The Prado Museum’s new Digital Library
…provides free access to a searchable catalogue of full text books and journals covering art history published from the late 15th to the early 20th century. There are sections on key artists such as Goya and Raphael and many prints from rare books. Some text is in Spanish only.
Courthauld Gallery Witt Library
The Witt is an extensive collection comprising thousands of reproductions, and cuttings of paintings, drawings, and engravings of Western Art from 1200 to 2009. currently in progress is a digitisation project The first stage of the British school is now being made available. Users can search or browse by keyword or artist. Records have description and […]
The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists
Searchable resource biographies of members of The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists. This organisation was founded in 1882 by eight women who were some of the first female students at the Glasgow School of Art and gives insight into women artists of the period. The site is a work in progress from Academic scholar Dr Karen Mailley.
Plastics
The Plastics Collection at Syracuse University Libraries. The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Syracuse University Libraries preserves and provides access to an array of primary sources including archival materials, books, periodicals, media, and over 5,000 plastic artefacts produced from the mid-19th century to the present day that document the invention and development of plastic. […]
3D models
3D models on Europeana A new section on Europeana which contains a collection of over 30 online 3D visual models of key sculptures and other cultural artefacts from Europe’s major libraries and museums. They include the National Library of Slovenia, temples from ancient Greece and more.
The World of Walton Burrell: photographer, traveller and deaf pioneer
The World of Walton Burrell: photographer, traveller and deaf pioneer. An online exhibition maintained by by Suffolk archives, about the Victorian trailblazer. It includes text and images on his work, life and impact on the deaf community in creating major support and campaign organisations. There is also extensive photographic coverage of World War 1.
Sites of Feminist Memory: A Map of Memorials to the Women’s Suffrage Movement
This site was created by citizen science which aims to geolocate on a visual map key sites to feminist memorials worldwide. Key figures involved in the project include Marc Calvini-Lefebvre who curates the blog Sites of feminist Memory: Women & the F-Word. https://doi.org/10.58079/vagc.The site is mapping memorials statues, commemorative plaques and buildings. Entries are being […]
Digital Art History Directory
Digital Art History Directory.Recently launched by the Art Libraries Society of North America, a free resource which aims to provide a single platform to examples of digital art history websites as well as case studies on their organisation and implementation. It has a directory of open images and open data websites.
Urban Heritage Atlas
The UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas has just been launched. The Atlas currently features 10 World Heritage cities It provides interactive maps, histories of the construction , architectural features and cultural historical importance of each of the cities.
Secrets of the Museum
The BBC recently repeated the 2021 series of Secrets of the Museum, a behind-the-scenes look at the work of the conservators and curators at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. You can watch all 6 episode on this Box of Broadcasts playlist. There is also a playlist of the 2022 series.
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