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.

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Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado
Chetro Ketl, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Taos Pueblo, Taos New Mexico
Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

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 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

Below is a sample of recent additions to the SCAD DID of approx. 70 jewelry objects from various museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Kremlin Armoury Museum.
These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting the Jewelry & Personal Category and entering “Scholars Resource 9959″ in the Archive Source field.



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The Anastasis. Byzantine, 12th Century. Armoury Museum, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
Earring with Nike Driving a Two-horse Chariot. Greek, c.35-325 BC. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Necklace. Eugene Fontenay. c.1870. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Frog Pendant. Chiriqui, Costa Rica. c.11th – 16th Century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Below is a sample of recent additions to the SCAD DID of over 130 Islamic objects from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including examples of textiles, manuscripts, calligraphy, armor, and ceramics.
These images can be easily browsed in the SCAD DID by selecting the Islamic Period and entering “Scholars Resource 9633″ in the Archive Source field.

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Melancholy Courtesan. c.1750. India, Mughal.
Helmet. 15th Century. Iran, Safavid.
Carpet. 16th Century. Iran, Safavid.
Mosque Lamp. Late 14th Century. Egypt, Mamluk.

The VRC has recently added digital images to the SCAD DID from the following architecture books:

Stamper, John W. The Architecture of Roman Temples: The Republic to the Middle Empire
Posener, Julius. Han Poelzig: Reflections on His Life and Work
Tavernor, Robert. On Alberti and the Art of Building
Blunt, Anthony. Borromini
De Albentiis, Emidio. Secrets of Pompeii: Everyday Life in Ancient Rome
Ward-Perkins, J.B. Roman Imperial Architecture
Eaton, Ruth. Ideal Cities: Utopianism and the (Un)built Environment
Riley, Terence. The Changing of the Avant-Garde: Visionary Architectural Drawings
Broto, Carles. Domestic Interiors Now

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

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.

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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.