Created by Jenna Rinalducci

Liaison Librarian for Art, Art History & the Honors College

http://library.gmu.edu

Updated: December 2010

Find Images Online:ARTstor & beyond…

ARTstor Digital Library• Over 1.1 million images (incl. Mason Slide Library)

• Save or Print

• Zoom-able Images

• Save Image Groups

• Download Images OR Details

• Email Citation Info

• PowerPoint

• Images for Academic Publishing (IAP)

Accessing ARTstor

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Off-Campus

1. SEARCH

2. STUDY

3. SAVE

4. CITE

What can you do in ARTstor?

Keyword vs. Advanced vs. Browsing

Search by… Title Creator Date Media type (Classification) Geography Collection

Types of Searching

Zoom in & out/Pan around

Save, Print, E-mail

Send citations

Save images to group

OIV=Offline Image Viewer

Communication: RSS, Facebook, YouTube

Online tutorials

Special Features

Offline Image Viewer (OIV)Presentation Software

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• Ethnographic Art• Oceanic Art• Anthropology• Human Ecology• History• Cultural Studies• Religious Studies• Australian & Oceanic Studies• Gender Studies• Sociology

SEARCH: Tattooing AND “New Zealand”

Title: Don't Let that Shadow Touch Them: Buy War Bonds

Date: 1942 Work Type: War Posters

Not buying a war bond would let the Nazi shadow ruin innocent American children.

“Wholesome American children” Well dressed, clean Little boy holding American flag

What does image say about race, class, gender, etc.?

Historical, social, political & artistic implications…

Reading an Image:Not just for artsy types

The Farm by Joan Miró (1921-22)

Design elements:Color/Color theoryDetailed realism

combined with Cubist elements

Art & Ecology Artists as keen observers

of natural worldPaintings become

resource for studying nature

(National Gallery of Art Classroom for Teachers & Students)

Reading an Image:Art, Design, What else?

JSTOR Images within context of articles Limit search results to “Only Results with Images”

Flickr Over 3.6 billion images More images than ARTstor Different image sources Info Guide

Compare ARTstor to Other Image Resources

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Flickr Search: Migrant Workers

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