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by Jenifer Baldwin
Last Updated Jan 28, 2021
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Understanding Context
Use these reference sources for an overview of the artistic, social, cultural, and historical context for the art work. This is also a great way to get ideas for developing a paper topic, argument, or research question.
This database contains images from museums, photo archives, etc. Use it to find images of art from the same time period, movement, or in the same medium, to put your selected artwork into a visual context.
