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Image Databases

Grove Art Online This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive art reference work includes 41,000 articles and 10,000 color images.
Also provides access to the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Oxford Companion to Western Art and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Note* It is your responsibility to abide by any copyright restrictions pertaining to the use of any images found and/or used from these sites.

Note* It is your responsibility to abide by any copyright restrictions pertaining to the use of any images found and/or used from these sites.

Image*After.com
A large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.
OpenVerse: Creative Commons Search
Find media that you can share, reuse, and remix. Be sure to check the details of the type of Creative Commons license each contributor has attached to his/her work.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This site has a great timeline feature which extensively covers given time periods.
The Getty (Museum)
The Getty Museum houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts, manuscripts, architectural sketches, and photography dated from ancient eras to the present. Through it's Open Content Program, the Getty makes available, without charge, all digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. Search for digital images in the Getty Search Gateway - all open content images are identified with a "Download" link.