What is The AMICO Library?



Paul Cézanne
Still Life with Apples and a Glass of Wine, 1877-1879
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA,
The AMICO Library: PMA_.1950-134-32


Description

"AMICO" is an acronym for "Art Museum Image Consortium." The AMICO Library brings together over 100,000 high quality digital images of art from contributing AMICO members for research, reference and instructional use by schools, universities, libraries and museums. All images in the library are cleared for non-commercial, educational use.


AMICO Members

AMICO is currently made up of 39 museums in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdoms. Members include The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Art Institute of Chicago, the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles), the Library of Congress (Washington, DC), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museums of Scotland, the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London).


Content
Type of Image
Number
Paintings13,000
Sculptures5,900
Drawings & Watercolors13,700
Prints23,800
Photographs29,000
Textiles1,800
Costumes & Jewelry1,600
Decorative Art9,800
Books & Manuscripts1,200


Date Range

Date
Number of Images
BC2,500
0-1500 AD6,000
1501-1600 AD3,300
1601-1700 AD5,000
1701-1800 AD6,300
1801-1900 AD20,000
1901-Present53,000
Note: Art works from the past century are represented only when a member museum holds the appropriate copyright clearance.








Tutorial Created By
Terran McCanna
Fall 2003, LIS 6603
Dr. Stephanie Maatta Smith
Last Updated: November 28, 2003