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A multi-disciplinary blog from the University of Illinois Library and the College of Fine and Applied Arts with announcements and technical tips on finding, creating, and using digital images in teaching, learning, and research.- Most of the digital collections featured in this blog permit the use of their material for educational, noncommercial or personal use so long as the source is acknowledged. Always check the rights and permission statements on the site.
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Recent Posts
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Launches Today
- Paris 3D: An Exraordinary Interactive Journey through Time
- ARTstor & Java Update
- “Arts Organizations and Digital Technologies” A report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project
- Your Paintings: Putting the UK’s entire national collection of over 200,000 oil paintings online
- Images from the History of Medicine
- Painting Show @Figure One Gallery, February 22nd 2013
- Through Frida’s Lens
- Ringling Collection: Portraits of Actors 1720-1920
- trial access to Material ConneXion database until February 16th
Category Archives: European history
Paris 3D: An Exraordinary Interactive Journey through Time
Dassault Systèmes has developed an online 3D model of the city of Paris, and they invite users to play the 3D experience on their website. Users may explore Paris by time period: Gallic period, Gallo-Roman period, the Middle Ages, the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Education, European history, History
Tagged 3D, Paris, virtual reality
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Europeana Exhibitions
Europeana Exhibitions is the virtual exhibition space for Europeana, Europe’s digital library, museum and archive. Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europes museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. This virtual exhibition space showcases the content available on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, European history, History, Music, Theater
Tagged art, European history, Europeana, Music, Theater
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Ara Pacis Augustae collection
Developed by Charles S. Rhyne at Reed College in conjunction with Reed’s Visual Resources Center and Web Support Services, the Ara Pacis Augustae collection seeks to “to make available a more comprehensive body of images of the Ara Pacis than previously available in … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, European history, History
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Tourist photos from pre-Revolutionary Moscow
For all you Russian history aficionados out there, this collection is a fascinating look at Moscow in 1909. Taken by journalist Murray Howe on an exhibition tour of American champion trotting horses, 77 of the 400 photos taken were digitized and made available via … Continue reading
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the Memory of the Netherlands
Welcome back, students, faculty, and staff! We hope your fall semester is off to a delightful start. For those of you with an interest in Netherlandish history, I’m about to make your week even more delightful. The Memory of the … Continue reading
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Images from Gallica Bibliotheque Numerique, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Gallica Bibliothèque Numerique is the digital initiative of La Bibliothèque nationale de France and contains over 1,00,000 digital objects including books, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, images, sound recordings, and scores. Several search options are available as well as themed exhibitions of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, European history, History, Science, Social history
Tagged Africa, Europe, France, Gallica, La Bibliothèque nationale de France
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