The databases below all contain images that you can use for research in your courses. The Image Databases box contains images that are useful for researching specific artists, works of art, art history, contemporary art, and materials and surfaces. This page also contains links to Creative Commons images and Public Domain images.
Creative Commons licenses allow creators to make a license that gives you the right to do different things with their creations. Creative Commons allows you to do more with other people's work than copyright.
There are six different license types, but not all will be helpful for your work. The four major elements are:
The four elements combine to make the six license types. The licenses that will be helpful for your projects are below (from most helpful to least helpful):
These two licenses aren't helpful for your projects since they don't allow you to make derivatives (i.e., remix their material into your project):
To see more about the individual licenses, click the link below: