Partners & Contributors

Saskia, Ltd. is the leading provider of high-quality images for the teaching of art history. Saskia was founded in 1966 by Ron Wiedenhoeft, then doctoral candidate in art and architectural history at Columbia University, and his wife Renate. By photographing each summer over a period of thirty-eight years and during sabbaticals, the archive has now grown to more than 33,000 images. The Saskia archive is used successfully in introductory courses as well as specialized seminars of Art History and has enhanced a broad range of art history pedagogy and many other disciplines.

Davis Art Images, formerly Rosenthal Art Slides, has been providing high-quality images of fine art and architecture since the firm was founded by Dr. Julius Rosenthal in 1940. Davis Publications acquired Rosenthal Art Slides in 1995 and moved the company to Worcester, Massachusetts.

Hartill Art Associates Inc., founded by Alec and Marlene Hartill, has been operative since 1977 providing high quality color images for Education purposes and Media alike. The HHA Archive currently holds thousands of photographs encompassing fields in ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE and DECORATIVE ARTS (including Stained Glass, Mosaics, and Wall Paintings).

The Archivision Digital Archive is a unique and growing collection of images of the highest quality - photographed by a professional photographer, architect and past VR curator. Each site's documentation is extensive. The archive is intended for in-depth research & analysis by students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, archaeology, art and art history. It is also a great resource for teaching the history of architecture and art.

Founded in 1972, the Bridgeman Art Library works with museums, art galleries and artists to make the best art available for reproduction and now for teaching. The result is an outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world. Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to the hidden treasures of private collections. Fine art is just one of the sources of images; design antiques, maps, architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artifacts and many others also feature in the collection. Each image has been catalogued with full picture data and key-worded to make searching easy.

The archive of the Inter-American Institute, with photography by Dr. James B. Kiracofe, presently offers images of architecture and culture from Spain, Mexico, Northern Africa, Middle America and Turkey. Dr. Kiracofe--a fearless and adventurous world traveler-is presently following and documenting the silk road to China.

Kenneth Garrett is an independent photographer specializing in Archaeology, Paleontology and ancient cultures worldwide. A partial list of magazine credits includes National Geographic Magazine, Smithsonian, Air and Space, Archaeology, Fortune, Forbes, Time, Life, Audubon, Geo Germany, National Wildlife and Natural History. Corporate clients include IBM, Marriott Corporation, UNC Aviation, Starbucks Coffee.

Dr. Silberberg-Peirce, art historian and photographer, has been photographing ancient sites, architecture, landscape and the natural world for the past two decades. Her images, utilized in teaching and research institutions in America, Canada, Europe, and Australia, have been published in professional books and journals. Her photographs have been exhibited throughout America and Europe and are included in public and private collections worldwide.

Masterpieces from across The Metropolitan Museum of Art's encyclopedic collection, including prehistoric works from ancient Egypt and the Middle East; classical antiquities from Greece and Rome; works from cultures of Africa, Oceania and the (pre-Columbian) Americas; art from Asia and the Islamic world; illuminated manuscripts, tapestries and decorative arts of the European Middle Ages; paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, and decorative arts from the Renaissance up to the early 20th century. Artists include Rembrandt, Vermeer, Velázquez, Raphael, van Gogh, Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Whistler, and Sargent.

Anthony Scibilia's lyrical approach to photography manifests itself especially well in his sensitive, yet comprehensive coverage of Medieval, Early Christian, Romanesque and Gothic places of worship. The collection includes works of architecture, sculpture, stained glass, mosaic, fresco, and views of urban space that date from Classical antiquity, the Early Christian/Medieval periods, the Renaissance and the Baroque, and the Neoclassical and Modern periods. An accomplished pianist, as well as art historian, Anthony Scibilia has lectured and published extensively and his photographs and images have been acquired by institutions of higher learning from the American Midwest to all along the East Coast.

Veritas Imaging offers a new eye in the world of digital photographic image collections. Our rapidly expanding archive embraces archaeology, architecture, sculpture, landscapes and cityscapes for teaching and research in art history and related fields. To date, this professional, high quality collection includes familiar and new subjects from Egypt, Turkey, North America, Cuba and Australia.

The Toledo Museum of Art was founded in 1901. The seven incorporators included an attorney, an architect, an industrialist, a realtor, a journalist and two artists‹each focused on their shared vision of creating an institution that would enhance the community with art and art education. More than a century later, the Toledo Museum of Art is considered one of the finest museums in the country, both for the quality and the comprehensiveness of its collection. The collection transcends temporal, geographical and cultural boundaries. More than 30,000 works of art represent American and European painting, the history of art in glass, ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works, Asian and African art, medieval art, sculpture, decorative arts, graphic arts, and Modern and contemporary art.

Max Ferguson's realistic paintings are painstakingly achieved and vividly capture a vanishing urban scene in and around New York. Art & Antique Max Ferguson's works have been exhibited in collections in all over America (including the Metropolitan Museum), the Netherlands, England, Israel and Germany.

The Museum of Fine Arts houses and preserves preeminent collections of American, European and Asian art. Images selected for distribution in Scholars Resource highlight important works of art of the many curatorial departments but also allow for detailed study and research those aspects of the collections not readily available during visits to the museum.