SCAD Visual Resources Center

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

A snapshot of some recent additions to the SCAD DID purchased from Davis Art Images, including over 80 digital images of traditional Chinese art from the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Worcester Art Museum.

clockwise from upper left:
Bird’s-eye view of the Jialing River. Song Wenzhi. 1965. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Guanyin. Song dynasty. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Fisherman’s Abode after Rain. attrib. to Zia Gui. Yuan dynasty. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Plum Blossom Vase. Yuan dynasty. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

These images can be easily located in the SCAD DID by highlighting “China” Period and entering “Davis 6/2009″ in the Archive Source field.

A snapshot of some recent additions to the SCAD DID purchased from Davis Art Images, including 31 images of Korean art from the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and 77 images of Oceanic art from various museum collections.

Korean Art (clockwise from upper left):
Shakyamuni. c.16th Century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Buddha of Medicine. 8th Century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Birds and Flowers. 19th Century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Maebyeong Vase. 13th Century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Oceanic Art (clockwise from upper left):
Altar Depicting a Female Ancestor. Maluku Islands. 19th Century. Dallas Museum of Art
Head. Maori. late 19th Century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Shield. Papua New Guinea. 19th Century. Brooklyn Museum of Art
Helmet Mask. New Ireland. late 19th Century. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

These images can be easily located in the SCAD DID by highlighting either “Korea” or Oceanic” Period and entering “Davis 6/2009″ in the Archive Source field.