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From ARTstor:

The final images of the Magnum Photos collection are now available in ARTstor. This second release brings the collection total to approximately 80,000 high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities by this world-renowned group of documentary photographers.

Magnum Photos International, Inc., is a photographic cooperative founded in 1947. Magnum photographers have produced some of the most celebrated and recognizable photographs of the 20th century and contemporary life, documenting an astounding range of subjects, whether industry, society and people, places of interest, politics, news events, or disasters and conflict. This last release includes photographs by Abbas, Christopher Anderson, Bruno Barbey, Ian Berry, Thomas Dworzak, Stuart Franklin, Richard Kalvar, Peter Marlow, Paolo Pellegrin, Cristina Garcia Rodero, John Vink, and Patrick Zachmann, among others. Many of these images date from 2007 to 2008, documenting contemporary events such as the Georgia-Russia War, the U.S. elections, and the Beijing Olympics, as well as people and daily life in France, Cambodia, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere.

To view the Magnum Photos collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click “Magnum Photos” or enter the keyword search: magnumphotos.

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The VRC has recently swapped offices with the Technical Services department. Our office is now located at the top of the stairs on the third floor of the Jen Library, immediately on your left.

image: A Family on the Road in the Midwest, 1935. Photo by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration (http://www.ssa.gov/history/depression.html)

The Van Gogh Letters Project is an online database of all 902 letters from and to Van Gogh.This database, which was established by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, includes original text, hyperlinked footnotes, facsimiles, translations, notes, and corresponding artworks.

Four thousand images from the Design Council Slide Collection have been launched online today, providing a unique insight into the history of British design and its promotion by the UK government from the 1940s to the early 1990s. The Design Council was established in 1944 and is the UK’s national strategic body for design.

The images relate closely to the changing scope and policies of the Council over a period of almost fifty years, providing valuable visual evidence of the ways in which design has been evaluated and promoted throughout this period. They show a wide variety of products such as tableware, furniture, lighting, toys, domestic appliances, textiles, wallpapers, office equipment, engineering components and machinery, as well as other areas of design such as architecture, town planning, interior design, graphic design and corporate identity.

The slide collection was transferred to the Manchester Metropolitan University in 1995, and since then a series of digitisation projects have resulted in over 13,000 images (nearly two-thirds of the collection) being made available online through the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS).

‘Bond Bug’ three-wheeler car made by the Reliant Motor Co. Designed by Tom Karen of Ogle
Design and launched in 1970 © The Design Council/The Manchester Metropolitan University

Recently the VRC has added digital images from the following titles to the SCAD DID:

Malaguzzi, Silvia. The Pearl
Pasztory, Esther. Teothihuacan: An Experiment in Living
Headrick, Annabeth. The Teotihuacan Trinity
Lambourne, Lionel. The Aesthetic Movement
Morley, John. The Making of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton: Designs and Drawings
Beckerdite, Luke (ed). American Furniture
Townsend, Richard F. Ancient New Mexico
Lockwood, Charles. Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House, 1873-1929
Moss, Roger W. Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia
Ilchman, Frederick. Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice
Manhart, Thomas A. William Harper: Artist as Alchemist
Tuymans, Luc. The Forbidden Empire: Visions of the World by Chinese and Flemish Masters
Pasztory, Esther. Aztec Art
Cambon, Pierre. The Poetry of Ink: The Korean Literati Tradition 1392-1910
Jarrasse, Dominique. Synagogues: Architecture and Jewish Identity
Absolute Images: Chinese Contemporary Art
Renfrew, Colin (ed). The Great Temple of the Aztecs: Treasures of Tenochtitlan
Holzach, Cornelie (ed). Art Deco Jewelery and Accessories: A New Style for a New World
Raulet, Sylvie. Art Deco Jewelry
Marcus, Joyce. Zapotec Civilization: How Urban Society Evolved in Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley
Clancy, Flora. The Monuments of Piedras Negras, an Ancient Maya City
Harrison, Peter D. The Lords of Tikal: Rulers of an Ancient Maya City
Ludwig, Reinhold. Modern Jewelery Design: Past and Present
Little, Stephen. New Songs on Ancient Tunes: 19th-20th Century Chinese Paintings an Calligraphy from the Richard Fabian Collection
Ermoyan, Apri. Famous American Illustrators

Images from these sources can be easily located in the SCAD DID by entering a book title in the Book Source field.

Did you know that the SCAD DID has over 1,600 images of SCAD student work? These images can be browsed by selecting a Category and entering “Student Work” in the Subject Field. A majority of the images are cataloged in the Painting and Illustration categories. Additionally, the SCAD DID contains over 1,200 graduate thesis images which can be browsed by highlighting the “Student Work” Category and entering a second search term in one of the other fields. If you would like to view thesis images by academic department just enter the department name (ex. Painting) in the Subject field.

A snapshot of some recent additions to the SCAD DID purchased from Davis Art Images, including over 400 digital images of objects from the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Worcester Art Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting a Category and entering “Davis 8/2009″ or “Davis 9/2009″ in the Archive Source field.

clockwise from upper left:
Woman on the Beach. Georg Baselitz. 1981. woodcut &  linoleum cut. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Echo. William H. Bradley. c.1895. letterpress. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Space Composition I. Johannes Itten. oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Dress. c.1792. Philadelphia, PA. blue & white flowered taffeta. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Recently the VRC has added images from the following titles to the DID:

Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology (4th ed.)
Merz, Jorg Martin. Pietro da Cortona and Roman Baroque Architecture
Godoy, Tiffany. Japanese Goth
Neitzel, Jill E. Pueblo Bonito: Center of the Chacoan World
Smyly, John. Those Born at Koona
Brody, J.J. The Anasazi: Ancient Indian People of the American Southwest
Plog, Stephen. Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest
Worsley, Giles. Inigo Jones and the European Classicist Tradition
Atterbury, Paul. Pugin: A Gothic Passion
Caffery, Debbie. The Spirit and the Flesh
Rowland, Ingrid D. Vitruvius: Ten Books on Architecture (The Corsini Incunabulum)
Miller, Arthur G. The Mural Painting of Teotihuacan
Berrin, Kathleen. Feathered Serpents and Flowering Trees
Balfour-Paul, Jenny. Indigo
Kemp, Martin. The Science of Art
Beltramini, Guido. Palladio and Northern Europe: Books, Travellers, Architects
Beltramini, Guido (ed). Palladio
Portoghesi, Paolo. The Hand of Palladio
Murray, Irena. Le Corbusier and Britain: An Anthology
Lanker, Brian. Shall We Dance
Plankensteiner, Barbara (ed). Benin Kings and Rituals
Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield. Contemporary African Art
Chinese Academy of Architecture. Ancient Chinese Architecture

Images from these sources can be easily located in the SCAD DID by entering a book title in the Book Source field.

This week the VRC has added images from the following titles to the DID:

Stierlin, Henri and Anne. Splendours of an Islamic World: Maluk Art in Cairo
Raymond, Andre (ed.) Cairo: An Illustrated History
Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. Islamic Architecture in Cairo
Taragin, Davira Spiro. Women’s Tales: Four Leading Israeli Jewelers
Elleh, Nnamdi. African Architecture: Evolution and Transformation
Strasser, Josef. 50 Bauhaus Icons You Should Know
Runia, Epco. The Glory of the Golden Age: Dutch Art of the 17th Century
Dawes, Ginny Redington. Georgian Jewelry: 1714-1830
Husband, Timothy. The Treasury of Basel Cathedral
Coe, Michael D. The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership
Clark, John E. Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica
Diehl, Richard A. The Olmecs: America’s First Civilization

These images can be easily located in the SCAD DID by entering a book title in the Book Source field.

A sampling of a few of over 100 digital images of African art recently purchased from Davis Art Images, including images of textiles and sculpture from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. These images can be easily located in the SCAD DID by highlighting “Africa” Period and entering “Davis 6/2009″ in the Archive Source field.

clockwise from upper left:
Head Crest. c.19th-20th C. Igbo, Nigeria. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Helmet Mask. Mende, Sierra Leone. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Chair. Late 19th C. Mum, Cameroon. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Power Figure. c.19th-20th C. Kongo, Democratic Republic of Congo. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA