Drawn from over 1,800 distinguished sources
worldwide, the new images include material from many of the most
respected museums of Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia: Musée
du Louvre, Paris; Museum der Stadt, Vienna; Bibliothèque des Arts
Décoratifs, Paris; Musée du Château de Versailles; Museo del Prado,
Madrid; National Anthropological Museum, Mexico; British Museum;
Archaeological Museum, Istanbul; Archaeological Museum, Lima;
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg; Bardo Museum, Tunis; and others.
Full bibliographic records accompany every image, and all images are
rights-cleared for educational use.
Acquired through an arrangement with The Art
Archive of the Picture Desk, Inc. (a leading art, civilization and
history image library), the new images build on Art Museum Image
Gallery's coverage of ancient civilizations, American and
European history, Medieval history, world religions, and icons from
the history of art and architecture. The new content brings the
total number of images on Art Museum Image Gallery to more
than 155,000, spanning works from 3000 BC to the 20th century.
Hailed by Library Journal as "essential,"
Art Museum Image Gallery offers invaluable support for
curricula in art history, studio art, and design, as well as
cultural studies, area studies, archaeology, classics, history,
religion, literature and related subject areas. Teachers can use
high-resolution images in class lectures, assignments, academic
presentations, and password-protected course websites. Students can
use Art Museum Image Gallery works in papers and classroom
assignments. Museums can provide patron access to the Art Museum
Image Gallery from computer kiosks, and use images for public
lectures or scholarly presentations.
Coverage includes both fine and decorative
art--painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, textiles,
costumes, jewelry, ceramics, furniture, glass, books and
manuscripts, archaeological finds, and beyond--from the cultures of
Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas (including Native American
and MesoAmerican peoples).
See a
full list
of the new museums represented on Art Museum Image
Gallery.
Free 30-day trial subscriptions are available for librarians and
members of the working press.
Contact:
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email:
rsky@hwwilson.com
Eileen Sutter
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email:
esutter@hwwilson.com
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