Art and Art History

Yale's Free Online Image Collection

Other Library Guides for Image Searching

Department of Art & Art History: Visual Resources Collection (VRC)

 Visual Resources Collection (VRC)

The VRC is a unit within WSU's Department of Art and Art History, and supports the image needs of faculty and students. In collaboration with the Libraries, VRC maintains an image database.

Link to the VRC web site


LUNA

The VRC's image database is commonly called LUNA, named after the software which powers it.
Over 200,000 images relevant to the study of art, architecture, history, literature, anthropology, science etc. are available. Luna gives users the ability to create and save presentations and slideshows for classroom use, embed images and presentations in Blackboard, and search images from the popular photo-sharing site Flickr.

Link to  the LUNA (Visual Resources Collection) database


For instruction on how to use the LUNA database, click on the link below:

Luna Flash Tutorials

 

 

 

 

Other Licensed Image Databases

Timeline of Art History

The Timeline is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museum's collection.

Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, and the Mediterranean

Europeana

Italian Renaissance Learning Resources

Eastern Art Online

Streaming Video Licensed by the Libraries

Arts Videos on the Web

The Getty "Open Content Program" Online Image Collection

"The Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required." (from their web site at http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html

Search or browse the image collection, by using the link below:

Google Art Project

Google: Free Online Images

Books on Symbols in Art

Search the Library Catalog by the SUBJECT: Symbolism in Art.  There are 95  titles related to this topic.

Images on the Web