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About the Columbia Image Bank: History of Art and Architecture Collection

The Columbia Image Bank: History of Art and Architecture Collection currently consists chiefly of images licensed by Columbia University from Saskia, Ltd. Over time, this base set will be supplemented by images contributed by the Visual Media Center of the Columbia Department of Art History and Archaeology.


Saskia Digital Image Sets Licensed by Columbia, 2004 # of images
Textbook Sets  
CDR-2413: Gardener's Art Through the Ages, 11th ed. 2,555
CDR-2428: Fichner-Rathus, L. Understanding Art, 6th ed. 953
CDR-2417: Lazzari, M. Exploring Art, 1st ed 407
CDR-2487: Stokstad, M. Art History, 2nd ed. 1,991
CDR-2406: Hartt, F. History of Italian Renaissance Art, 4th ed. 873
CDR-2425: Janson, H.W. History of Art, 6th ed. 2,064
CDR-2483: Trachtenberg, M. & Hyman, I. Architecture, 1st ed. 1,654
CDR-2415: Hartt, F.: Art, A History of Painting, Sculpture &c, 4th ed. 2,558
CDR-2481: Schneider-Adams, L. Art Across Time, 2nd ed. 1,673
CDR-2403: Gilbert's Living with Art, 6th ed. 721
CDR-2419: Gombrich, E. The Story of Art, 16th ed. 569
CDR-2485: Cunningham, L. & Reich, J. Culture and Values, 5th ed. 888

Image Collections
CDR-2480: Survey of Western Art 2,500
Basic Digital Set of high resolution digital images for teaching Western Art; recommended as a starter set. The Set includes a broad range of examples from Neolithic times to the present. Serves as an alternative to and expands on any of our textbook sets.

 
CDR-2478: Costume and Fashion 338
A historic overview of costume and fashions from Ancient Greece to the early 20th century.

CDR-2475: The Milwaukee Art Museum Calatrava Wing, compl. October 2001 29
Digital Images of the Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum (includes 6 construction views).

CDR-2470: The Architecture of PALLADIO 43
Andrea Palladio has been called “probably the most influential figure in the history of Western architecture” due to his propagating a Renaissance classicism that was influential for four centuries, especially in Britain and the US. Four of his most famous secular works are included in this slide set: the Basilica Palladiana, the Palazzo Chiericati, the Loggia del Capitaniato and the Villa Rotonda, as well as the Villa Emo and Barbaro.

CDR-2469: Introduction to Early Christian and Byzantine Art 116
Digital Images of Architecture and sculptural examples of Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Works range from the classical Roman Basilica at Trier to the magnificent Hagia Sofia in Constantinople. Other monuments include Santa Sabina and Santa Costanza in Rome, and the Mausoleum of Theodoric and San Vitale in Ravenna. Sculptural Examples include exquisite ivories: the Harbaville Triptych and "the Barbarini Ivory" of Justinian as Conqueror; and the marble statue of Christ Teaching.

CDR-2463: Romanesque Architecture in France 197
Images of French Romanesque churches offers examples ranging from Caen in the North to Arles in the south. Important pilgrimage churches are represented by Vézelay, Toulouse and Conques. The Abbey of Fontenay offers views of the oldest extant Cisterician church in France and its conventual buildings. Sculptural examples include noted works from Autun and Moissac.

CDR-2410: Contemporary American Architecture: FDR Memorial 88
Images of the FDR and Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, and Getty Center in L.A. 88 Images.

CDR-2409: Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism (aka "Upstairs at the d'Orsay") 630
This extensive set includes paintings by Courbet, Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, van Gogh, Gauguin and many others

CDR-2406: Italian Renaissance Art 516
Part II of basic set on Italian Renaissance. This set complements and expands on CDR-2405; both sets together allow for in-depth coverage on Italian Renaissance Art.

CDR-2301: Architecture Set 5,600

CDR-2230: Machu Picchu and Related Inca Sites 240

CDR-2228: Ancient Art vol. 5: Greek Monuments in Sicily, Italy and Greece 240
Additions to Ancient Art Sets vol. 1 to 4

CDR-2226: Byzantine Churches and Mosaics in Greece and Sicily 335
Includes the lovely group of churches at Mistras, the exemplary architecture and mosaics of Hosios Loukas as well as the glittering Sicilio-Norman gem of Monreale.

CDR-2224: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture in Sicily 80
Architecture in Sicily. Renaissance and Baroque monuments.

CDR-2222: Non-western Art 411
High-Resolution Digital Images of Asian, Islamic, Pre-Columbian, Native American, Oceanic and African Architecture, Sculpture and Painting. last updated November 4, 2003

CDR-2220: Papal Monuments in St. Peter's Basilica 1,170
In-depth coverage of papal tombs, the Baldacchino and Cathedra, monuments, decorations, Bernini's Angels, Holy Sacrament Chapel, Crossing Figures and Founders. s

CDR-2216: Italian Baroque Art 500
A Set of 500 Digital Images, including works by Bernini, Caravaggio, Carracci Brothers, Gaulli, Reni and many others

CDR-2212: Dutch Painting 400
A Set of 400 Digital Images, including works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Terborch, Terbrugghen, Ruisdael and many others.

CDR-2210: Michelangelo 111
Includes architecture, sculpture and painting.

CDR-2209: Ancient Art Volume II: Greek Sculpture 1,119
Greek Sculpture, including Minoan, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic works. 1,119 Digital Images. last updated April 17, 2003.

CDR-2208: Ancient Roman Architecture and Sculpture 1,481
last updated April 6, 2003.

CDR-2207: Ancient Near Eastern Architecture and Sculpture 253
last updated October 24, 2003

CDR-2206: Ancient Egypt: Architecture and Sculpture 361
Digital Images of Architecture and Sculpture from Ancient Egypt. last updated 4/18/2003

CDR-2201: Ancient Art Volume 1: Greek Architecture 443
Architectural sites documented include the Parthenon, Olympeion and Temple of Athena Nike in Athens, Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi and Trojan, Minoan, Mycenean and Greek settlements in Crete and in Troy, Mycenae, Myra, Miletus, Ephesus, Pergamum and Priene in Turkey. last updated April 17,2003

CDR-2101: Brueghel and Rubens: Paintings in Vienna 228
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna houses the largest and most important collection of Pieter Brueghel's work in the world, and is second only to Antwerp in its Rubens collection. This set features over 80 paintings, with more than 140 detail views.

CDR-2100: The Dresden Collection 150
Paintings from the Gallery of Old Masters in Dresden. Works by Rembrandt, Raphael, Correggio, Dürer, Antonello, van Dyck, Tintoretto, Vermeer and many others are featured.

CDR-1162: French Gothic Churches 143
This set of digital images presents examples from the Early French Gothic at St. Denis, to the "purest realization" of High Gothic at Amiens Cathedral.

CDR-1161: Berlin Reconstruction after the Fall of the Wall 56

CDR-1160: Model of Central Berlin 12
Exhibited 2000 in Neues Museum, Berlin. Commissioned by the Stadtentwicklung, Berlin. Set is accompanied by Panorama-Map of Berlin 2000 (published in German)

CDR-1147: Monasteries of Meteora 18
Digital images of Monasteries

CDR-1145: Bilbao, The Guggenheim Museum 24

CDR-1144: Opera Garnier, Paris. 20
Views of the exterior, the Model, the Dance Group and a Pissaro painting

CDR-1130: The Getty Center 20

CDR-1100: Frank Gehry: American Culture Center in Paris 22
Comprehensive coverage of the exterior, as well as interior of the structure.

CDR-1083: Architectural Drawings 16
Includes designs by Eliel Saarinen and the Helsinki City Plan by Gylden, from the Finnish Architecture Museum in Helsinki.