Digital Image Sets from Scholars Resource

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Islamic Architecture
CDR-1235
Title: Islamic Architecture
Description: The vendors of Scholars Resource offer images of Islamic architecture that range across centuries as well as continents. Here are mosques, medrasahs, ribats, tombs and palaces. Mosques are especially well represented: from classic examples of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul and the Great Mosque at Cordoba to the Great Mosque at Kairouan in Tunisia and the enormous 20th c. Mosque of Hussan II in Casablanca. 12/2008
Views: 1168
American Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
CDR-1122
Title: American Painting in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Description: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, owns one of the nation’s preeminent collections of American paintings.  The very first object of any kind to enter the Museum's collection in 1870, the year of its founding, was American: Elijah in the Desert, by Washington Allston.  Since then the collection has grown to include some of the best-loved masterpieces of American art by John Singer Sargent, Gilbert Stuart, John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer and Mary Cassatt, to name a few.  By the early 1900s, the Museum had acquired an important collection of paintings. The gift of the M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts in 1939 established the MFA as a major repository of paintings from urban centers. The second major gift of the Karoliks, in 1947, of American paintings created between 1815 and 1865, brought great strength in the Hudson River school, American genre painting, and American folk painting. Boston collectors have given generously to the Museum, and many of its finest works of art, including masterpieces by Copley, Stuart, and Sargent, were given by descendants of the sitters or original owners.  
Views: 426
America In Its Infancy
CDR-1123
Title: America In Its Infancy
Description: The history of our country in its early years is depicted here with images not only of historical events, but also of people, places, architecture and household accouterments. From explorers to colonists to revolutionaries these images bring the story to life: Columbus and his little flotilla on the high seas; the landing of the Mayflower; the hardships of Jamestown; Boston’s tea party; and Washington crossing the Delaware. Portraits range from the iconic face of George Washington to lesser known characters in the drama. Expanding on the historical persona and events, examples of architecture, interiors, furnishings and household goods expand our understanding of the people and events of the time (Nov.2009)
Views: 521
Natural History Images of Plants and Birds
CDR-1124
Title: Natural History Images of Plants and Birds
Description: Scholars Resource presents a group of elegant studies depicting flowering plants and birds, representing a multicultural and interdisciplinary range from ancient Egypt, to China and Japan, to Europe and America. These striking studies of single blossoms, improbable bouquets and a variety of bird species follow the tradition set by Carl Linnaeus to ensure documentation of these plants and animals against their possible demise. From Dürer’s study of humble wildflowers to the regal roses of Redouté, these works include fifteenth century medicinal herbs of Robinet Testard, birds of John James Audubon, Dutch flower pieces of Rachel Ruysch, exotic plant portraits of Martin Johnson Heade, and the resplendent sunflowers of Vincent Van Gogh, among others. (Nov.2009)
Views: 281
Images of Jewish Culture and History
CDR-1098
Title: Images of Jewish Culture and History
Description: Images ranging from medieval Haggadahs and Megillahs; Synagogues, cemeteries and Holocaust Memorials; figures and scenes from the Hebrew Bible; and views of contemporary life are gathered here to illustrate the unique qualities of Jewish culture. (4/2009)
Views: 387
Image Sampler Set
CDR-1097
Title: Image Sampler Set
Description: A sample set of images available to all institutions associated with Scholars Resource.
Views: 14
Gardens and Landscape Architecture
CDR-1108
Title: Gardens and Landscape Architecture
Description: From informally exuberant cottage gardens to geometrically clipped formal gardens these images depict plans, sculpture and other garden ornament, fountains, ponds, allées, specimen plants, etc. Depicted in photographs, paintings, manuscripts, and tapestries are views of the Garden of Eden, Egyptian settings, medieval Hortus Conclusus, formal Renaissance gardens, Islamic gardens of the Alhambra, eighteenth century landscape gardens, and contemporary gardens of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Historic sites include the aptly named Lingering Garden in China, the elegant kitchen gardens at Villandry in France, André Le Nôtre’s royal vistas at Versailles, and Frederick Law Olmsted’s magnificent Central Park, New York (8/2009)
Views: 1002
Work/Occupations
CDR-1104
Title: Work/Occupations
Description: Ever since 'Adam delved, and Eve span' mankind has been working. The images in this set depict occupations ranging from merchants to musicians, farmers to fishermen, and from seamstresses to soldiers. Examples are drawn from diverse sources: painting, sculpture, manuscripts, coins, Egyptian and Roman wall painting, and political posters. 7/09
Views: 571
SR Set: Southwest Native North American Art and Architecture
CDR-1236
Title: SR Set: Southwest Native North American Art and Architecture
Description: A set of images depicting architectural ruins, petroglyphs and pictographs of the Ancient Puebloan (Anasazi) people of the American southwest. Very much a part of the distinctive landscape of the region, the ruins and rock art evoke the era and mystery of the ancient peoples. In addition, images documenting the traditional communities of their descendants today are also included. 1/2009
Views: 1063
SR Set: Art Deco
CDR-1238
Title: SR Set: Art Deco
Description: Art Deco images from the vendors of Scholars Resource include classic examples of the Chrysler building and Rockefeller Center in New York, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and a collection of creamy pastel hotels in Miami Beach. Decorative arts include examples of seductive French Art Deco furniture by Ruhlmann and boldly colored Susie Cooper Earthenware Ceramics. 1/2009
Views: 236
SR Set: American Presidents and Personalities
CDR-1239
Title: SR Set: American Presidents and Personalities
Description: Celebrating the Inauguration of our new President, we have assembled a Set of Images of personalities and places that have shaped our nation. Every president leaves a mark and collectively they represent our common history, our ancestry, our values and accomplishments. January 2009
Views: 101
SR Set: Literary Images
CDR-1237
Title: SR Set: Literary Images
Description: Designed to enhance disciplines such as English and French literature, this set offers literary images ranging from the works of Ovid to Cocteau or from Sappho to Madame de Sévigné. Here are literary figures, their colleagues and milieu, as well as illustrations from their works. Images range from Greek busts, Roman mosaics, and medieval manuscripts, to broadsheets, engravings, and caricatures. In addition, this remarkable mix is liberally sprinkled with old favorite characters like Pantagruel, Mr. Fezziwig, and Sancho Panza. updated 8/2009
Views: 788
German Churches
CDR-1096
Title: German Churches
Description: From parish churches to abbeys and cathedrals our selection of churches in Germany offers architectural styles ranging from Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic through the Baroque. Examples include the stark simplicity of Ottmarsheim, the majestic tower of Paderborn, the imposing westwerk of Gandersheim, and the historically notable Abbey of St. Hildegard of Bingen founded by her in 1165. Sculpted works include column capitals, portal figures, carved choir stalls and the magnificent Bamberger Rider. 4/09
Views: 963
Wild West
CDR-1099
Title: Wild West
Description: The overwhelming dramatic wilderness of the West with its mountains, plains and big trees is enlivened with views of Cowboys, Indians, Trappers, Miners, Settlers, Missions and Buffalo (6/09).
Views: 59
English Cathedrals
CDR-1100
Title: English Cathedrals
Description: English cathedrals are distinguished by their architectural diversity: from largely Norman Durham; Early English Salisbury; the Decorated style of the west fronts of York and Lichfield; to the Perpendicular cloister fan-vaulting at Gloucester. Their architecture is also diverse within individual buildings as at Canterbury with its Norman crypt and Perpendicular nave. Of all these buildings only Salisbury maintains a largely consistent stylistic unity throughout. Notable individual architectural details include the magnificent scissors arch at Wells, the Angel Choir at Lincoln, ornate bosses at Norwich, and the original wooden ceiling of the nave at Peterborough. 4/09
Views: 763
Agriculture
CDR-1102
Title: Agriculture
Description: Our set offers images of the age-old agricultural practices of plowing, sowing and reaping, from Egyptian tomb painting to nineteenth century propaganda posters. Agrarian styles from diverse parts of the world include the Chinese silkworm industry, Mediterranean olives, and farming methods of Florida Indians. Here are lovely bucolic landscapes and sumptuous still lifes contrasted with the creative use of fruit and vegetables in the curious portraits of Giuseppe Arcimboldi.
Views: 448
Babylon
CDR-1106
Title: Babylon
Description: The recent NYT article on the controversial opening to the public of the ancient site of Babylon and the concern over its fate, and of other important archaeological sites, has prompted us to re-examine the variety of these related works offered by the vendors of Scholars Resource. Our set gathers works originating from sites in Iraq, and Mesopotamia in general; sparking the interest and concern for the fate of the many works as yet to be discovered and excavated. 5/2009 For our earlier Image Set on Ancient Near Eastern Art, please consult CDR-2207.
Views: 162
Medical Images in Art
CDR-1107
Title: Medical Images in Art
Description: Examples of medical conditions, treatments, supplies and knowledge in the field were selected for this set. Early depictions of spectacles (from 1575), skin conditions, facial disfigurement (inbreeding), early anatomical drawings and laboratories, dental extractions and surgeries are captured by the artists as permanent record of the times.
Views: 316
Dutch 17th Century Art and Culture
CDR-3603
Title: Dutch 17th Century Art and Culture
Description: The immense variety of work produced in 17th century Holland appeals not only to students of Art and Architecture, but also to disciplines as diverse as History, the Social Sciences, Geopolitics and Geoeconomics, Religion, Fashion, etc. Works of the Golden Age of Dutch painting can examine in detail a vase of exotic blooms or a still life of sumptuous food, but also the minutiae of household daily life. On a broader level these works also represent the larger themes of the time: Dutch power at sea and her expanding world trade, the burgeoning merchant class, historic events, and the moralizing of the Calvinist ethic. 12/2008
Views: 1829
SR Set: African Art and History
CDR-1152
Title: SR Set: African Art and History
Description: The continent of Africa with its wealth of cultures, history and art is represented here with a variety of images including ritual objects, masks, plaques, textiles, musical instruments, archival photographs, and the architecture of the Great Zimbabwe National Monument. 10/2009
Views: 250
SR Set: Prehistoric Art
CDR-1234
Title: SR Set: Prehistoric Art
Description: From the ancient monoliths of Stonehenge on the Salisbury plain to dazzling painted bison of the Alta Mira cave in Spain, our collection offers a variety of works from prehistoric times. There are Neolithic sites from the Orkney Islands in Scotland, and Bronze Age petroglyphs from Northern Bohuslän in Sweden. Also included are primitive stone tools, striking fertility figures and intricate fibulae that illustrate the breadth of artistic achievement at the dawn of time. 11/2008
Views: 143
SR Set: Oceanic Art
CDR-1196
Title: SR Set: Oceanic Art
Description: These examples of Oceanic art come from the far flung exotic peoples of the Pacific Islands and Australia. Included are an unusual navigational chart, textiles, ritualistic ancestral figurines, elaborate masks, and other religious artifacts. Updated 10/2009
Views: 166
SR Set: Japanese Art
CDR-1197
Title: SR Set: Japanese Art
Description: The wide range of styles and media from Jomon period to Meiji are exhibited in our set of Japanese Art. Here are elegant landscapes and delicate figural works on silk and paper in the form of hand scrolls, hanging scrolls, folding screens, etc.; Edo period woodblock prints; armor and Noh Robes of silk; ancient Yayoi jars; and swaggering Guardian Kings. These stunning examples, and more, are all to be found in this group of images. 11/2008
Views: 221
SR Set: Southeast Asia
CDR-1198
Title: SR Set: Southeast Asia
Description: The countries of Southeast Asia are represented here with works ranging from the ancient site of Angkor Wat in Cambodia to 20th century propaganda posters from Vietnam. Included are a wealth of works from these countries as well as from Thailand, Indonesia, and Burma (Myanmar).
Views: 115
SR Set: Egyptian Architecture
CDR-1202
Title: SR Set: Egyptian Architecture
Description: Photography done on site at the major Egyptian tombs and temples, including Aswan, Giza, Karnak, Luxor, Thebes and the Valley of the Kings and Queens. Includes the Stepped Pyramid and Complex of Zoser, Great Pyramids and Sphinx, Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Mortuary Temples of Ramses II and III (including aerial views of the sites).
Views: 542
SR Set: Spanish Colonial
CDR-1230
Title: SR Set: Spanish Colonial
Description: The Spanish Colonial Style dominated in the early Spanish colonies of North and South America. Images included in this Set are historic and documentary in nature: Spaniards interacting with Natives, Spaniards converting Natives to Christianity and churches and missions built to solidify Spanish and Christian influence. 11/2008
Views: 866
SR Set: The Art of China (including Korea)
CDR-1185
Title: SR Set: The Art of China (including Korea)
Description: The breadth of Chinese history and culture is illustrated here with examples of architecture, landscape design, sculpture, ceramics, painting, furniture, manuscripts and urbanism. These images compare the proud Terracotta Qin Warriors with urban scenes of modern Chinese life, and contrast the monumental Great Wall and elegant temples with panoramas of the contemporary high rises of today’s Shanghai. 10/08
Views: 1218
SR Set: Medieval Art
CDR-1188
Title: SR Set: Medieval Art
Description: Visigoth, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque and Gothic periods are all represented in our collection of Medieval Art. Pilgrimage churches and elegant cathedrals as well as jeweled Visigoth crowns, historiated column capitals, glowing stained glass, the Bayeux Tapestry, and a wealth of manuscript examples, both religious and secular, illustrate the breadth of art created in the so-called Dark Ages. 10/2008
Views: 2100
SR Set: Islamic Art
CDR-1226
Title: SR Set: Islamic Art
Description: The breadth and versatility of Islamic design from Spain to China are represented here with architectural details, examples of decorative arts such as elegant ceramics, bronze ewers, tiled murals, and colorful and instructive manuscript illustrations. 12/08
Views: 379
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Images
CDR-1190
Title: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Images
Description: These works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art are a representation of the many curatorial departments found at the museum. Among these are European Paintings; European Sculpture and Decorative Arts; Drawings and Prints; and Photographs. Included are works from ancient Egypt; Greek and Roman Art; Asian Art; and the Arts of Africa, Oceana and the Americas.09/08
Views: 3997
SR Set: Photography
CDR-1195
Title: SR Set: Photography
Description: Our collection of photographs is from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Bridgeman Art Library (which includes works from the prestigious Giraudon archive, founded in 1877). These photographs range from early experimental "photogenic drawings" of the 1830s, daguerreotypes, and tintypes, to gelatin silver prints of the twentieth century. Early photographers represented include Nadar, William Henry Fox Talbot, and Julia Margaret Cameron. The collection includes landscapes, portraits, architecture, nudes, and even documentation of scientific experiments. Especially noteworthy are portraits of contemporary French artists taken ca. 1850 including Manet, Monet, Morisot, Degas, Gauguin, and Renoir. Documentation of diverse sites range from Roman monuments in rural France to the spiritual center of exotic Jerusalem in the Middle East. Updated 9/2009
Views: 516
SR Set: Highlights from the Great Russian Collections
CDR-1192
Title: SR Set: Highlights from the Great Russian Collections
Description: This is a wonderful (and eye-opening) group of works from important depositories in Russia: the Hermitage, the Pushkin Museum, the National Library of Russia, the Institute of Oriental Studies and the Tret'yakov Gallery. Unavailable elsewhere, these images include manuscripts (largely Islamic) and paintings by Poussin, Rembrandt, Cezanne, Monet, Gauguin, Renoir, van Gogh, (among others), as well as a number of 20th century artists. 9/2008
Views: 365
SR Set: American Art
CDR-1193
Title: SR Set: American Art
Description: The American Art Set offers a selection of images depicting scenes of American culture and history as well as works by American artists. These works range from the seventeenth to the twentieth century and include examples of painting, sculpture, architecture, engraving and photography from artists as varied in style as Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Thomas Hart Benton to Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Alexander Calder and Frank Lloyd Wright. 10/2008
Views: 879
SR Set: Ancient Near Eastern: Architecture and Sculpture
CDR-2207
Title: SR Set: Ancient Near Eastern: Architecture and Sculpture
Description: This selection draws heavily on the collections in the Louvre and the Metropolitan museums and includes important representative objects from the major cultures of the Ancient Near East: Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Elamite, Sumerian, Achaemenid Persian, Sassanian, and Parthian, as well as Neolithic and Iron Age objects. Included are the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, the Stele of Hammurabi, statues of Gudea, and the statue of Queen Napirasu. Sites photographed include Persepolis and the tombs and relief sculpture at Naqsh-i Rustam, including the Sassanian Triumph of Shapur I.
Views: 427
SR Set: Ancient Egypt: Artifacts, Culture and History
CDR-2206
Title: SR Set: Ancient Egypt: Artifacts, Culture and History
Description: From pre-dynastic to the Ptolemaic era, the art of Ancient Egypt illustrates a history and culture spanning 3000 years. Included here are sculptures of gods, Pharaohs and Queens, as well as lesser figures of officials and scribes. Tomb reliefs depict scenes of daily life ranging from hunting and fishing to farming and masonry, while artifacts from jewelry and furniture to funerary objects and mummies, give a full picture of the cultural wealth of ancient Egypt. 10/08
Views: 547
SR Set: Ancient Art: Greek Architecture
CDR-1203
Title: SR Set: Ancient Art: Greek Architecture
Description: The images in this set cover the wide spectrum of Greek architecture with examples ranging from the late Bronze Age Palace of Minos at Knossos, through the Mycenaean period citadel and related tholoi such as the so-called Treasury of Atreus; and to the early Doric or Archaic temples at Paestum and Corinth and the transitional fifth century temple of Aphaia at Aegina. The Early Classical temple of Poseidon (temple of Hera II) at Paestum predates the Classical ideal, the Parthenon on the Acropolis at Athens. Other Classical structures on the Acropolis include the Propylaea, the tiny Ionic temple of Athena Nike, and the multi-purpose Erechtheion. Also included in the set is the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi with its variety of structures, the theatre at Epidauros, the ruins of the temple of Zeus at Nemea. Monuments from further afield include examples from Greek settlements in Ephesus, Pergamum and Priene in Turkey, and Agrigento in Sicily.
Views: 674
SR Set: Ancient Art: Greek Art
CDR-1205
Title: SR Set: Ancient Art: Greek Art
Description: From the Bronze Age Cycladic figurine to the elegant Nike of Samothrace this group of images offers examples spanning the breadth and depth of Greek Art. The Bull-leaping fresco from the Palace of Minos at Knossos, the golden funerary Mask of Agamemnon from Mycenae, Geometric vases, Red and Black-figured pottery, the Archaic pedimental sculpture of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina, Archaic Kouroi and Korai, the transitional Kritios Boy, bronze Charioteer of Delphi, the canonic Doryphoros, and the Hellenistic Dying Gaul all illustrate the wealth of art that has influenced all aspects of our civilization down to the present.
Views: 863
SR Set: Ancient Art: Roman Architecture
CDR-1206
Title: SR Set: Ancient Art: Roman Architecture
Description: Roman architecture illustrated in this set is characterized by the trabeated frontal temple type such as the temple of Fortuna Virilis (Portunus), but more especially by the arcuated plastic forms of the round arch and vaulting, which was enabled by the revolutionary development of structurae caementiciae, or concrete. Innovative use of concrete enabled the construction of such monuments as the Pantheon, the Colosseum, and the Markets of Trajan. Other Roman monuments included here are the remains of structures of the various Roman Fora; the Ara Pacis Augustae; triumphal arches of Titus, and Constantine; and the nearby seaside town of Ostia Antica. Also included are monuments from the far flung regions of the empire: the Maison Carrée and Pont du Gard in France, the Aqueduct in Segovia, Spain, and Hadrian's Wall in Britain.
Views: 857
SR Set: Ancient Art: Roman Art
CDR-1207
Title: SR Set: Ancient Art: Roman Art
Description: This broad selection of examples of Roman art includes a wealth of sculpture ranging from the Etruscan Apollo from Veii and the celebrated Capitoline Wolf of Rome, through the bronze Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, and a vast array of Roman portrait busts, to relief sculpture on monuments such as the Ara Pacis Augustae, the Column of Trajan, the Arch of Titus, and on Sarcophagi such as the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus. In addition, a marvelous selection of wall paintings and mosaics from Pompeii let us glimpse into the life of ancient Rome.
Views: 967
Early Christian and Byzantine Art
CDR-1208
Title: Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Description: Early Christian and Byzantine Art is illustrated here with architectural and sculptural examples ranging from the classical Roman Basilica at Trier to the magnificent Hagia Sofia in Constantinople. Sculptural Examples include exquisite ivories: the Harbaville Triptych and 'the Barbarini Ivory' of Justinian as Conqueror, and the marble statue of Christ Teaching. Other monuments include Santa Sabina and Santa Costanza in Rome, and the Mausoleum of Theodoric and San Vitale in Ravenna. The lovely group of late Byzantine churches at Mistras, the spectacular site of Meteora, and the exemplary architecture and mosaics of Hosios Loukas in Greece, as well as the glittering Sicilio-Norman gem of Monreale are all included here.
Views: 735
SR Set: Romanesque Architecture of Northern Europe
CDR-1174
Title: SR Set: Romanesque Architecture of Northern Europe
Description: Romanesque Architecture of Northern Europe. Examples range from Durham to Toulouse and from Poitier to Hildesheim. Included are the pilgrimage churches of Vézelay, and Conques and the Cistercian abbey of Fontenay.
Views: 527
SR Set: Gothic Architecture in Northern Europe
CDR-1176
Title: SR Set: Gothic Architecture in Northern Europe
Description: The set includes a range of examples from the Early French Gothic St. Denis, to the "purest realization" of High Gothic at Amiens Cathedral. Gothic architecture from England and Germany are included, as are examples of stained glass from Chartres.
Views: 502
Northern Renaissance Art
CDR-1214
Title: Northern Renaissance Art
Description: The distinctive style of the Northern Renaissance initially arose in Flanders as devotional works that grew from the manuscript tradition in northern Europe. This group of images offers a wide range of examples from works of the Flemish painters: Jan van Eyck's Madonna in a Church, Rogier van der Weyden's wrenching Deposition, Hugo van der Goes' expansive Portinari Altarpiece, and the enigmatic work of Hieronymus Bosch. Other examples are from further afield where a blend of Reformation and Humanism helped shape the work of masters like Cranach and Durer and Holbein.
Views: 666
Early Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture
CDR-1210
Title: Early Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture
Description: Gathered here are art and architecture of the Duecento and Trecento featuring the cathedral complex at Pisa; the Baptistry, Campanile and Duomo at Florence; as well as the uniquely Italian Gothic structures of the Cathedral at Orvieto and the Palace of the Doges in Venice. Sculpted examples include Pisano's Pisa Pulpit while Painting is represented by works of Cimabue, Giotto and Martini, Duccio's Maesta, and Lorenzetti's Allegory of Good Government frescoes in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena.
Views: 347
Italian Renaissance Architecture
CDR-1211
Title: Italian Renaissance Architecture
Description: The architecture of the Italian Renaissance encompasses the breadth of Italian genius ranging from Brunelleschi's dome of the Florence cathedral, his graceful Ospedale degli Innocenti, and exquisite Pazzi Chapel, to Palladio's elegant Villa Rotonda. Our set also includes works ranging through Bramante's exquisite Tempietto, Alberti's imposing Sant'Andrea, Michelangelo's designs for the Campidoglio, and Romano's striking Palazzo Te. Gothic style structures of the Renaissance era such as Venetian palazzi are also included.
Views: 513
Italian Renaissance Art
CDR-1212
Title: Italian Renaissance Art
Description: Gathered from the major museums of Western Europe, we present here a wide selection of images from the work of the numerous astounding artists of Quattrocento and Cinquecento Italy. Painted works include Fra Angelico's Annunciation, Botticelli's Primavera, Raphael's Sistine Madonna, Giorgione's Tempest, Titian's Venus of Urbino, and Veronese's Marriage Feast at Cana. Sculptural works include statues of David by Donatello, Verrocchio, and Michelangelo. Other works by Michelangelo include the Moses, and the Medici Chapel Tombs. Examples of relief sculpture range from Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise to della Robbia's charming Cantoria.
Views: 637
Mannerism
CDR-2243
Title: Mannerism
Description: European Painting ranging from Flemish/Dutch examples in the North, through Spain and Italy in the South. Among artists included are: Aachen, Archimboldo, Bronzino, El Greco, Parmigianino, Pontormo, Spranger, Tintoretto, Wtewael, and many others.
Views: 618
SR Set: Italian Baroque Architecture
CDR-1168
Title: SR Set: Italian Baroque Architecture
Description: The stunning range and selection of works of the Baroque era in Italy is exemplified by this group of architectural images. Represented here are the icons of glorious Italian Baroque architecture: Bernini, Maderno, Borromini, Pietro da Cortona, Giambologna, Giacomo della Porta, Andrea Pozzi and Giuseppe Sardi, among others.
Views: 2161
Papal Monuments in St. Peter's Basilica
CDR-1183
Title: Papal Monuments in St. Peter's Basilica
Description: St. Peter's Basilica photographed in exquisite detail: all Papal Tombs, the Cathedra, the Baldacchino, the Altar of the Holy Sacrament, Bernini's Angels, Decorations of Chapels and the Nave, the Statue of St. Peter and the columnade and its figures surrounding the Piazza San Pietro
Views: 1154
SR Set: Italian Baroque Art and Architecture
CDR-1213
Title: SR Set: Italian Baroque Art and Architecture
Description: The stunning range and selection of works of the Baroque era in Italy is exemplified by this group of images of art and architecture. Here are works by artists such as the versatile Bernini with his majestic Baldacchino in St. Peter's, and his dynamic statue of David; Borromini's dramatic façade of San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane; the dramatic use of light in Caravaggio's canvases and those of his followers; the dazzling ceiling frescoes of Cortona and Gaulli, and the more restrained return to the classics in the work of Carracci.
Views: 972
Baroque Art of the North Netherlands
CDR-1217
Title: Baroque Art of the North Netherlands
Description: The predominantly Protestant Dutch in the North Netherlands produced large numbers of artists painting subjects from religious and genre scenes to still lifes and landscapes. Our extensive group offers work by artists ranging from Aelst to Rembrandt, Ruisdael, and Vermeer. Here are Avercamp skating scenes and Ruisdael landscapes; lusty domestic scenes from Steen; introspective interiors by Vermeer, de Hooch, and de Witte; portraits by Hals, Leyster and Rembrandt; and the wide spectrum of still lifes by artists like Claesz, Kalf, Heda and Ruysch. The wealth of details accompanying these works emphasize brilliance and depth of color as well as to illustrate telling detail such as the delicate lace on a lady's bodice or an errant insect exploring a tulip petal in a flower still life.
Views: 977
Baroque Art of the South Netherlands and Flanders
CDR-1218
Title: Baroque Art of the South Netherlands and Flanders
Description: The Baroque art of Flanders and the Southern Netherlands was closely tied to the traditions of Catholic Europe and dominated by the art of Peter Paul Rubens. This group offers a wealth of images of Rubens' work ranging from mythological themes and religious scenes to portraiture. Here are his charming Het Pelsken, the allegorical Garden of Love, and the ambitious Marie de'Medici series. Other Flemish artists included here are Jordaens, Teniers, van Dyke, and Snyders.
Views: 1083
SR Set: Northern Baroque: Dutch Still Life
CDR-1120
Title: SR Set: Northern Baroque: Dutch Still Life
Description: Dutch Still Life, a treat for all the senses. Examples include a variety of contemplative depictions, luscious fabrics reminiscent of wealthy merchants, delicious fruits and nuts and the trademark of Holland, beautiful flowers.
Views: 142
SR Set: Spanish Baroque Art
CDR-1216
Title: SR Set: Spanish Baroque Art
Description: In Spain the Baroque took a distinctive emotional form with depictions of religious courage and devotion, strongly influenced by Caravaggio. This is exemplified by the works of Ribera and Zurberan included here. The giant of the Spanish Baroque, Velázquez, is represented with a variety of his works ranging from royal portraits of King Philip IV of Spain, to the Surrender of Breda, to his thought provoking Las Meninas.
Views: 434
Seventeenth Century France
CDR-1222
Title: Seventeenth Century France
Description: Art of early seventeenth century France displayed an interest in classicizing themes as in Et in Arcadia Ego by Poussin, and the classical formalizing of nature seen in the Debarkation of Cleopatra at Tarsus by Claude Lorraine. This sense of calm dignity is infused into Le Nain's portrait of peasant life, Family of Country People, and in the chiaroscuro religious scenes of Georges de la Tour: Adoration of the Shepherds. Elsewhere in France the official French taste of absolute monarchism influenced all the arts: from the magnificent chateau of Versailles by Hardouin-Mansart, Le Brun, and Le Vau; its expansive gardens by Le Notre; to the royal portrait of Louis XIV by Hyacinthe Rigaud.
Views: 283
Eighteenth Century Art
CDR-1219
Title: Eighteenth Century Art
Description: Styles in art ranged widely in the eighteenth century from the late Baroque in Germany with Neumann's glorious Vierzehnheiligen Church, through the French Rococo with the elegant figures in Watteau's Pilgrimage to Cythera and The Store Sign of the Art Dealer Gersaint; or the luscious figures of Diana at her Bath and the Triumph of Venus by Boucher. Reaction against Rococo sparked a return to naturalism, to a rural sentimentality in Greuze's Marriage Contract; to the subdued charm of Chardin's genre scenes of the Benediction or the Kitchen Maid, and to the expansive landscapes of Canaletto and Bellotto. The end of the century brought a renewed interest in Neoclassicism with David's Oath of Horatii and Death of Marat and the sculpture of Canova. Architectural examples range from Chiswick House to Monticello.
Views: 839
Nineteenth Century Art: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, etc.
CDR-1220
Title: Nineteenth Century Art: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, etc.
Description: A number of styles and periods are associated with the nineteenth century. Our group includes examples of Neoclassicism with David's Portrait of Madame Recamier and Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard Pass; the elegant and precise works of Ingres such as La Grande Odalisque and the portrait of Louis-François Bertin. Among the works of Realism we draw on the wealth of work by Courbet including The Painter's Studio and the Funeral at Ornans, and on the vast range of Goya's painting from his wrenching Third of May, 1808, to the ghastly Saturn Devouring his Children, to the unflattering Family of Charles IV. Among examples of Romanticism are The Wreck of the Hope and Monk by the Sea by Caspar David Friedrich. The accompanying details of these works draw additional attention to depth of color, fullness of shape, and richness of texture.
Views: 647
Nineteenth Century: French Empire: French Revolution and Napoleonic Era
CDR-2242
Title: Nineteenth Century: French Empire: French Revolution and Napoleonic Era
Description: Painting, Sculpture, and Architectural works illustrating the swing from Revolution into Empire: featuring David, Ingres, Canova, Gerard, Vigee-Lebrun, Vignon, and others.
Views: 185
SR Set: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, etc.
CDR-1221
Title: SR Set: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, etc.
Description: During the second half of the nineteenth century a group of artists challenged Parisian Academic conventions with their reassessment of art. Foremost was Edouard Manet whose landmark work Le Dejeuner sur l'Herb is included in this group of images along with the equally controversial Olympia. Monet startled the world with his open brushwork as seen in Boulevard des Capucines and Saint-Lazare Station. Among the many artists and their variety of work included in this group is Renoir and his Moulin de la Galette; Degas' Portrait of the Bellelli Family as well as bathers and dancers; and Gauguin's Ia Orana Maria. Among other artists represented are Pissarro, Morisot, Van Gogh, Seurat and Rodin. Paintings in this group glow with exceptional brilliance and close details are especially effective at showing distinctive brushwork techniques that create the illusion of sparkling light on water or the dappling effect of light and shade. Updated with Bridgeman Art images in April, 2007
Views: 1000
Expressionism
CDR-1159
Title: Expressionism
Description: Expressionists of the 20th century created works of intense emotion and distortion of reality with agitated brushstrokes of jarring line and color. Some of these artists, such as Munch, Nolde, Kirchner, and Kandinsky, are included in this set.
Views: 318
Modernism
CDR-1173
Title: Modernism
Description: Changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries brought about a number of cultural movements broadly covered by the term Modernism. The emerging industrial world and the backlash against traditional forms of art of the 19th century led to a variety of trends and movements in art such as Symbolism, Cubism, Surrealism, Bauhaus, Dada, etc. Our set includes examples from artists representing these and other trends of Modernism. Impressionism and Expressionism are included in separate sets.
Views: 417
SR Set: Twentieth Century Art
CDR-1223
Title: SR Set: Twentieth Century Art
Description: This group offers a full spectrum of examples of art and architecture from the twentieth century ranging from Matisse's Luxe Calme et Volupte; Cubism examples with Picasso's The Violin (Jolie Eva) and Braque's Glass, Violin and Sheet of Music; to the Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Pollock's Unformed Figure; and the Pop Art work of Roy Lichtenstein's Hopeless. Architectural examples are drawn from the Bauhaus by Gropius to Calatrava's Milwaukee Art Museum and the late twentieth century high rises on the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin by Piano, Kollhof and Jahn.
Views: 840
SR Set: Contemporary Architecture
CDR-1172
Title: SR Set: Contemporary Architecture
Description: Striking contemporary architecture in Western Europe and the United States, built since 1980.
Views: 1250
SR Set: Indian, Himalayan, Tibetan and Nepalese Art
CDR-2250
Title: SR Set: Indian, Himalayan, Tibetan and Nepalese Art
Description: A profusion of sites covered include: Elephanta, Karle, Thanjavur, Mamallapuram, Ajanta, Sanchi, Deorgarh, Sarnath, Khajuraho, Agra, Badami, Ellora, Vijayanagar, Madurai and others. Revealing, sensuous details of pristine architectural exteriors allow for in-depth discussion and study. 10/2008
Views: 1163
SR Set: Meso-American Art and South American Art
CDR-1224
Title: SR Set: Meso-American Art and South American Art
Description: Our group offers monuments from the Yucatan sites of Chichen Itza, Mayapan, Uxmal, and Tulum. In Peru the notable ruins of Machu Picchu are well documented with particular attention paid to architectural details illustrating their distinctive masonry techniques. Other Incan sites include Ollantaytambo, Qenko, and Sacsayhuaman. 10/2009
Views: 550
SR Set: Native North American Art and Culture
CDR-1225
Title: SR Set: Native North American Art and Culture
Description: Our set offers extensive, detailed documentation of Totem Poles, as well as Long Houses and masks, representing the styles of important Northwest Coast groups; reflecting a recent resurgence in pole carving. From the southwest is the oldest continuously inhabited community of Taos Pueblo, as well as coverage of important Ancestral Puebloan architectural remains, petroglyphs and pictographs from the sites of Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon and the Butler Wash, River House ruin. The set also includes coverage of the National Museum of the American Indian, and early European documentation of Native American cultures in the form of paintings and engravings. 11/2008
Views: 549
SR Set: Atlases and Maps
CDR-1095
Title: SR Set: Atlases and Maps
Description: The image set includes Globes, Atlases and Maps and--more specifically--site plans, city plans, and navigational charts.
Views: 112
SR Set: Survey Set: Music and Musical History
CDR-1103
Title: SR Set: Survey Set: Music and Musical History
Description: This fine range of images depicts a variety of scenes of music making, as well as composer portraits, musical instruments, score sheets, letters, posters and set designs. From ancient Roman mosaics to works from the 19th century, these images are an excellent visual background for any music appreciation course. updated/2009
Views: 440
SR Set: Survey Set: Images for the Sciences
CDR-1131
Title: SR Set: Survey Set: Images for the Sciences
Description: Here is an eclectic collection of images related to a variety of scientific disciplines: Medicine, Anatomy, Biology, Anthropology, Astronomy and Engineering. Examples of early industrial technology are an automated loom, 1745; James Watt's Steam Engine of 1781; and the internal combustion engine of 1860. These illustrations are in the form of engravings, paintings, objects and models. Of particular interest is the group of Models constructed from the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. (begun 4/07)
Views: 252
SR Set: Manuscripts
CDR-1133
Title: SR Set: Manuscripts
Description: An outstanding collection of religious and secular manuscript painting representing a range of cultures from China, India and Armenia to the countries of Western Europe. Religious manuscripts include Jewish, Islamic and Christian texts. Images from Psalters, Bibles, Gospels, and Books of Hours offer a variety of historiated initials and marginal decoration. Images from secular texts range from Botanicals to maps to Aztec Feather Artisans; and treatises on surgical instruments and 'ingenious mechanical devices' to the Silk industry. Selections from literary works by Pliny, Virgil, and Boccaccio, and illustrations of historical events and historic personages are also included. This wide group of manuscript examples is appropriate to disciplines as disparate as History, Literature and the Sciences. (created 4/07)
Views: 612
SR Set: Survey Set: Historic Personages
CDR-1070
Title: SR Set: Survey Set: Historic Personages
Description: Portraits of members of the ruling houses of Europe and other historic personages are our link to the past; portraits served as documentation and glorification of one's own stature; portraits aided in forging strategic alliances in marriage and portraits help us to understand historic events.
Views: 590
SR Set: Historic Events
CDR-1134
Title: SR Set: Historic Events
Description: Bringing history to life with images! Depictions of Land Battles, Sea Battles, Victories, Defeats, Surrenders, Grand Councils, Treaty Celebrations, Coronations, Executions, Assasinations, Weddings, Funerals, and natural disasters. This broad gathering of Historic Events is reported pictorially in the form of paintings, engravings, models, medallions, and reliefs. 4/07 For Historic Personages, please see Set CDR-1070 For Historic Costumes, Fashions and Uniforms, please see Set CDR-1178
Views: 947
SR Set: Design Elements
CDR-1153
Title: SR Set: Design Elements
Description: The vendors of Scholars Resource offer a rich variety of images suitable to accompany any design course. The images in this set have been selected to illustrate a diverse range of design elements for the following areas: 1) architectural design, 2) product design, 3) fashion design, 4) interior design, 5) graphic arts, 6) materials and 7) techniques. Basic design concepts, such as form and composition, material and technique, perspective and foreshortening, proportion and scale, line, color, and texture have all been included. The following texts have been consulted for the compilation of the set: Dempsey, Art in the Modern Era; Eskilson, Graphic Design: a New History; Heisinger & Marcus, Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Design; Heller, Teaching Graphic Design; Hollis, Graphic Design: A Concise History; Livingston, Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers; Meggs, A History of Graphic Design; Raizman, History of Modern Design.
Views: 1079
SR Set: Artists' Self Portraits
CDR-1080
Title: SR Set: Artists' Self Portraits
Description: Self Portraits from the Renaissance to the 20th century. updated April 2007
Views: 461
SR Set: Survey Set: Historic Women Artists
CDR-1052
Title: SR Set: Survey Set: Historic Women Artists
Description: Extensive Set of Images of Works of Art by Women Artists. 12/2008
Views: 301
SR Set: Survey Set: Costume and Fashion
CDR-1178
Title: SR Set: Survey Set: Costume and Fashion
Description: A Historic Overview of Fashion for ladies and gentlemen in Europe, China, Japan and America. Regardless of whether these garments were for ceremonial purposes or for every day use, designed by fashion houses in Paris, London, New York or depicted in paintings, images from the fabulous Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum are helping to make our Image Set much more comprehensive and illustrate the profound creativity and craftsmanship with which these costumes were created. updated 9/2009
Views: 422
Survey Set: Techniques: Painting and Sculpture
CDR-1146
Title: Survey Set: Techniques: Painting and Sculpture
Description: Carefully selected examples from the Saskia archive illustrate the different techniques and materials used for producing paintings and sculpture over the centuries. The set is intended as a means of appreciating the craftsmanship and fine detail of works of art often overlooked when discussing subject matter. Painting and drawing examples illustrate various media and support. Different types of Stone, Bronze, Wood, Terra Cotta, Plaster, Ivory, etc. illustrate a wide range of Sculpture types.
Views: 248