LibGuides: Asian Art: Images

Finding Images in Databases

ARTstor
As of 8/1/2024, the ARTstor website is retired. ARTstor content is now available on JSTOR's "images" tab.

Searchable database of more than 300,000 digital images and associated catalog data. JSTOR images covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Users can search, view, and download images.
JSTOR
Multidisciplinary archive of scholarly journal literature. 1878 + Last several years not included.
Credo Reference
Credo contains full text encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Observe copyright restrictions and properly cite all images downloaded from the web.

AICT Free access and free use of images of art and architectural works in the public domain. Images are referenced to important art history texts.
Image Exchange: Online Resource for Teaching Architecture images intended for educational use. Guidelines describe use and restrictions.
flickr Commons Images with no known copyright restrictions from participating institutions.
Library of Congress Digital Collections Open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
NYPL Digital Collections Public access to the digitized collections of the New York Public Library, including postcards, maps, photographs, manuscripts and more.
Princeton University Library Digital Collections
Includes manuscripts, maps, posters, prints and so on from Princeton University collections.

Image citations typically include the following:

Images from the web should include the URL and date of access.

Images from books should include the book citation.

This website from the University of Cincinnati provides examples: