Friday, May 18, 2007

What's New in ARTstor?

What’s New in ARTstor
Additional images from the Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives
ARTstor has released approximately 600 additional images from the Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives. These high quality images, scanned from large format color transparencies, focus on key European artists and collections from major European museums outside Italy.
More: http://www.artstor.org/info/news/erich_lessing_announce.jsp

Additional images from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
We are pleased to announce the addition of over 900 new images from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This addition significantly enriches ARTstor’s offerings from the permanent collection of this outstanding museum to over 3,000 images.

Tips & Tools
Moving your ARTstor account to a new institution
Are you moving to a new institution for the next academic year? There is no need to recreate all your hard work! We will move all your account so you can seamlessly access your image groups, folders, and personal collection images at your new institution. Simply send an email to User Services with your email address and new institution name, and we’ll move your account within one business day!

Upcoming Collections
Art of East Asia from the Asian Art Photographic Distribution, University of Michigan
ARTstor and the University of Michigan will digitize slides from the archive associated with Asian Art Photographic Distribution, which focuses on the art of East Asia. Areas strongly represented in the archive include Chinese painting, sculpture, bronzes and ceramics, Central Asian Art, and Japanese painting. Many of the objects represented in the archive are richly documented with details.
More: http://www.artstor.org/info/collections/AAPD_announce.jsp