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VRC Images now in ARTstor

You can now access the University of Chicago Department of Art History Image Collection in ARTstor. Here’s how:
On campus

Go to http://www.artstor.org
Click “GO” in the upper right hand corner.
At the bottom center of the page, click “University of Chicago, Visual Resources Collection” under Institutional Collections.

Off campus

Go to http://www.artstor.org
Click “GO” in the upper right hand corner.
Click “Login”in […]

ARTstor and Chalk

You can share individual ARTstor images, image groups, and presentations in Chalk. It is as simple as copying and pasting a link.
Within the next few weeks, the majority of the VRC collection will be available in ARTstor. You’ll be able to combine ARTstor and VRC images in one group and share them with your students […]

ARTstor News

Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi of Great Britain Collection
ARTstor is collaborating with the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi of Great Britain [CVMA (GB)] and the National Monuments Record, the public archive at English Heritage, to distribute approximately 18,000 images of medieval stained glass windows from Great Britain in the Digital Library.
Learn more
 
Renaissance and Baroque architecture and sculpture […]

ARTstor in 4 Minutes: Download Images to PowerPoint

Click on the image to learn how to download images from ARTstor and put them in PowerPoint for a classroom presentation.

Click here to view all ARTstor videos on Youtube.

ARTstor awarded grant to create Judith and Holofernes Collection

From ARTstor:

 
We are pleased to announce that the Jessica E. Smith and Kevin R. Brine Charitable Trust has given ARTstor a grant to build a themed collection on the story of Judith and Holofernes. This collection will be part of a larger project - The Judith Project - commissioned by the donor to enhance scholarship […]

Wondering how to . . .

. . . make a PowerPoint presentation?
. . . create a high-quality digital image?
. . . find works of art in the VRC Collection?
. . . export a detail from Luna Insight?
. . . share a group of images in ARTstor?
The VRC can help you with all things related to digital imaging. Contact us to […]

ARTstor images now available at 1024 download size

We are very pleased to announce that over 95% of the images in the ARTstor Digital Library are now available for download at 1024 pixels on the long side. In response to feedback from our user community, and as a result of the relationships that we have been building with content owners, we are now […]

Bryn Mawr and Berlin State Museum Collections in ARTstor

Berlin State Museums

Greek, Hellenistic and Roman sculptures
This first release of images from the Berlin State Museums includes 301 images of Greek, Hellenistic and Roman sculptures from the Collection of Classical Antiquities. Read more…

Bryn Mawr College

Classical Antiquity Lantern Slides
The collection includes over 325 images — examples of classical architecture, architectural decoration, and sculpture – […]

Mark Rothko and Ghiberti in ARTstor

From ARTstor.org:

Images from the Mark Rothko Family Collection
ARTstor is pleased to announce the first release of images to the Mark Rothko Collection in the ARTstor Digital Library. This release includes 43 paintings scanned from eight-by-ten color transparencies not previously in public collections. Learn more
Ghiberti collection completed
We are pleased to announce that we have […]

ARTstor to add VAGA Artists to Contemporary Art Collection

ARTstor announces the addition of the following images to the collection. For assistance with ARTstor, please contact the VRC.
Modern and contemporary art from VAGA member artists
The Visual Artists and Galleries Association (VAGA) and ARTstor have reached an agreement through which approximately 4,000 images by VAGA member artists are now available to ARTstor users. More […]