NGA Images, a New Collection Image Resource, and Open Access Policy Launched by National Gallery Of Art, Washington
WASHINGTON , DC -- 16 March 2012
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View of a featured collection on the NGA Images website
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View of the NGA Images home page
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![Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund](http://www.artfixdaily.com/images/pr/1967_6_1_a.jpg "Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund")
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Leonardo da Vinci, Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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The National Gallery of Art announces the launch today of NGA Images, a new online resource that revolutionizes the way the public may interact with its world-class collection athttp://images.nga.gov. This repository of digital images documenting the National Gallery of Art collections allows users to search, browse, share, and download images believed to be in the public domain.
"As the Gallery marks its 71st anniversary, it is fitting that we introduce NGA Images and an accompanying open access policy, which underscore the Gallery's mission and national role in making its collection images and information available to scholars, educators, and the general public," said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art. "In turn this supports research, teaching, and personal enrichment; promotes interdisciplinary research; and nurtures an appreciation of all that inspires great works of art."
Many of the open access images have been digitized with the generous support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
I would imagine the easy access to the images will make them in wide use as instructors utilize them for their courses and when they start building their iPad3 books through iPad author. As an art historian interested in Historiography, I wonder what effect this will have on canon re-formation. I certainly will choose more NGA images in my course because of this.
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It is a fascinating 21st century challenge, how available digital resources shape what we actually teach in the classroom. College administrators seem to believe that the powerpoint revolution would obviate the need for slide libraries, but now we have the challenge of where images come from, who has access to what and who keeps track of it all.
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