History of Art and Architecture Resources at Brown University
Slide Collection
The Art Slide Library, a branch of the Brown University Library, is located on the 4th floor of List Art Center. Slides and mounted photographs of art and art-related subjects, including architecture and archaeology, may be borrowed by faculty and students for use in Brown University courses. Requests for new slides photographed from book plates are filled on a weekly schedule. Students may also use the public copy stand and camera to shoot slides, by appointment. Undergraduates are encouraged to use the slide collection for the following purposes:
- Illustration of an oral report in a Brown course.
- Study related to a paper topic in a Brown course.
- Study related to a studio project in a Brown course.
- Study related to building a model.
A small collection of reference books is available for on-site use, and the staff provides reference service on art-related topics.
To learn more about the collections, or to search them via ANITA, please visit the Art Slide Library's web site.
David Winton Bell Gallery
The Bell Gallery mounts six to eight exhibitions during the school year. The collections of the Gallery comprise nearly 5,000 prints and drawings, as well as a number of contemporary paintings and sculptures. The collections are open for study purposes at designated times, or by appointment. (The galleries of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, are also open to Brown students by ID.)
Undergraduates are employed as gallery guards and as assistants in the installation of exhibitions.
David Winton Bell Gallery Website
Center for Old World Archaeology and Art
The Center for Old World Archaeology and Art exists to bring together students and faculty in this field at Brown while retaining departmental affiliations (in History of Art and Classics). Courses are offered in Greek, Roman and Near Eastern art, architecture, and archaeology. A course in the methods of field work prepares students for excavations. An undergraduate Reading Room with a reference library provides a quiet and personal environment for study. A major role of the Center in the University's life is the close daily contact among faculty, students, research associates, and Parker Visiting Scholars. Frequent colloquia bring scholars of Old World Archaeology and Art from this country and from abroad to 70 Waterman Street.
Center for Old World Archaeology and Art Website
The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
The Museum's collection traces the history of art from antiquity to the present, housing more than 85,000 objects in all fields of art and design including, Greek and Roman sculpture, American furniture and decorative arts, nineteenth-century French painting and contemporary art. The galleries of the Museum are open to Brown University students with ID free of charge. Frequently, the Department of Art and Architecture offers classes at the Museum which allow students to work with objects first hand. Additionally, the Museum offers several summer internships which are open to Brown students.