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Luna Tech Support VRC

Need Help Finding Images in LUNA?

Are you looking for images for a class presentation or paper? The VRC is here to help!

LUNA is the Department of Art History’s teaching resource of more than 165,000 digital images designed for use in conjunction with current classes. To access this database, click here. You will be prompted to login with a Cnet ID and password.

Next, you can browse the Art History Department Image Collection by clicking the center link.

Narrow your results using the What, Where, Who and When facets on the left.

Keyword search is at upper right. To do an advanced search, click the link under the keyword search box.

Limit your search to the Art History Department Image Collection, and then search any of the fields in the drop-down menu. Limiting to this collection allows searching of more specific fields, though you may find searching multiple collections useful as well.

Now that you’ve found some relevant images, you may want to return to them later. Use the Share This function to email yourself a link to your search results, or create a media group to access at a later time.

To learn more about searching for images in LUNA, please feel free to contact the VRC to schedule an appointment. We provide image searching orientation for individuals and small groups. Additional VRC-created LUNA tutorials and LUNA-provided flash tutorials are also available.

 

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Architecture Modern - Contemporary News VRC

UofC Lantern Slides in the New York Times

Lantern slides that belonged to the University of Chicago Visual Resources Center were donated to Theaster Gates’ Dorchester Project, which was featured in a recent New York Times article.

Mr. Gates has combined a former candy store, a single-family house and a duplex across the street into a site of artistic and community change for a neighborhood that has suffered years of blight and cultural neglect. The installation is an entry in a growing art movement to create “hybridized” arts spaces that serve multiple functions, taking inspiration from installations in Houston and Los Angeles, as well as in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood in a community center called the Experimental Station.

 

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Image Quality Luna Orders Tech Support VRC

Send Image Updates to VRC Staff

VRC staff members know that our faculty and students have subject expertise and can provide excellent additions to our image data. We want your contributions, and it’s easy to notify us! You can automatically generate a link to individual images or entire search results in LUNA. This function may be used to share images with VRC staff when corrections or updates are needed. Find the image or images you would like to share with VRC staff, click on the “Share This” tab, and copy the link into an email.

Please direct all image updates to visualresources@uchicago.edu.

 

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VRC

VRC Closed February 2-3, 2011

The VRC will be closed Wednesday, February 2nd and Thursday the 3rd due to inclement weather. We will open again when classes resume.

Thank you,
VRC Staff
visualresources@uchicago.edu

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East Asian Images on the Web Museums VRC

Japanese Image Resources Online

We recently updated the VRC’s Other Art Resources Online page with links to several Japanese image resources online. These include a link to the Tokyo National Museum’s website, with a version in English organized by type, region, and what is currently on display at the museum.

Other new links include: Japanese cultural properties, Japanese national treasures in public museums, Kyoto National Museum’s collections database, and Japanese modern art in Japanese public museums.

Questions, or suggestions of other websites to add to the list? Please contact the VRC.

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News Orders VRC

Winter 2011 Emergency Scanning Hours

Need images right away? Place an emergency scan order in the VRC! Emergency scans are any image orders that are due in less than two weeks. For the Winter 2011 quarter, emergency scanning hours are from 1pm-3pm, Monday through Friday. These are the hours during which VRC student workers and staff are guaranteed to be available for rush orders.

Please keep in mind that emergency scans are limited to ten per requester, per week. They will be delivered via an emailed link to Webshare. Pink emergency scanning forms are available in the VRC.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the VRC.

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ARTstor Images by Subscription VRC

Happy Holidays!

Wishing you the best during this holiday season and a very happy new year!

For a year-end ARTstor roundup, see their 2010 Collections Summary.

Please note: links to images above are viewable only by members of the University of Chicago community.

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News VRC

New and Improved VRC Coffee Station

The VRC has a a new and improved coffee station just in time for finals! Our new Keurig coffee maker brews individual cups of coffee or tea on command. Bring your own mug, then choose your own blend or flavor. Suggested donation: 50 cents per cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate; 25 cents per cookie or treat. Stop in, try it, and let us know what you think!

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News VRC

VRC Holiday Hours

The VRC will close at 2pm on Wednesday, November 24th and will remain closed through the end of the week for the Thanksgiving holiday. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Innovative Technology VRC

Highlighting the Digital Humanities

The article “Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches” recently published in the New York Times discusses the growing importance of data and technology to research in the humanities.

The next big idea in language, history and the arts? Data.

The focus on digital humanities is timely; this weekend the Visual Resources Center and the Division of the Humanities are co-sponsoring, along with the Newberry Library and Northwestern University, the very first THATCamp Chicago. THATCamp Chicago is a user-generated “unconference” where humanists and technologists work together for the common good. For more information, click here.

See also the University of Chicago Press’ recent blog entry exploring the top five recent books about new methodologies in the digital humanities.