SCAD Visual Resources Center

Today we uploaded the one hundred thousandth image to the SCAD Digital Image Database!

Frieze Tile with Phoenix c.1270′s
Iran, probably from Takht-i Sulayman
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Below is a sampling of over 60 slides donated to SCAD by Earle W. Newton that have been scanned and added to the SCAD DID. Included are images of English country architecture photographed in the 1950′s, as well as views of various European sites. These images can be easily browsed by selecting the Architecture category and entering “Newton 5/2010″ in the Archive Source field.

above, clockwise from upper left:
Crathes Castle. 1596. Banchory, Scotland
Castillo de Manzaneres el Real. late 15th C. Manzaneres el Real, Spain
Gargoyle, Paris Cathedral of Notre Dame. c.1163-1250. Paris, France
Speke Hall. 1530. Speke, England

The VRC has recently completed a project of scanning a wide selection of fashion images from the 1888 edition of Le Costume Historique from the Jen Library special collections. These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting the Fashion category and entering “Le Costume Historique″ in the Book Source field.

Costumes of Constantinople. 19th C.

India – Dancing Women and Musicians. c.19th C.

Venetian Costumes. c.1550-1600

European Womenswear. c.16th-17th C.