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SEARCH HELP
What's in the Image Database? ::
What's a Work and a Work Search? :: What's an Image and an Image Search? ::What is a Dynamic Search? :: Search Examples, Tips and Terminology ::
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What's in the Image Database?
The Image Database is the online catalog for the Visual Resource Facilty's slide, digital image and media collections that support the instructional needs of the Department of Art, Art History and Technocultural Studies. It is important to note that the database does not yet contain all the images in these collections. We have over 220,000 slides in the Visual Resource Facility. Coverage.
If you do not find the image you are looking for, please come by the VRF (Art 203) or contact the VRF staff to see if we can locate the image or add it to our online catalog for you.
What is a Work or a Work Search?
In the context of the Image Database, a work is a physical entity that exists, currently or in the past. It might be an artistic creation such as a painting or a sculpture; it might be a performance, composition, literary work, building or other construction in the built environment. It might be an object of material culture. Works may be single items or they may consist of many parts. In the Image Database, these work relationships are identified as Parent or Child Related Works.
Examples of Works:
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· Autumn Rhythm (Number 30) |
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· Weissenhofsiedlung
· 1-4 Wohnungen [a Child of Weissenhofsiedlung] |
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· Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suchou |
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· Bamboo Pavilion, Tiger Hill [Leaf 11 of Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suchou, an album with 12 leaves. Bamboo Pavilion, Tiger Hill is a Child of Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suchou] |
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· Crystal Palace
· Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) [a Parent of Crystal Palace] |
When should I use a Work Search?
You should use a Work Search when you are trying to find a work of art, architecture or material culture, a
subject (see ... AAT and LCSH), artist, period or style, material or technique.
What is an Image or an Image Search?
An image is a visual representation of a work. It can exist in a photomechanical, photographic and digital format. In the Visual Resources Facility (VRF), an image is typically a 35 mm or digital reproduction of a work that is owned by the VRF. The VRF may own several images of a given work. Work records and image records are linked in the Image Database and will direct searchers to both records.
Examples of Images:
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· Full view [Slide and Digital Image (accession ID 190829) showing entire work Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)] |
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· Exterior; aerial [Slide and Digital Image (accession ID 8827) showing aerial view of Weissenhofsiedlung]
· Construction [Digital Image (accession ID 229372) illustrating construction method for For 1-4 Wohnungen] |
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· No Image Record [No single analog or digital view captures all 12 album leaves for Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suchou] |
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· Full view [Slide (accession ID 213044) of Leaf 11 (Bamboo Pavilion, Tiger Hill) from album Twleve Views of Tiger Hill, Suchou] |
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· Side; A; Ganymede [Slide and Digital Image (accession ID 145693) of one side of Bell Krater G175] |
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· Section; restored view [Digital Image and Slide (accession ID 3257) of cross section of Colosseum as restored] |
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· Painting; interior of main hall [Slide and Digital Image (accession ID 145165) of a painting illustrating the Crystal Palace in 1851]
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When should I use an Image Search?
You should use an Image Search when you are trying to find a specific slide, digital image or course-reserve image. Image Search is useful when you are looking for specific view types (plans, maps etc.) or for images taken or purchased from specific sources.
What is a Dynamic Search?
Search Examples, Tips and Terminology
Title
The title, identifying phrases or names given to a work of art, architecture or material culture.
Works are given titles, names or descriptions to identify or refer to them. Titles may be descriptive of iconographical subject or theme ('Adoration of the Magi' or 'Portrait of George Washington') or they may record the identifying phrases or names to works that do not have titles per se ('Padua Chapel' or 'Ceramic Bowl'). Unlike books or article titles, works to not typically have an inscribed title (as part of the thing itself). Catalogers of works of art and architecture must assign or establish an appropriate title. Titles come from various sources: owning institutions or individuals, artists / architects or scholars for example. Many works however, typically applied art, maps, cultural artifacts, diagrams etc., must be given a descriptive title for identification by the cataloger. VRF catalogers generate a primary title, typically the title given by the owning insitution, and alternative titles when known or necessary to improve access and searching capability.
Search Examples and Tips
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Portrait of a Young Man |
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Portrait% |
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Chartres Cathedral |
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%Chartres% |
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Agent Name (CHANGE TO ARTIST OR AGENT?)
Agent Nationality (CHANGE TO NATIONALITY OR CULTURE)
Style / Period
Subject
Class (CHANGE TO CLASSIFICATION)
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