http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc Communiqués from the Visual Resources Collection, Department of Art History, The University of Chicago Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:48:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/08/22/artstor-and-chalk/ ArchNet is very happy to announce a new collection of rare Swahili Kingdom images in its Digital Library, the James de Vere Allen Collection. At present, this collection includes 185 black & white images of the Palace at Gedi, the Great Mosque of Gedi, the Kongo Mosque, the McCrindle house, and ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/08/14/swahili-kingdom-images/ Duke University Libraries has launched an online digital collection of about 5,000 photographs shot primarily in China between 1917 and 1932. The photographs were taken by Sidney Gamble, the grandson of Procter and Gamble co-founder James Gamble, and provide a glimpse into daily life unlike any other photographs from this period. ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/08/13/images-of-china-from-duke/ Lawrence University Digital Collections would like to announce a new collection of digital images available through CONTENTdm: The Art of the Poster 1880-1918. In the late nineteenth century, lithographers began to use mass-produced zinc plates rather than stones in their printing process. This innovation allowed them to prepare multiple plates, each ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/07/22/the-art-of-the-poster-1880-1918/ 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 ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/06/20/artstor-news/ 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. http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/04/24/artstor-in-4-minutes-download-images-to-powerpoint/ 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 ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/03/13/artstor-awarded-grant-to-create-judith-and-holofernes-collection/ Below is a list of software products recommended by Visual Resources Association (VRA) members for extracting, converting, and compressing clips from DVDs for your classroom presentations: Cinematize and Cinematize Pro iMovie (Mac) QuickTime Pro Episode (Mac) Final Cut Pro (Mac) MPEG StreamClip http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/03/03/creating-dvd-clips/ . . . 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 ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/02/18/wondering-how-to/ This list of the best art blogs for exhibition reviews and other art news was compiled by Joy Garnett, Associate Library Manager, Robert Goldwater Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art (let me know your favorites, and I'll add them to this site): Wooster Collective The Wooster Collective was founded in 2001. This site is dedicated to ... http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/vrc/2008/02/06/top-20-or-so-art-blogs/