Walker Collections
Walker Art Center, Minnesota, United States
Image by Eugen Belyakoff from Noun Project
Description 
A descriptive note detailing the content and context of the digital collection.
Since its founding in 1940, the Walker Art Center has collected the visual, performing, and media arts of our time. Their digital collection contains more than 4,000 images. Users can search or browse by period and type. Walker Art Center also has a Living Collection Catalogue that is an online serial dedicated to scholarly research of their multidisciplinary collections. The catalogue contains media-rich essays on broader themes as well as in-depth investigations of specific works of art.
Collection Type Broad terms that define the type of digital collection
Subject 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 Terms 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 Terms 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 Openness of the digital collection determined using the 4R activities by Wiley (2010).
Allow Reuse for educational and non-commercial purposes
Notes on Usage Additional notes on the terms of use on the digital images in the collection.
All content on the Walker website is for “noncommercial, educational, journalistic and/or personal use” only. No citation requirements is mentioned in the terms of use. Image can be cited by including the creator name, title of image, year of creation, source and url of the image and museum.
e.g. Heikes, Jay. Ear of Dionysius, 2011. Abstract composition on a paper support, 124 cm x 94 cm. Minnesota, Walker Art Center. http://www.walkerart.org/collections/artworks/ear-of-dionysius
For more information on acknowledging images with other citation styles, refer here.
Please read their Terms of Use for full details before using images.
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