LibGuides: Computer Animation: Introduction to Research: Find Images

Databases

Artstor
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.
Artsy
The Art Genome Project from Artsy.net maps the characteristics that connect artists, artworks, architecture, and design objects across history. It includes art historical movements, subject matter, and formal qualities all with connected images and information.
Creative Commons
Search for Creative Commons Licensed images, music, media and videos on a variety of sites.
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Please note that search.creativecommons.org is not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations. CC has no control over the results that are returned. Do not assume that the results displayed in this search portal are under a CC license. You should always verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link.
TinEye Labs Multicolor Search
Search for images by color! Search over 10 million Creative Commons licensed images from Flickr by up to five colors (with adjustable percentages by slider).
Wikimedia Commons
Search over 13 million+ public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) in a wide variety of topics, including art, nature, science, history, food and more.

Creative works that are in the public domain do not have copyright protection and may be used freely.

They fall under these broad categories:

See the links below for helpful tools to help you determine if something is in the public domain.

Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
This chart helps you to determine if a work is in the public domain. It covers published work, unpublished work, works published outside the US by foreign nationals or US citizens living abroad, sound recordings, and architectural works.
Public Domain Sherpa
Reader-friendly site all about the public domain and copyright.