- St. Olaf Libraries
- Research Guides
- Writing 120C: Climate Change and the Arts
- Online Image Libraries
Writing 120C: Climate Change and the Arts
A research guide for artistic responses to climate change
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Research and Instruction Librarian for Music & Fine Arts
Karen Olson
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Image Collections from the Libraries
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JSTOR Images This link opens in a new windowDiverse digital image library covering architecture, decorative arts, design, painting, photography, and sculpture from many cultures.
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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowFull-text scholarly art encyclopedia covering artist biographies, works, traditions, media, techniques, and concepts in art history and theory. Includes a searchable collection of images.
Online Image Collections
Libraries across the globe are digitizing their public domain materials and making them available online. These include:
- Europeana -- public domain materials, including visual art, from libraries in the European Union
- DPLA -- public domain materials, including visual art, from libraries in the United States
Most major museums have also begun digitizing their materials. Search their websites for more information. Here are a few examples from the USA, but there are many more museums worldwide that you could investigate!
- Smithsonian Digital Collections
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Minneapolis Institute of Art