Download More Than 300 Art Books From the Getty Museum’s Virtual Library | Colossal

peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-12-03

Summary:

"Over the last five years, the Los Angeles-based Getty Museum has developed a program to share more than three hundred books in its Virtual Library. Each unabridged volume, drawn from the Getty Publications Archive, has been cleared for copyright issues and is available for free download. Greg Albers, Digital Publications Manager for Getty Publications, shared with Hyperallergic that books in the Virtual Library have been downloaded 398,058 times to date. The initiative is a way to keep compelling and historically important books available even if they have, literally, gone out of print. Topics in the Virtual Library collection range from fine and decorative art genres to features on specific artists. Dive into diverse titles including “Art and Eternity: The Nefertari Wall Paintings Conservation Project 1986 – 1992” and “Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs”—among dozens and dozens of others on the Virtual Library Website...."

Link:

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/12/getty-museum-virtual-library/

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oa.new oa.books oa.arts oa.images oa.museums oa.digitization oa.getty_museum oa.pd oa.ch oa.copyright

Date tagged:

12/03/2019, 10:47

Date published:

12/03/2019, 05:47