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Librarian: Karen DeWitt

Guides and Indexes

Finding Images on the Web (Boston University Libraries)
Clearinghouse of Image Databases (University of Arizona)

Image Web Sites

Surveys

• Art History Resources on the Web
• Art Image Browser [Univ. of Michigan] 
• Artcyclopedia
• Artists Index
• Carnegie Mellon University: Architecture Archives
• DIVA=Digital Images-Visual Arts
• Expo - Exhibits Online
• Great Buildings Collection Online
• ImageBase  - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• Planet Typography
• Public Art on the Net
• SPIRO - Visual Catalog Architecture Slide Library, Univ. of California, Berkeley
• WebMuseum
• World Art Treasures
• World Heritage List (UNESCO) 
• Yahoo: Master Artists and Architects

North America

• American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 (Library of Congress)
• Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America
• Arcosanti (Paolo Soleri)
• Gallery Guide
• California Heritage Collection
• California Mission Studies
• Chicago Architecture Imagebase
• Colorado Architecture, Electronic Library of
• Covered Bridges of Michigan
• Detroit Publishing Co. Photographs of American Places 1890-1920
• Digital Archive of American Architecture
• Digital Library for Decorative Arts and Material Culture
• Historic Federal Buildings (General Services Administration Site) 
• Indiana Historic Architecture
• Kidder-Smith Images of American Architecture
• Krannert Art Museum (University of Illinois)
• New York Public Library Digital Gallery
• Public Buildings: American Images

Europe

• Digital Archive of European Architecture
• Medieval Architecture in England
• National Trust Properties in England
• Base Mérimée (Historic buildings in France) 
• Chartres: Cathedral of Notre Dame
• Medieval Architecture in France
• Museums of Paris
• Ancient City of Athens
• Architecture of the Ancient Aegean (University of Colorado) 
• Roman Art and Architecture
• THAIS (Italian Architecural Image Archive) 
• Periferia: Architecture and Urban Design in the Caribbean 

Middle& Near East

• Islamic Art (LACMA subpage) 
• Temple Palace of Ramses III
• Monuments of Egypt (Ancient, Islamic, Christian, Jewish)

Asia

• Tokyo: Recent Architecture
• Temples of Bagan
• ArtServe (Australian National University) 
• Australian Architecture 

Librarian Contact Information

• Karen DeWitt, Director, Design Library
• 513-3860
• karen_dewitt@ncsu.edu
• http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/kedewitt/