Image websites for art & design
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AICT
Art Images for College Teaching - a royalty-free image exchange resource for the educational community.
Artcyclopedia
Provides links to the image collections of over 1200 arts-related sites (mostly hosted by museums and galleries).
Art & Architecture
Provides access to 40,000 digitised images taken from the Courtauld Institute's collection of paintings, prints, photographs and drawings.
Artists Talking image bank
Hosted by a-n magazine, this site offers over 8000 images from over 3000 UK and international artists whose work has been editorially featured in any of a-n’s publications or web sites since 2000.
You'll need the a-n magazine's log-in details in order to access these images. To find these login to the Sussed portal with your institutional (SUSSED) login, click on the Library tab, then click on the Usernames and Passwords link in the ‘Quick links’ box. Select 'Passwords & Login information' on the Library Intranet page.
Artserve
The Australian National University's image database, compiled to assist with the teaching and learning of Art History.
BAPLA
British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies, incorporating over 370 member companies representing the majority of commercial picture libraries and agencies in the UK.
Bridgeman Art Library
One of the world's leading sources of art images, representing museums, galleries and artists throughout the world by providing a central source of fine art for images users.
British Library : Images Online
Provides access to thousands of images taken from the British Library's collections which include manuscripts, rare books, musical texts and maps spanning almost 3000 years. The range of images available include illustrations, drawings, paintings and photographs.
BUBL image collections
The BUBL Information Services' gateway to image collections on the web.
BUBL moving images
The BUBL Information Services' gateway to moving image sites on the web.
CartoonHub
The website of the Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature at the University of Kent, Canterbury. One of the worlds largest electronic archive of cartoons, CartoonHub holds a catalogued database of of over 90,000 images.
Collage
An image database containing 20,000 works from the Guildhall Library and Guildhall Art Gallery London.
CORBIS
Bill Gates' collection of fine art and photography images online.
Costume Gallery
Site hosting over 26,000 images of fashion and costume.
Crafts Council Photostore Online
The Craft Council's applied art research and commissioning tool, profiling over 1,000 selected designer-makers and featuring 50,000 images of their work.
Creative Commons
A non-profit organisation that has defined and introduced a system of licences as an alternative to full copyright.
English Heritage Viewfinder
An online image resource for England's history, Viewfinder's gallery contains illustrations of the industrial age, social history (including the Henry W Taunt Collection), architecture and archaeology, dating from the 1840s to the present day.
Flickr
Online photo management and sharing application.
Freefoto.com
One of the largest collections of free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet.
Getty Images
One of the largest international providers of visual content to professional users of images, including advertising and design agencies, magazine and newspaper publishers.
Claims to be the largest image database on the web with more than 2 billion images indexed and available to view.
Heritage Image Partnership
Digital picture library for professional picture users selected from the collections of leading British museums and institutions.
LACMA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's collections online catalogue.
National Gallery
Images from the National Gallery's collection of Western European painting spanning 1260 to 1900.
National Portrait Gallery
Search the Picture Library at the National Portrait Gallery.
Oxford Art Online
Provides limited access to a range of searchable art image collections including Art Resource and Bridgeman Art Library.
Science and Society Picture Library
Represents the collections of the National Museum of Science & Industry - Science Museum, National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, and the National Railway Museum.
Smithsonian Institution
Provides access to images of objects held in the Smithsonian's collection.
State Hermitage Museum
Virtual gallery of high resolution artwork images from St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum. Enables images to be found by colour or shape.
Stock.xchng
Gallery containing over 250,000 stock photos. The images are provided by photographers, both amateur and professional, who offer their images to the public free of charge.
TASI
Offers expert advice on carrying out image searches on the Web and provides a number of useful links.
Tate Gallery
Images from the Tate Gallery's collections of British art and International modern art.
Textile Museum of Canada Collection Online
The Textile Museum of Canada holds a collection of more than 11,000 objects – cloth made primarily by people for their own use, as well as related artifacts. The permanent collection represents nearly 2,000 years of history and cultural traditions from over 200 countries and regions around the world. The TMC Collection Online presents an ever expanding database of images and descriptions relating to thousands of works in the permanent collection.
VADS
The Arts and Humanities Data Service provides, preserves and promotes quality digital resources for the visual arts.
Victoria & Albert Museum Collections
Contains over 43,000 images taken from the V&A's collections including ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, metalwork, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles. All of these are available to copy or print for personal use and educational purposes.
Web Gallery of Art
A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Yale Centre for British Art
The Yale Center for British Art holds the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom, presenting the development of British art and culture from the Elizabethan period to the present day. This website allows you to view digital reproductions of over 47,000 items from this collection.
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