Bard Digital Image Database:

This database is available for Bard faculty and student use.  The database, MDID (which stands for Madison Digital Image Database, as it was originally created and generously distributed by James Madison University in Virginia), allows enrolled members of the Bard educational community to access the Visual Resource Collections of Bard College and the Bard Graduate Center. 

The database is in the early stages of implementation at Bard, but will grow to include, organize, distribute and archive the course and research related images of individual faculty members and academic departments at Bard College.

Access the database at: http://madison.bard.edu

[ Note:  Faculty and students will need to become registered users of the database in order to gain access. ]

Please contact the curator, Leslie Melvin (x7304 or via e-mail melvin@bard.edu), to register, or if you would like additional information about this digital database.

It is recommended that faculty members wishing to use the database's classroom presentation and/or study features schedule a quick orientation meeting with the curator.  Additional workshops on using digital image technology in (and outside of) the classroom will be offered to faculty throughout the year, and will cover the use of ARTstor, MDID and Powerpoint for presentations and study purposes.

Existing Course Websites (Art History) :

• arth102, Perspectives in World Art


• arth 228 Imperial Spain: Art and Architecture in Spain, Naples and the Americas, 1400-1800


• arth 232, Italian Renaissance Architecture


• arth261Realism and Impressionism


• arth122 African Art


• arth125 Modern Architecture


• arth 101, Perspectives in World Art


• arth/phot113 History of Photography


• arth160 Survey of Latin American Art


• arth126 Architecture since 1945


• arth289 Rights & the Image


• arth110 Art & Nation Building


• arth262 German & Austrian Expressionism


• arth277 The Dutch Golden Age


• arth230 Sophomore Seminar


• arth268 Slums/Bidonvilles/Favelas/Shantytowns


• arth140 Survey of Islamic Art


• arth348 Asian American Artists Seminar


• arth130 Intro. to Visual Culture


• arth283 Art Since 1945


• arth258 Manet to Matisse


• arth273 Religious Imagery in Latin America


• arth286 El Greco to Goya


• arth265 Dada to Surrealism


• arth267 20th C. Seminar


• arth269 Revolution and Social Change in Latin American Art


• arth272 Baroque Art


• arth278 American Art

Faculty Guidelines for Study Webpages
Any Art History faculty member interested in having course images posted online for student study should speak with the curator. The following criteria are considered when deciding which classes are to have websites:

Criteria

• The class should be one that will be repeated in the future.
• The images should not follow a course textbook exactly, and thus duplicate an existing study method.
• The images must be of good quality.

Instructions for the Faculty Member

• At the end of each lecture or week the instructor culls through their slides and submits those that they wish to have posted on the webpage. Please try to keep the weekly total to 20 slides or less.
• If the information on the label differs from how it should appear on the web page, please bring it to the curator's attention (e.g. if the info is incorrect or incomplete).
• Please allow one full week from when the slides are submitted for the creation of the webpage (occasionally longer). It is best to have the images up 1 to 2 weeks before the exam, therefore please submit the final materials 2-3 weeks before the exam to allow sufficient time for scanning.