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These high-quality collections are examples of questions where searchers can "assess sources of visual material and choose relevant artworks and images based on need (ARLIS/NA Information Competencies, p.18)

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Architecture Image Collections

Museums and Institutional Collections

PRIMARY SOURCES: Museums support digitial access to exhibitions, digital collection images, primary sources of museum records, and ephemera. These are some exceptional examples. Contact a Librarian to further your search. 

Virtual Reality Workstation

Virtual Reality Workstation User's Manual
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Demonstration Enscape Training Video:

Art and Architecture Library Virtual Reality Workstation. Rm. 101, Education Hall

 
  • HTC Vive Pro and software for design, collaboration, and development.
  • STEAM platform hosts programs including  Arkio, Google Earth, Wander, Open Brush, and virtual exhibitions from museums worldwide.
  • Read more in the manual, 
  • Stop by the Library or email askalibrarian@nyit.edu to reserve time to use this workstation.

 

 

 

 

Google Earth and Google Streetview:

Recommended STEAM Applications for Architecture History:

Ancient Journey VR

Discovr Eypt

Nefertari's Tomb

History of the South Bronx - Images and Maps

Historical & Contemporary Images

Related Data and Visualizations

Related Ethnographies

Bagheri, Nazgol. "Mapping women in Tehran's public spaces: a geo-visualization perspective." Gender, Place & Culture 21, no. 10 (2014): 1285-1301.

Grant, Aimee. "Breasts and the city: an urban ethnography of infant feeding in public spaces within Cardiff, United Kingdom." International breastfeeding journal 16, no. 1 (2021): 37.

Rush, Liz M. "An autoethnography of Fuencarral 43: Women in masculine public space." Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography 2, no. 1 (2012): 15-27.

Sciorra, Joseph, and Martha Cooper. "We're not here just to plant. We have a culture. An Ethnography of the South Bronx" Casita Rincón Criollo"." New York Folklore 20, no. 3 (1994): 19.

Multi- media & Images

Film and Video for Design

3D Model Collections (OA)

3D Image Collections (WIP)

 Metropolitan Transportation Authority - New Artwork in Bensonhurst Subway
  Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (2012). A detailed photograph of Entitled “Tree of Life,” by Xin Song. The artwork is a combination of a contemporary photo collages and traditional Chinese paper cuts to evoke the historic status of the Bay Parkway Station. (https://flic.kr/p/cJP8SY) Accessed October, 2023.
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