Visual Resources   Tags: art, art_history, digital_images, images, visual, visual_culture  

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We are located at 180 York Street (enter through the Loria entrance) on the lower level of the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library in room B33.

Verneuil, M. P. Aigle et chêne, aras et maïs, bordures.

Poissons et oiseaux, frise. 1857

New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Art and Architecture Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs.

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?105207

The Yale Visual Resources Collection (VRC) is responsible for developing and maintaining collections of visual materials related to global art, architecture and material culture to support the teaching curriculum in the Arts and Humanities.  The VRC digital image collection contains more than 270,000 items.  Principal users of this resource include the History of Art Department and the professional Schools of Art, Archite cture, and Drama, but the department serves the entire Yale community to support and encourage the use of visual materials in all areas of the arts and humanities.

Our newest resource is the Yale Silk Road Database, a collection of over 6,000 images of major sites in the Silk Road region taken during faculty site seminars led by Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan (Professor, History of Art) under the auspices of the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University in the summers of 2006-2009. 

The Visual Resources Collection was established more than 60 years ago as the slide and photograph collection dedicated to supporting teaching in the visual arts and architecture. Over the years, the collection grew to include  more than 300,000 lantern slides and 35mm slides as well as nearly 200,000 mounted photographs providing comprehensive coverage for the visual arts and architecture. The analog collections are now treated as archival materials and are stored in the Library Shelving Facility (LSF).  Items may be recalled by Library patrons.  VRC staff can assist patrons with locating and requesting materials from the analog collections.  Our analog collection catalogue records are available in ORBIS, including Finding Aids for the larger collections.

See General Image Resources for links to more image collections including vended resources like ARTstor.

Services

Yale faculty may order digital images from books and journals for their teaching needs. Please contact Robert Carlucci, VRC Manager for ordering procedures or visit our office in the Arts Library. There are also four self service scanners in the Arts Library.

Staff Contact Info

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm

We welcome feedback and comments from students and faculty.  Please use the comments feature above or send email messages to Robert Carlucci, Manager, Visual Resources Collection.

Acknowledgements

In addition to the VRC staff, Ian McDermott, Assistant Librarian at the Center for British Art, and Hannah Bennett, former Assistant  Director for Collections and Research at the Haas Family Arts Library, contributed multiple resources to this image guide.