Masterpieces of Western Art Database | Columbia University in the City of New York

The Art Humanities database is designed to support classroom discussions and museum visits. The database contains all of the images in the Art Humanities syllabus. The images you see in class will depend on your instructor. The Art Humanities database contains images of every work of art and architecture in the syllabus. The selection of images shown in class will depend on your instructor. The Search function is designed to help you locate images using search criteria correlated with the syllabus.

Portfolios

Public Portfolios are accessible to everyone visiting the database. At the time a new portfolio is created, the registered user chooses to designate the portfolio as Private or Public. All Public Portfolios appear on the Public Portfolio Menu identified by the name of the creator and the title of the portfolio. A Public Portfolio is available for viewing only and can be edited or deleted only by the registered user who created it. For access to this feature contact James Conlon, Director, The Visual Media Center.

registration

Please register if you would like to make portfolios of images. It is not necessary to register if you wish only to search the database or view public portfolios. To register, you will choose a User ID and a Password that is required each time you Log In to create, view or edit one of your portfolios.

your portfolios

Registered users have the option to create individual portfolios of images. A Portfolio consists of images and identifying labels and may also include notes added by the user. Your Portfolios are private. They are accessible only with your User ID and Password. You may create or delete portfolios as well as add, edit, or delete images in individual portfolios.