Asian Art Photographic Distribution (University of Michigan)

Overview

The University of Michigan Asian Art Photographic Distribution (AAPD) will be represented in ARTstor with 9,600 images of Chinese painting, sculpture, bronzes and ceramics, Central Asian Art, and Japanese painting. The AAPD was established in 1970 as a not-for-profit distributor of visual resource materials related to East Asian art. Color photography was introduced in 1975 to document various public collections and exhibitions. By 1978, AAPD had expanded its scope to include Japanese paintings in traveling exhibitions, as well as private and public collections. Most of these images were documented in connection with thematic exhibitions, often with multiple details of individual works. As a result, the archive draws on important permanent collections from a range of museums, as well as major loan exhibitions.

Through an initial collaboration with the American Council for Southern Asian Art, more than 12,000 images from the University of Michigan's ACSAA Color Slide Project have already been added to ARTstor.

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Collection information

Total size of collection* 9,600
Percentage of completion 0%

* Image totals should be regarded as an approximation until a given collection is 100% complete. Users should also bear in mind that the number of images available to them may vary from country to country, reflecting ARTstor’s approach to addressing an international copyright landscape that itself varies from country to country.

Last updated: June 12, 2008