Resource Guides: HIS 102: World History in the Twentieth Century: Images

Find Images - Selected Databases

ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Contains over 1.6 million digital images, including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design from many time periods and cultures.

NOTE: Artstor will be combined with JSTOR on August 1, 2024, images from Artstor will be accessible through JSTOR.

artnet
Links to international galleries and artists. Images are included in this database.
Museum of Modern Art Exhibition History
The Museum of Modern Art has digitized their entire exhibition history, so you can find photographs of works of art as well as digitized exhibition catalogs.
Digital Public Library of America
Includes over 7 million items that include image, text, moving images and sound. To locate items, conduct a general search and then use the filters to identify moving images for streaming items. Rights information is listed in the item's record.
The Getty's Open Content Images
The Getty makes available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required.
Google Images

You can find Creative Commons Licensed pictures on a number of sites.

Wikimedia Commons
Everything here is licensed for others to use with some restrictions. Click on the More Details link for each image to read about use restrictions.
Flickr
Lets you narrow a search by Creative Commons license. First do a search, then click on Any License at the top of your results. From there you can select different options for how narrow you want your results.
Google Image Search
You can filter Google Image search results by license type. Do a search, then click "Tools at the top of your results. Then click on the Usage Rights drop-down menu to select a license.
The Noun Project
A great source for icon-like images. Everything on the site is either Creative Commons Attribution licensed or public domain.
Pixabay
Free public domain photos that can be used without copyright restrictions.
Unsplash
All photos on Unsplash are free to use for any purpose and have no additional legal requirements, though attribution is appreciated by the photographers who upload their work.
Getty Museum
The Getty makes available digital images for which they hold the rights or that are in the public domain to be used for any purpose. No permission is required.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
Good source for historical photos, maps, manuscripts, book art, and more. When you do a search, check the Show only public domain box that restricts your results to images you can use.