Research Guides: Interior Design: Images

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Find Art & Design Images
This research guide provides links to numerous image databases and an overview of tools and strategies for finding and using art and other images.

ARTstor

ARTstor
Curated collections of digital images and associated data for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use. Over 1 million images including Decorative Arts, Fashion and Graphic Design.
Includes both VCU Access only & Public Domain open access content

The Artstor website will be retired next year on August 1, 2024, but you can get started with Artstor on JSTOR now at https://www-jstor-org.proxy.library.vcu.edu/site/artstor/

Images from Cultural Institutions

Museums and other cultural institutions provide access to images for scholarly purposes.
For interior design images, use search filters like architecture, decorative art, and furniture.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provides images at no cost to scholars via ARTstor's existing infrastructure, through the Images for Academic Publishing (IAP) program.
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Free high resolution image download is determined by usage rather than user. A non-exclusive license is granted to use the selected material free of charge.
Google Arts & Culture
Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.