CAMIO—OCLC’s Catalog of Art Museum Images Online—is a premiere resource of works of art from a variety of prominent museums. Showcasing a wide range of fine and decorative art, CAMIO provides high-quality art images for education, research and enjoyment. All content is rights-cleared for educational use. Every work in CAMIO is represented by at least one high-resolution image and a description. Many have additional views of the work, sound, video and curatorial notes.
Students, faculty, researchers, museum professionals and library visitors will find CAMIO to be a valuable tool. CAMIO provides images for art history and studio art programs, course Web sites, lectures, presentations, class projects and research resources. It is a single point of entry to many collections, providing unlimited and powerful, Web-based searching.
The scope of the CAMIO collection ranges from 3000 BC to the present. The content includes about 95,000 works of art—photographs, paintings, sculpture, decorative and utilitarian objects, prints, drawings and watercolors, jewelry and costumes, textiles and architecture—plus audio, video and mixed media.
Questions to explore with CAMIO:
1. CAMIO features collections of prominent museums. Which of the following museums is NOT represented?
(D) The Wallace Collection
Answer: D
2. Do a basic search for the artist Henri Matisse. Scroll down to the drawing “Seated Woman from Back,” (#16). Enlarge the image and then click on the View a high-resolution full image link at the top of the page. Now scroll down to the lower right-hand corner of the image. How was this drawing signed?
Answer: H M 12/50
3. Using the advanced search, type in Vermeer. Limit your search to the Frick Collection and Art Reference Library. Hit ‘go.’ Which of the three paintings has a map of Holland on the back wall?
Answer: “Officer and Laughing Girl”-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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