LibGuides: Asian and Pacific Studies: Art/Images and Media

Art and Images

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Subjects: Art History, Studio Arts, Humanities
Description: General research database containing images.
Contents: Primary Sources
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Himalayan Art Resources
Himalayan Art Resources is an education and research database and virtual museum of Himalayan art, which is indigenous to the Himalayas, predominantly Tibet, Nepal and Kashmir, and the areas under the cultural sway of these cultures.
Lafayette College Libraries' East Asia Image Collections
The East Asia Image Collection (EAIC) is an open-access archive of digitized photographs, negatives, postcards, rare books and slides of colonial Taiwan (1900-45) and occupied Japan (1947-52).
The Met Collection - Asian Art
The Department of Asian Art fulfills a unique role at The Met by representing the artistic achievements of six major cultural traditions that encompass 5,000 years of history, half the world's population, more than twenty modern nations, and a vast region that ranges from Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia across the Himalayas to China, Korea, and Japan. The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world.
National Palace Museum (Taiwan)
The image archive of collections in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan is accessible online, including paintings, calligraphy, ceramics, jade, bronzes, Buddhist antiques, etc.
Online Museum Educational Resources in Asian Art
OMuERAA aims to make the wealth of educational materials that are now available on the websites of many museums and arts-related educational institutions better known to teachers and students of Asian studies.
The Palace Museum (Beijing)
The collections of the Palace Museum originate from the Qing imperial collection and include ceramics, paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, timepieces, jades, palace paraphernalia, ancient books, and historical documents. An image archive of The Palace Museum collections is accessible online.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art
The museum cares for exceptional collections of Asian art, with more than 45,000 objects dating from the Neolithic period to today and originating from the ancient Near East to China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, and the Islamic world.

Music and Films

Filmakers Library Online This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General streaming video collection from Alexander Street Press. Contains award-winning documentaries focused on race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, and more.
Contents: Streaming Video
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Independent World Cinema This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: Many
Description: Streaming video collection from Alexander Street Press containing more than 400 independent and limited release films.
Contents: Streaming Video
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Kanopy This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General streaming video collection of documentaries, educational films, training films, and theatrical releases. Access may be restricted and require library assistance to view.
Contents: Streaming Video
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Music Online This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: Music, Theatre Arts, Film and Television Production
Description: General streaming music collection from Alexander Street Press containing complete albums and individual tracks.
Contents: E-books; Streaming Video; Streaming Audio; Musical scores
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Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General streaming video collection. If using Swank Digital Campus from off-campus, your LMU account information may be required. Includes course related, theatrically released films streamed for on and off-campus use.
Contents: Streaming Video
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