art library
Visual works repository
An art library is a library specializing in visual arts—collections of books, periodicals, slides, and digital resources on painting, sculpture, architecture, design, and related fields.
Art libraries typically serve museums, art schools, or university art departments: The museum's art library holds extensive archives on Impressionism.
They often include image collections alongside textual materials.
- coffee table booksLarge decorative illustrated publications
- fine artsCreative visual disciplines
- printTransfer text to paper
- curationSelective organization of items
- artistsMakers of creative works
special collections · provenance records · digital databases · museums · galleries · cataloging · rare manuscripts · digitization · research materials · educators · rare books · paper · iconography · interlibrary loan · volumes · shelves · archives · periodicals
art libraryart gallery
Venue displaying visual works
art museum · exhibition hall · commercial gallery · artist studio · auction house