Research Guides: MUS 196B: Sound and Space: Sound Installation and Movement Staging in the Field of Music Composition: Finding Images

Lisa Zeidenberg

she/her/hers

Contact:

lzeidenb@brandeis.edu

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Subjects: Art, Architecture and Photography, Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies, Film Studies, Music, Theater and Dance

Searching Artstor for images of sound installations

Many images of works by noted sound artists in Artstor are found under the classification Sculpture and Installations, and many use the word sound, audio, speaker/s, or microphone in the Materials field. So a search for

sound OR audio OR speaker OR speakers OR microphone [select MATERIAL from the drop-down menu]

with the Sculpture and Installations Classification selected, will yield many relevant results.

Artstor

Artstor
Image database featuring images from some of the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists; the most comprehensive image resource available for educational and scholarly use, with many rare and important collections available nowhere else.

Art reproductions

Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online)
Online access to definitive reference works encompassing all aspects of visual culture; includes biographical and subject entries with bibliographies for further research and searchable images made available through Oxford's partnerships with museums, galleries, and other arts organizations.

Provides the most organized and direct path to a huge number of image links. Here's how to find the images after clicking on Grove Art:

Type artist's name into search box.
Select article on artist from the results list.
After article appears, click on the "External resources" link on the lower left.

Note: when clicked, the links connect directly with the museum or image site -- click your browser's back button to return to Grove Art Online.