Most image databases get their images from museums, galleries, or other repositories.
Be sure to look for information related to your selected images such as what museum or collection it is part of. Most times, the image databases will include a link to the artwork from its original source. Take advantage of this information and additional links to find out even more about what artwork you are researching or observing.
It is important to take advantage of the library's image databases. Not only will using these image databases ensure that you are seeing the full work of art, but you will also get higher resolution, more detailed image files to use for your projects and research. For your course, you will be completing an object research paper, so having high-quality images of your chosen artwork will be very important.
Artstor is a digital library of almost two million images in the arts, architecture, design, humanities, and social sciences with a suite of software tools to view, present, and manage images for research and teaching purposes.