Timeline of Select Projects | Index of Projects

Title Year(s) Field Description
A Collection in Context: The Hispanic Society of America 2012 - 2013 Museology, North America

Concerned as much with the museum as an institution as with the objects contained within it, this digital monograph is constructed around a virtual tour of the Hispanic Society galleries, recreating the museumgoer experience carefully orchestrated by the Society's founder, Archer Milton Huntington.

Ajanta Cave Painting, Asia

Stitched photographs of cave wall murals with image detail hotspots

Andy Warhol, "Colored Campbell's Soup Can" Painting, North America

Collection of 19 images of Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can paintings

Andy Warhol, "Thirteen Most Wanted Men" Painting, North America

Collection of 21 images of Warhol's "Thirteen Most Wanted Men" installation at the 1964 New York World's Fair

Art and Architecture in Puglia: SIIA Research Trip 2020 - 2020 Architecture, Painting, Europe

In coordination with Prof. Michael Cole's Spanish Italy & the Iberian Americas project, the Media Center was able to join the research group on a trip to the Puglia region of southern Italy.

Art and Architecture of Sardinia 2023 - 2023 Architecture, Painting, Archaeology, Photography

The Media Center accompanied a Getty-funded research project to Sardinia, Italy in coordination with Prof. Michael Cole's Spanish Italy & the Iberian Americas project. In addition to documenting sites of 15th-18th century Spanish influence, Media Center staff also visited the ancient city of Tharros, and documented objects related to the archeological site of Mont’e Prama. Photographic documentation was also conducted on sites related to August Sander’s 1927 trip to Sardinia, such as Porto Torres and Aritzo.

Art Humanities Teaching Resources Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Europe, North America

This companion site to Art Humanities serves as a repository for instructor resources and briefings.

Breugel: The Netherlandish Proverbs Painting, Europe

Annotated details of Breugel's painting

Bruegel, Pieter, "Battle between Carnival and Lent" Painting, Europe

Image of the painting and details

Bruegel, Pieter, "Children's Games" Painting, Europe

Image of the painting and details

Bruegel, Pieter, "Tower of Babel" Painting, Europe

Image of the painting and details

Exploring Chinese Painting: A Test Module for Undergraduate Teaching Painting, Asia

Interactive timeline of masterworks of Chinese painting 900-1750 CE. Users can compare multiple works along the timeline or view individual pieces in detail, including four long scroll paintings.

Illuminating Art History: Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant 2022 - 2024 Art History, Slides, Photograph

A two-year Digital Art History grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation enabled the digitization and online dissemination of the Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology's Lantern Slide Collection.

Kangxi Emperor's Southern Tour: Scroll Seven Painting, Asia

Digitized, stitched images of Chinese scroll paintings with annotations and translations. One of four digitized. Also part of the Exploring Chinese Painting site.

Kangxi Emperor's Southern Tour: Scroll Three Painting, Asia

Digitized, stitched images of Chinese scroll paintings with annotations and translations. One of four digitized. Also part of the Exploring Chinese Painting site.

Monet's Rouen Cathedral Painting, Europe

Scans of 26 of Monet's Rouen Cathedral paintings, viewable in color or monochrome. The site also has a sun wheel feature that organizes ten of the paintings by approximate time of day they were made.

Qianlong Emperor's Southern Tour: Scroll Four Painting, Asia

Digitized, stitched images of Chinese scroll paintings with annotations and translations. One of four digitized. Also part of the Exploring Chinese Painting site.

Qianlong Emperor's Southern Tour: Scroll Six Painting, Asia

Digitized, stitched images of Chinese scroll paintings with annotations and translations. One of four digitized. Also part of the Exploring Chinese Painting site.

Raphael's Fresco of the Disputa of the Vatican's Stanza della Segnatura 2000 - 2001 Painting, Europe

Video of late Professor David Rosand describing Raphael's fresco with computer-animated illustrations.

Raphael's Fresco of the School of Athens 2000 - 2001 Painting, Europe

Video of late Professor David Rosand describing Raphael's fresco with computer-animated illustrations.

Raphael, The Stanza della Segnatura 1998 - 2000 Painting, Europe

This website devoted to the Stanza della Segnatura in contains images, details, descriptions, and explanations of the iconography and techniques for each of Raphael's frescoes.

Recording the Grandeur of the Qing / Nanxuntu: Southern Inspection Tour Scrolls 2005 - 2009 Painting, Asia

These monumental scrolls, commissioned by the Kangxi and Quinlong Emperors of the Qing Dynasty to record their multiple inspection tours, provide a unique and vivid glimpse into the grandeur of late imperial China and are the focus of this web site. The site has been updated to a new version by Asia for Educators

Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Safavid Shah Tahmasp (The Feast of Sadah) Painting, Asia

This site features a high-resolution, zoomable image of the "Feast of Sadah" page of this 16th-century Iranian illuminated manuscript, along with descriptions of the iconography, history, and historical figures found therein.

The American Southwest 2013 - 2014 Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, North America

Photographed in New Mexico and Arizona, this collection features a range of art and architecture, from pre-Columbian Native American settlements and Spanish Colonial mission churches to Modern Navajo architecture and contemporary Southwestern art.

The Asian Art Digital Teaching Project 2004 - 2008 Architecture, Painting, Asia

This teaching module showcases Media Center projects and image collections relating to Middle, South, and East Asian art and architecture in order to better serve the faculty and students of Columbia University.

The Photograph Collection: Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant 2020 - 2023 Art History, Photograph

A two-year Digital Art History grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation enabled the digitization and online dissemination of the Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology's Photograph Collection.

Unpacking Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso 2004 - 2005 Painting, Europe

This site contains information on Picasso's seminal work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, including essays, prepatory drawings, and biographical information on the artist. All images can be compared against the final painting in the image viewer.