Research Guides: Fine and Studio Arts: Image databases and citing

Image database

Other places to find images

Creative Commons
Offers many free and open resources for use in classes. Search for images by keyword.
Getty Images
Royalty-free stock images.

Also try museum sites - many of them have online collections that can be searched by media, time period, or group.

Portland Art Museum Collections
Art Institute Chicago Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art Collections
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
The Louvre

Citing your images

Just like articles and books you use, images have to be sited in your academic work. Sometimes specialized sites like Getty Images will have instructions for how to site the images you use. Other times you have to build your own. Check out the following for guidelines, or ask a librarian for help!

Purdue Owl: MLA Citations for Other Common Sources (includes sculptures, photographs, and images)