Philadelphia Museum of Art Collections

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, United States
Tanguy, Kay Sage. Unicorns Came Down to the Sea, 1963. Oil on canvas, 92 cm x 72 cm. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://www.www.philamuseum.org.

Description icon-questionA descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.

According to their Annual Report 2014, the Philadelphia Museum of Art contains about 227,000 works of art in their collections. More than 100,000 images are made available through their digital collection. Users can search by keywords, artist, country of work and curatorial departments.

Collection Type icon-questionBroad terms that define the type of digital collection

Subject icon-question Broad terms or phrases that describe, identify, or interpret the digital image collection and what it depicts or expresses. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute.

Style Period icon-questionTerms that define the styles, art periods, movements, etc. whose characteristics are represented in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) by the Getty Research Institute

Work Types icon-questionTerms that identify the kinds of works in the digital collection being described. It typically refers to a work’s physical form, function, or medium in digital image collection. Values were obtained using the Thesaurus For Graphic Materials (TGM) by Library of Congress.

Openness icon-questionOpenness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).

Allow Reuse and Redistribute for educational and non-commercial purposes

Allow Reuse and Redistribute for educational and non-commercial purposes

Notes on Usage icon-questionAdditional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.

Images on this site are made available for “non-commercial, educational and personal use only” or for Fair Use under the United States copyright laws. Citation is required and should include a link to “www.philamuseum.org”.

e.g. Tanguy, Kay Sage. Unicorns Came Down to the Sea, 1963. Oil on canvas, 92 cm x 72 cm. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art. http://www.philamuseum.org.

For more information on acknowledging images with other citation styles, refer here.

Please check their Copyright Policy for full details before using images.