SCAD Visual Resources Center

The VRC has recently added a selection of ephemera printed by the Ashantilly Press from the Jen Library Special Collections to the SCAD DID. These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting the Graphic Design category and entering “Ashantilly Press” in the Artist Name field. The Ashantilly Press was founded in the mid-1950′s in Darien, Georgia by Bill Haynes and published books, broadsides, cards, and various ephemera until 1991. Over the past couple of years the Jen Library has managed to assemble an impressive collection of Ashantilly Press material. Please visit the Jen Library Archives and Special Collections blog for a thoughtful overview of this collection.

Below is a sample of recent additions to the SCAD DID acquired from Scholars Resource, including images of various Native American sites located in the southwest United States. These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting the Native American Period and entering “Scholars Resource 9633″ in the Archive Source field.

above, clockwise from upper left:
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado
Chetro Ketl, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo, Taos New Mexico
Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

The Jen Library is hosting an Open House this Wednesday, September 28 from 3pm to 7pm. We are highlighting areas of our collection that relate specifically to students in the School of Fashion. We will have a special display of garments from the Jen Library Special Collections as well as circulating fashion-related DVDs. The Visual Resource Center will host digital image database demonstrations, and and the Serials department will have a display of related periodicals and publications. There will be trivia, candy, and special prizes. Please join us for our Open House at Jen Library September 28.

Below is a sampling of over 400 History of Costume images recently added to the SCAD DID. This comprehensive collection documents the changes in garments and hairstyles from Ancient Egypt through the 1990′s. These images can be easily browsed by selecting the Fashion category and entering “History of Costume” in the Book Source field.

Below is a sampling of recent additions to the SCAD DID acquired from Scholars Resource, including images of paintings, sculpture, and decorative art objects from the collections of the Louvre, Musee d’Orsay, Pushkin Museum, and Tretyakov Gallery. These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting a Category and entering “Scholars Resource 10086″ in the Archive Source field.

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Young Woman Combing Her Hair. 1635. Salomon de Bray. Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
Icon – Saint Simeon. 16th Century. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Two Cats. 1894. Theophile Steinlen. Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
The Crucifixion. c.1910. Odilon Redon. Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France

Below is a sample of recent additions to the SCAD DID acquired from Scholars Resource, including images of paintings from the collections of the Musee du Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting a Category and entering “Scholars Resource 10366″ in the Archive Source field.

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John Paine. c.1786. Winthrop Chandler. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Model. 1839. Christoffer Eckersberg. Musee du Louvre, Paris
Judith with the Head of Holofernes. 1615. Carlo Saracini. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
A Small Town in the Rhine. August Schlieker. Hamburg Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Below is a sample of recent additions to the SCAD DID acquired from Scholars Resource, including images of works from the collections of the Musee d’Orsay, Musee du Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Also included in this group are images of such architectural sites as the Alhambra, Bauhaus, and Copan. These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting a Category and entering “Scholars Resource 10044″ in the Archive Source field.

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Bauhaus. 1925-1926. Walter Gropius
Vessel. 1992. Kioke Shoko. Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Female Nude. c.1810-1820. Pierre-Paul Prud’hon. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Lamentation. 1485. Carlo Crivelli. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Jen Library is hosting an Open House next Wednesday April 20th from 3pm to 7pm. We are highlighting areas of our collection that relate specifically to students in the School of Film, Digital Media, and Performing Arts. We will have a special display of material from the Don Bluth Collection including drawings, cels, storyboards, concept art, backgrounds and photographs from animated features and video games. The Visual Resource Center will host digital image database demonstrations, and and the Serials department will have a display of related periodicals and publications.  There will be trivia, cool giveaways, and special prizes. Please join us for our Open House at Jen Library April 20th.