Research Guides: Art &amp; Art History Guide: Find Images

Image Databases

ArtStor This link opens in a new window
Digital images from around the world (including photography, architecture, decorative arts, graphic design, painting, and sculpture) in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences. Coverage: all time periods. To download or save images create a free user account with your W&M email.
Yale Art & Architecture ePortal This link opens in a new window
The A&AePortal is an authoritative eBook resource that features important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design. With innovative functionality and extensive metadata, the site offers students and scholars an engaging experience, encouraging critical thinking skills and supporting rigorous academic research.
Associated Press Images Collection This link opens in a new window
One of the largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. The Associated Press Images Collection contains millions of photos from 1826 to the present, that capture the greatest moments in history, news, sports and entertainment. More than 3,500 photos are added daily.

WMDID
More than 30,000 images from Art History, Iberia & the Americas and the Spaeth classical arts collection.
Library of Congress Digital Collections: Monuments and Memorials
Photos, maps, architectural images and documents, and more from the Library of Congress digital collections
Flickr Commons
Digital photo collections from museums and libraries around the world. You can view the list of participating institutions online.
New York Public LIbrary Digital Gallery
Thousands of drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints and more from the collection.
Share Shelf Commons
A free, open-access library of images. Search and browse collections with tools to zoom, print, export, and share images. Images are contributed by ShareShelf subscribing institutions such as Cornell, UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Internet Archive Book Images
Flickr collection of images digitized from books in the Internet Archive.
Digital Public Library of America
An open online public library of images, texts, and other material relevant to American history and culture.
Getty Images Embed
A free service from Getty Images that allows users to embed content in non-commercial online sites and social media. Getty Embed FAQ

China Art Library This link opens in a new window
China Art Digital Library provides a comprehensive collection of works from Chinese fine arts, calligraphy, and folk art from 3000 B.C. to the present day. China Art Digital Library includes over 780,000 art images from more than 400 albums, museum and exhibition catalogs, and includes references to nearly 720,000 supporting research documents available in China Academic Journals (CAJ) and China Doctoral Dissertations (CDMD). CNKI will continue to add new images as they become available from Chinese art exhibition catalogs and international Chinese exhibitions. At the same time, based on CNKI massive academic resources, the database offers a wealth of art information, including artists’ information, techniques, history background, and theory research. Navigation available in English; content primarily in Chinese.

TinEye
Tin eye lets you search for images by color or try to find the source of an image by doing a reverse image search. Want to know what that image is on your friend's tumblr? TinEye can help!