The more than two million images support research in Art, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, History, Fashion & Costume, Literature, Religion, Theater, World History, and many more subjects. Using Artstor provides information about searching as well as using images in papers and presentations.
Art History Resources on the WebExtensive index of free visual arts images websites. Subjects range from Prehistoric times to the present and include a wide range of media. Quality of images and data varies.
ArtsyA growing database of 350,000 images of art, architecture, and design by 50,000 artists spans historical, modern, and contemporary works" drawn form" galleries, museum collections, foundations, artist estates, art fairs, and benefit auctions throughout the world.
Getty Open Content ImagesMore than 100,00 images from Getty collections including photographs of monuments, paintings, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, antiquities, sculpture, decorative arts, artists' sketchbooks, watercolors, rare prints from the 16th through the 18th century, and 19th-century architectural drawings of cultural landmarks.
Image Sources & Rights Clearance AgenciesCollege Art Association. A list of "sources that provide images [of works of art] for a wide range of uses, including academic and scholarly use, with a focus on images suitable for publication."
Download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images from their collections without rights restrictions.
Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the RenaissanceThis link opens in a new windowInformation on 20,000 Renaissance works of art documenting 10,000 antique monuments, with 30,000 photographs. Links Renaissance sources with the antique works they document, their locations, dates, names, and modern bibliographical citations
Index of Medieval ArtThis link opens in a new windowDocuments over 200,000 works of art in all media produced from apostolic times through the 15th century with Christian themes or for ecclesiastical settings. Entries include bibliographies, scholarly commentaries, images
Digital ScriptoriumAn image database of medieval and Renaissance manuscript collections in the United States with catalogue information and high-quality reproductions of manuscripts. Participating institutions include the New York Public Library, the Hougton Library (Harvard University), the Free Library (Philadelphia), and Smith College.
Basic descriptive information, provenance, and thumbnail images for works in the SCMA and other Five College museum collections
Historic Northampton Online ResearchSearchable digital collections, including photos (esp. the Howes Brothers Collection), objects, artifacts & maps; the Historic House Inventory, indexed plot map of the Old Burial Grounds & full-text of The Hampshire Gazette, 1786+ (in progress).
Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the RenaissanceThis link opens in a new windowInformation on 20,000 Renaissance works of art documenting 10,000 antique monuments, with 30,000 photographs. Links Renaissance sources with the antique works they document, their locations, dates, names, and modern bibliographical citations
Index of Medieval ArtThis link opens in a new windowDocuments over 200,000 works of art in all media produced from apostolic times through the 15th century with Christian themes or for ecclesiastical settings. Entries include bibliographies, scholarly commentaries, images
Miriam Schapiro, A Quilt Impression, 1982, Smith College Museum of Art
Miriam Schapiro, Female Concerns, 1976, Smith College Museum of Art