Guides
Wayfinders for our collections, tools, and servicesArt history beginning research: Find images
Students will find books, articles, films, images and reference sources for their research paper with an emphasis on full-text e-resources.
Image resources
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ARTSTOROver 3 million high-quality images covering multiple disciplines.Rights have been cleared and images can be used in papers and presentations.
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Visual Resources Center's ImagebaseCollection of approximately 200,000 images which are used for research and teaching at Stanford. Download available.
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Cantor CollectionsWorks from the permanent collection only. Some records include bibliography in addition to object information.
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Anderson CollectionWorks from the permanent collection. Some object records include short essays.
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EuropeanaEuropeana.eu is a digital library containing 4 million items, including images, texts, audio and video, from European museums, galleries, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. Search by collections, filter by availability.
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Mirador - an image viewerIIIF compliant images can be compared side by side.
For contemporary artists, check search engines, social media and artist's website.
