Jewish and Near Eastern Studies  Tags: jewish_studies judaism zionism holocaust hebrew jewish history rambi responsa project  

ArtStor  (Andre W. Mellon Foundation) is a database of 1 million images: paintings, sculpture, manuscripts, architecture, cities, maps, and archeological sites. Under fair use practices, all the images may be used for class instruction or student projects. Below are tips for finding Jewish images

Enter the ArtStor Digital Library

1. Search by Collection - examples -

Giza Archaeological Expedition Archive 

Egyptian and Other Ancient Art  Islamic Art and Architecture -  at the pull down search-menu change "All collections" to  "Within this category"  then type into the search box; synagogue

2. Search by Classification

Architecture and City Planning - search "Within this category" type into the search box: Jerusalem

Social Sciences and Humanities -search "Within this category"...

Maps, Charts, Graph

3. Search by Geography

Israel

4. Use Advanced Search

Search across all collections

Search for your terms in the Title field only to narrow results

Search by date ranges

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