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Links to J-Stor Articles by Columbia Faculty (subscription based)
     
  Crary, Johnathan
[go to the J-Stor search results]
     
  Crary, Johnathan: Grey Room
Géricault, the Panorama, and Sites of Reality in the Early Nineteenth Century. Grey Room, Volume 1, Number 9 (October 1, 2002), pp. 5-25
     
  Readings recommended by Prof. Crary
[download the PDF]
 
PDFs and links to electronic version of texts for the study of Modern Visual Culture
     
 

Angela Miller, "The Panorama, the Cinema, and the Emergence of the Spectacular" Wide
Angle
, Summer 1996, 35-64
[open the electronic version through Columbia Libraries]


Columbia University Library Web Resources

Columbia University Library Online Catalogue: CLIO
     
  Research Databases available through Columbia University: Art, Architecture & Music

Text Based Web Resources

Bartelby.com offers searching within a repository of research texts including the Columbia Encyclopedia, Bulfinch's Mythology and the King James Bible
     
  The Getty Research Institute Vocabulary Programs: The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
The AAT is a structured vocabulary of around 125,000 terms, scope notes, and other information for describing fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture.
     
  The Getty Research Institute Vocabulary Programs: The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
The ULAN is a structured vocabulary containing around 220,000 names and biographical information about artists and architects, including a wealth of variant names, pseudonyms, and language variants.
     
  The Getty Research Institute Vocabulary Programs: The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
The TGN is a structured vocabulary of around 1,000,000 geographic names, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, and place types, and focusing on places important for the study of art and architecture.
     
  American Memory Project
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

New York City Museum Web Resources

The Museum of Modern Art and PS1
     
  The Whitney Museum of American Art
     
  The Guggenheim Museum (Museum Web site) and Guggenheim.com (New Educational Web site)
     
  The Jewish Museum
     
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
     
  The International Center for Photography


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