Paintings in Museums Germany, Austria, Switzerland' Online Catalogue of Exhibited Works and Deposito

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Paintings in Museums Germany, Austria,
Switzerland. OnlineCatalogue of Exhibited Works
and Depository Holdings
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Paintings in Museums Online

• The online edition Paintings in Museums presents
  a systematic index of the entire holdings of
  works, both on display and in deposits, owned by
  nearly 650 museums in Germany, Austria and
  Switzerland.
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• A comprehensive and current catalogue for over
  178.000 paintings, pastels, gouaches as well as
  mixed-media works from all ages, genres and
  styles of about 31.200 artists is therefore
  available to the user.

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Paintings in Museums Online

• The database contains three parts linked to each
  other
• Paintings descriptions (title, date of origin,
  format, classification, style, material and
  inventory number) of the paintings available in
  the museums.
• Artists Names and short biographical information
  on the artists of whom paintings are described
  many entries are linked to the database
  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon / International
  Database of Artists (AKL) Online for a more
  detailed biographical description (separate
  subscription necessary).
• Museums Addresses and contact information for
  all museums from which paintings are described.

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Paintings in Museums Online

• Languages
• Database interface and classification terms in
  German and English
• Entries (paintings, persons and museums) in
  German.
• Two search options (Basic and Advanced Search).
• Several search categories
• General All, Document ID
• Paintings Title of Painting, Date of Origin,
  Classification, Material type
• Persons Name, Period (general), Year of birth,
  Year of death, Place
• Museums Museum name, Address
• Search results can be printed or e-mailed
• Database Host Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund
  (GBV)

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GIM Online Start screen

• Opening screen including the Basic Search

Durer, Albrecht
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GIM Online Basic Search

• Results list for the basic search Dürer,
  Albrecht on the top of the list are two person
  entries, followed by descriptions of 136
  paintings of the artists by that name.

Persons
Paintings
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GIM Online Documents
Clicking on the name in the results list leads to
the short entry for the artist Albrecht Dürer
for many artists a link is available to the full
entry in the International Database of Artists
(AKL- separate subscription).
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GIM Online Documents

• The description of a painting contains a link to
  the museum which owns this painting.

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GIM Online Documents
Search for museums and descriptions of their
paintings enter the search term Pinakothek
the results list shows the entries of 4 museums
by that name, as well as the paintings located at
these museums.
Museums
Paintings
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GIM Online Documents
To only see the paintings from one of these
museums, use the link related publications on
the museum page
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GIM Online Advanced Search

• Advanced Search for the easy combination of
  search terms e.g. Classification terms and Artist
  name. In this example the search is for animal
  paintings by the artist Franz Marc.

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GIM Online Advanced Search
The results list shows 73 paintings by the
expressionistic artist Franz Marc which depict
all sorts of animals, from horses to cats and
tigers.
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Further information

• Further information on the database Paintings in
  Museums Online canbe found athttp//www.degruyt
  er.de/cont/fb/km/detailEn.cfm?isbn978-3-598-43995
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• Questions about the content can be answered by
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  49 (0)89 76902-222hildegard.toma_at_degruyter.com
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