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AMICA Library (Art Museum Images from Cartography Associates)
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Java is required to use AMICA. Also, the following settings are suggested: use a display system
set
to "true color" (24-bit), or higher; use a display system set to 1024x768 resolution,
or higher;
enlarge the browser's window to the maximum. A Pentium III or PowerMac with a fast
internet
connection is suggested.
- Description
- The AMICA (Art Museum Images from Cartography Associates) database is an image library
composed of nearly a hundred and
twenty thousand digital images of works of art held in museums. The images included span the
history
of Western and non-Western art and include examples from disparate media (such as
painting,
photography, sculpture, and the decorative arts). AMICA is particularly useful because the
images can
be searched by many different parameters including Keyword (i.e., subject of the work of art or
words
contained in the title), Creator (or artist), the Date of the work's creation, as well as
other
options. In addition to the digital image, AMICA contains the full citation information for
the work
of art, including Artist, Title, Date, the Institution that owns the work, and occasionally,
a
supplementary narrative that describes the work or relates additional information. Images of
works
can be saved in an Image Workspace for future review.
- Help
- For help using AMICA, click on the help button in the left-hand toolbar.
The "How To..." section is particularly useful for composing folders of saved images.
- Dates covered
- The artworks included range in date from the ancient through the contemporary period.
- Updating frequency
- Unknown.
- Sources
- AMICA includes works of art held in a wide range of institutions, including by
not limited to: the Asia Society, the Library of Congress, the Louisiana State museum, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum,
the Whitney Museum of American Art, and others.
- Type of coverage
- Works of art spanning the history of art and most art media are included.
- Print counterpart or related resources
- None.
- Producer/content provider
- AMICA (Art Museum Images from Cartography Associates)
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- Luna Insight
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