Research Guides: Art: Find Images (still + moving)

Still Images

Artsy
- Free database of artworks and artists
- 18th century to present
- Includes artist bio and exhibition history
Creative Commons search portal
- Free images and media to share, use, and remix.
Digital Collections
- Contains content from Temple Libraries' Special Collections Research Center.
- Great source for all things Philadelphia.
- Includes Temple related materials.
- Images, video and more.
Gallery
- Maintained by the Visual Resources Center at Tyler School of Art.
- Over 40,000 art, art history, and architecture digital images.
- Use for Temple University classroom instruction and for individual student study.
Google Arts + Culture
An online platform of high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organizations throughout the world.
Internet Archive image search
- Digital images uploaded by Archive users which range from maps to astronomical imagery to photographs of artwork.
- Many of these images are available for free download.
JSTOR Images (formerly ARTSTOR)
- Images, mostly from museums and cultural institutions, most of which are high-resolution.
- Covers areas of art, architecture, archeology, humanities and social sciences, from a wide range of cultures.
- Easily downloadable for class presentations.
NYPL digital collections
- New York Public Library (NYPL) digitized prints, photos, maps, manuscripts, moving images, and more.
Unsplash
- Over 6 million free high-resolution photos and illustrations.
- Some images require a subscription.

Moving Images

Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) Streaming Service This link opens in a new window
Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) Streaming Service provides full-length streaming videos for specific artists' work from the mid-1960s to the present.
Library Stack This link opens in a new window
Library Stack connects digital materials from art, design, theory and architecture to global library cataloging systems. The collection includes PDF zines made by curators; downloadable exhibitions curated by artists; experimental sound compositions; magazines about experimental sound art; fonts channeling cultural histories; and political artworks in the form of custom browser extensions.

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