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The Public Domain Review

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 The Public Domain Review website aims to share materials, specifically those that have fallen into the public domain.  The site features Collections and Essays and can be searched by medium, time, or tags. They have images, books, film, and audio.

As their website explains, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.
In particular, as our name suggests, the focus is on works which have now fallen into the public domain, that vast commons of out-of-copyright material that everyone is free to enjoy, share, and build upon without restriction.

Screenshot taken of  the Public Domain Review Website

ArtCenter visits Palomar College on Oct. 17th

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Next Tuesday Oct. 17th the ArtCenter of Pasadena will be visiting the Art Department of Palomar College to talk about their exciting degree programs.  ArtCenter offers 13 different Bachelor’s Degrees including degrees in advertising, animation, and fine art.  Representatives will be at the Art Dept to answer questions about their programs and the admissions process.  Checkout more about the ArtCenter on their website: http://www.artcenter.edu/index.html

 

Iconic Plague Images Are Often Not What They Seem

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For those interested in Art History NPR recently released a story about how many of the images we associate with the plague actually depict leprosy or smallpox. In fact, there are very few images of the Black Death from the time of the scourge.  To see more of the images and an explanation check out the story here

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MoMA Releases Digital Archive of over 30,000 Exhibition Images

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The Museum of Modern Art has announced that it has released an extensive digital archive that chronicles its exhibitions from when the museum opened its doors in 1929 to today.
The archive currently features 3,542 exhibitions and is continually being updated. More than 33,000 installation photographs as well as  documents such as press releases, checklists, catalogues, and artist lists are available for viewing. There are many different ways to search the archive such as by exhibition name, dates, and type.

You can access the archive at  http://moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/history

image below is a screenshot of the  MOMA archive

 

Metropolitan Museum Initiative Provides Free Access to 400,000 Digital Images

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More than 400,000 high-resolution digital images of public domain works in the Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website for non-commercial use—including in scholarly publications in any media—without permission from the Museum and without a fee. The number of available images will increase as new digital files are added on a regular basis. 

In making the announcement, Mr. Campbell said: “Through this new, open-access policy, we join a growing number of museums that provide free access to images of art in the public domain. I am delighted that digital technology can open the doors to this trove of images from our encyclopedic collection.” 

Additional information and instructions on OASC can be found on the Museum’s website at http://www.metmuseum.org/research/image-resources/frequently-asked-questions.

Walters Art Museum on Wikimedia Commons

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Walters Art Museum on Wikimedia Commons
The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Its permanent collection includes more than 22,000 objects ranging from ancient art from around the world including pieces from Egypt, Rome and Greece. Other periods include Medieval, Renaissance, paintings up to the 19th-century, Chinese ceramics and bronzes and Art Deco decorative arts. The images being contributed to Wikimedia Commons showcase these objects, taken by professional object photographers.

On February 2, 2012, Walters Art Museum adopted Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license for all text and images published on their website art.thewalters.org and began working with Wikimedia Commons on mass upload of about 20 thousand images. On March 26, uploading was completed.

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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History from the Met

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is funded by the Heilbrunn Foundation, New Tamarind Foundation, and Zodiac Fund. The Timeline is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museum’s collection. It is an invaluable reference and research tool for students, educators, scholars, and anyone interested in the study of art history and related subjects.
It includes world maps, timelines, thematic essays, art, and indexes

Screenshot from The Metropolitan Museum of Art website