SCAD Visual Resources Center

News from ARTstor:

ARTstor is collaborating with The Metropolitan Museum of Art to share approximately 5,800 images of American and European costumes and accessories from the Brooklyn Museum in the Digital Library. With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Brooklyn Museum cataloged and photographed its entire collection of 23,500 objects. A subset of these, representing the highlights of the collection, has been photographed at high resolution and made available in ARTstor. The Brooklyn Museum Costume collection was established in 1902 and is the world’s most comprehensive collection of American fashion from the late 19th to mid-20th century. The collection features masterpieces and signature objects by some of the most famous American and European fashion designers, including Charles Worth, Jeanne Lanvin, Paul Poiret, Elsa Schiaparelli, Cristobal Balenciaga, Norman Norell, Christian Dior, Claire McCardell, and Charles James—many of whom were inspired to deposit their archives at the museum. Of particular note is the definitive collection of costumes and patterns by Charles James, the British-born designer who was a major force in New York fashion in the 1940s and 1950s. There are also many examples of Belle Époque fashion, as well as accessories such as hats and shoes.

To view the Brooklyn Museum Costumes (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click “The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Or search the keywords: brooklyn costume.

A snapshot of some recent additions to the SCAD DID purchased from Davis Art Images, including over 190 digital images of Hispanic and Spanish Colonial art and architecture.

Clockwise from upper left:
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. Manuel Chili. 18th Century. Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Church of San Francisco. c.1743-1767. Puebla, Mexico.
St. Joseph with Christ Child. Peruvian. c.17th-18th Century. Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Monastery of St. Augustin Acolman. c.1539-1560. Acolman, Mexico.

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.