7,200 images of works of South Asian and Cuban art and architecture donated by leading South Asian Islamic art and architectural historian Alka Patel and 500 images of Japanese art, architecture, and festivals created by David Boggett are now available in ARTstor. In addition, over 80,000 photographs of high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities, 1,000 images of works on paper by Mark Rothko, and 1,400 images of medieval stained glass windows from the 12th through 16th centuries have also been made available.
Tags: Alka Patel, architectural history, architecture, art, ARTstor, David Boggett, image presentation, images, Islamic architecture, Japanese architecture, Japanese art, Mark Rothko, photographs, photography, South Asian architecture, visual resources collection
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on October 28, 2009 in ARTstor, architectural history, architecture, art, image presentation, images, landscape, photography | No Comments »
Fordam University’s Medieval New York webpage integrates the architectural histories of New York City with that of the Middle Ages. Detailed building descriptions for a number of New York City’s religious, civic, and residential structures, as well as landscapes, locate this heterogeneous architectural culture within the history of medieval European, Byzantine and Islamic art, architecture, technology and religion.
Tags: architectural technology, architecture, Byzantine architecture, Christian architecture, comparative studies, Fordam University, Islamic architecture, Jewish architecture, medieval architecture, New York City, NYC
Posted by Ashley Chadwick on October 19, 2009 in architectural history, architecture, art | No Comments »
Sites and Photos, an archaeology image bank, is contributing 90,000 images to the ARTstor digital library in order to expand its coverage of the ancient world. Extant Megalithic, Greco-Roman, Islamic, and Medieval architecture and decorative arts are included.
Sites and Photos, a great resource in and of itself, includes an Architectural Archive organized both by building type and function. The archive acts as a visual dictionary for ancient architectural motifs, structures and construction methods.
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Tags: ancient architecture, archaeology, ARTstor, Islamic architecture, medieval architecture, Sites and Photos
Posted by Joan Winter on April 3, 2009 in ARTstor, architectural history, architecture | No Comments »
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