Quick links to useful pages and resources.
It is important to use good quality images in your work. This means not only high resolution but good provenance. This refers to the source of the image. Is there accurate, authoritative information about the object? For example:
Instagram and Pinterest have lots of images, but information about the pictures is often very sketchy. Try to use good quality books, museums, galleries and archives or their websites.
These are links to some good quality sources of images:
Historical and contemporary fine art, some applied arts and design. Some material is available in full-text. Click on Ebsco Databases at the top of the list |
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Mainly 20th/21st century coverage of fine art including design. |
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Covers all aspects of design, applied arts and crafts. There are links to some |
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Scholarly coverage of arts and humanities subjects including some design. | ||
ARTSTOR | A digital library of high-resolution images and related data in the visual arts, architecture, and the humanities. |