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Primary Sources: The Arts

Finding and making use of primary sources

Art Museum Web Sites

Search museum websites for images, exhibits, virtual tours, and other interactive features.

American Gothic, 1930 by Grant Wood. Source: Art Institute of Chicago

Fashion

Costume Suit. Source: Andre Studios. 1930-1939.

Andre Studios 1938-1941
Fashion drawings and sketches produced by the New York Andre Fashion Studios

Library Resources for Art

Several Circles by Vasily Kandinsky, 1926, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Database: Artstor

Artstor
Use the library's digital art database to find digital images, including paintings, sculpture, photographs, posters and architecture.

Other Image Sources

Creator: Lachenmann, Robert. Pennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937]. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs
Includes photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, architectural and engineering drawings.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
A living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.

Music

Pops Staples, 1992
Source: Gospel Music History Archive

Dance

Kresa, Helmy (Arranger), Sayers, Henry J. (Author). 1891. Source:The New York Public Library Digital Collections.