Williams College Art Department
ABOUT THE COLLECTIONS
The Slide Collection was developed in collaboration with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s Photograph and Slide Library (presently the Visual Resources Library). Slides of western art, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation and performance art from the dawn of the Renaissance to the present, reside at the Clark Art Institute. Slides residing in Lawrence Hall include the following and are available in 35mm and select lantern slide format:
The Digital Collection of currently over 18,000 images is one of several digital image collections accessed singly or across collections in Williams Digital Collections organized by Information Technology. The growth of the Williams VR Collection of Art Images is guided by the content of specific art history and studio courses and is supplemented by licensed image databases such as ARTstor and CAMIO, maintained by Sawyer Library.
NON-WESTERN ART:
WCDA-Asia:
Asian art and Architecture, all Periods and Media
WCDA-AONW:
African, Oceanic and New World Cultures, including Architecture and Media of Africa, Oceania, Mesoamerica and Native American Cultures
WCDA-NE:
Near Eastern Art and Architecture, including Byzantium and the Islamic World, all Periods and Media
WESTERN ART:
WCDA-AW:
Ancient Western World Art and Architecture, from Pre-history to the Fall of the Roman Empire
WCDA-WA:
Western Art, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Renaissance
WCDA-ARCH:
Western Architecture, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Present
OTHER COLLECTIONS:
WCDA-DA:
Decorative Arts, all Periods and Media
Study Aids, including Miscellaneous Objects and Subjects
The Visual Resources Center houses films and videos related to specific course content as well. The photograph collection includes Ralph Lieberman’s black and white photographs of architecture and sculpture, as well as many study images of both western and non-western art and architecture. There is a small but substantial non-circulating collection of art reference books in the center.
Williams College Visual Resources Center, 15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Suite 1, Williamstown, MA 01267, (413) 597-2015
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