ARTstor, working with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, has added more than 750 digital images in the first round of a project that will eventually contribute over 7,000. According to the ARTstor blog:
The images document the Guggenheim Museum’s superb holdings in modern and contemporary art by such significant artists as Louise Bourgeois, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Willem de Kooning, Paul Klee, Robert Mapplethorpe, Claes Oldenburg, Cindy Sherman, and Vincent van Gogh, among many others.
You can read more about this project on their blog post.
Drexel University Libraries now has access to Art and Architecture Complete.
Art and Architecture Complete offers indexing and abstracts for more than 630 academic journals, magazines and trade publications as well as for over 150 books with full-text coverage of more than 250 of the periodicals. Subject coverage includes antiques, art and art history, interior and landscape design, and much more.
I have added Art and Architecture Complete to the following research guides:
The Museum of Modern Art has a fascinating interactive online exhibit about the murals of Diego Rivera. The site features 8 of his murals and includes a “The Mural In-Depth” feature that guides the viewer to important aspects of each mural. It also features a chronology of Rivera’s life and work and information about his materials and techniques, including videos of Rivera at work.
Drexel University Libraries subscribes to American Song, from Alexander Street Press. This collection includes “212 albums (4,467 tracks) from Archeophone Records, Appleseed Records, Mark Custom, Rebel, Sun, and Tompkins Square Records. Content includes new releases of bluegrass, boogie-woogie, country, traditional gospel, marching band music, and more”. Recent additions include:
- Fly Down Little Bird (Pete and Peggy Seeger)
- Reagan of Illinois: A Symphony to Celebrate the Centennial of President Ronald Reagan’s Birth
- Let the Light Shine Down: A Gospel Tribute to Bill Monroe
- Out on the Open West (Frank Fairfield)
- Let’s Make a Better World! Live in Leipzig (James Booker)
Drexel University Libraries subscribes to Dance in Video, from Alexander Street Press. This collection contains over 600 hours of dance productions and documentaries. The collection continues to grow. The most recent additions include:
- Concerto, from Three Ballets by Kenneth Macmillan, The Royal Ballet
- Elite Syncopations, from Three Ballets by Kenneth Macmillan, The Royal Ballet
- The Judas Tree, from Three Ballets by Kenneth Macmillan, Carlos Acosta, Leanne Benjamin, Edward Watson, Bennet Gartside, The Royal Ballet
- Dance Excerpts, from The Spirit of Dance: Irish Step Dancing, Norah Dale Allen, Maureen Haley, Maureen Britell, Erin Connolly
- Irish Step Dancing (Interview), Norah Dale Allen, Maureen Haley, Maureen Britell, Erin Connolly
- Dance On with Billie Mahoney: Marcia McFee, (Interview)
- Dance On with Billie Mahoney: Charles ‘Honi’ Coles (Interview)
- Gil Roman and the Béjart Ballet Lausanne: Of Heart and Courage (Documentary)
- Samba on Your Feet (Documentary)
- Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, Simon Jeffes, David Bintley, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- The Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Documentary with Simon Jeffes
Enjoy!
