Archives and Indexes of Pictures

• ARTstor – available with an LSU PAWS account http://www.artstor.org.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/index.shtml

• The Cloisters – comprises approximately 3,000 works of art from medieval Europe, dating from about the ninth to the sixteenth centuries. Digital images of many of the works of art in the Museum’s collections are available for study or educational purposes in the Collections section of this website – consult the Museum’s Terms and Conditions for allowable uses http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/visit-the-cloisters/

• The Cluny Museum, Paris: National Museum of the Middle Ages — images from their most prominent collections are available online without cost. Copyright retained by Cluny; permission required to reproduce images.  http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/  
  • Apostles from Sainte-Chappelle (Apôtres de la Sainte-Chapelle) — twelve statues of apostles from the interior of Sainte -Chappelle. http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/apotres-sainte-chapelle.html
  • Scenes of life from Vierge (Devant d’autel: Scènes de la vie de la Vierge) — altar painting.  http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/devant-autel-vie-vierge.html
  • The Games of Chess (Les joueurs d’échecs) — stained glass window. http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/joueurs-echec.html
  • The History of Saint Étienne (Tenture de l’histoire de saint Étienne) — twelve tapestries. http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/tenture-histoire-saint-etienne.html
  • Altar relief from the Bâle Cathedral (Devant d’autel de la cathédrale de Bâle). http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/collection/oeuvre/devant-dautel-cathedrale-bale.html

• Federated Academic Digital Imaging System (FADIS) – subscription required http://fadis.library.utoronto.ca/joining.html

• Getty Museum: The Getty Open Content Program – provides free, open access to over 10,000 images from all media and historical periods, many from medieval illustrated manuscripts: http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontent.html

• The Index of Christian Art – available with an LSU PAWS account; contains over 120,000 digital images with nearly three quarters of these publicly available http://ica.princeton.edu.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/

• International Center for Medieval Art http://www.medievalart.org/

• The Internet Archive. A digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts. Provides free access to materials online and in PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Daisy, HTML, and DjVu formats. https://archive.org/index.php

• Online Resources for Medieval Art and Architecture, Harvard University – includes Resource Guides and Portals; Bibliographies and Library Catalogs; Primary Sources; Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Literature and Image Indices; Manuscripts, Painting and Paleography, etc.

• Oxford Art Online – available with an LSU PAWS account