The ultimate list of online research resources
Whether you’re more into eighteenth century pastel portraits or 90’s Prada, this list has you covered
By Georgia Canning & Natassa Stamouli
STILL FROM "SAY ANYTHING" ,1989
With the closure of libraries and museums and the general lack of stimuli, screens have become the main source of research during the lockdown. This list of online resources can serve to help you mood-board your way to a collection, or just to kill some boredom- a cultured alternative to The Sims.
COMME DES GARÇONS
FASHION
This exhibition is investigating the question, is fashion art?
This instagram is archiving McQueen
This one is archiving Margiela
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA
COMME DES GARÇONS
From architecture to candles this account puts no limits on what can be called fashion research
A video of designers in the 1930’s predicting how people will dress in 2000
The Museum at FIT (An exhibition on the history of Denim is now on!)
An ode to all the outfits on Greek TV
Kyoto Costume Institute’s Digital Archives
An analysis of Queen Victoria’s wedding dress
@she_comes_in_technicolor
ONE OF A KIND ARCHIVE
ART & VIRTUAL MUSEUM VISITS
Google Arts and culture investigate how there are traces of Bauhaus design in everyday life
If you enjoyed that you must watch Oskar Schlemmer’s triadic ballet from the 1920’s
A list of paintings that feature embroidered jackets (16-17th century - ladies)
Co-op construction, Hannes Meyer, 1926
Vista, Josef Albers, 1933
Pastel portraits from the eighteenth century
100,000+ digitized art books from the Getty research portal
The V & A ‘s online collections
This 360 virtual tour of the Vatican museum makes you feel like you are there
The MET is also accessible online
You can’t go to Paris, so visit the museum of decorative arts via this link
Portrait of Théophile Van Robais, Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1770
Portrait of Maria Frederike van Reede-Athlone, Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1755-1756
Self-Portrait, Charles-Antoine Coype, 1734
100,000+ digitized art books from the Getty research portal
The V & A ‘s online collections
This 360 virtual tour of the Vatican museum makes you feel like you are there
The MET is also accessible online
You can’t go to Paris, so visit the museum of decorative arts via this link
And a virtual tour of the Louvre
Bed with integrated night tables and bedside lamps, Marc Held, 1970/1971
BOOKS/MAGAZINES
Harper's Bazaar archive (1867-1900)
An instagram scanning vintage advertisements from i-D to Time Out
Open Library has various pdf’s
A tumblr archiving pages from The Face, pre 2014
Carhartt in i-D issue 164 May 1997
Patrick Cox and i-D exclusive bag in i-D issue 148 January 1996
Michiko Koshino in i-D Issue 210 June 2001
Stussy in i-D issue 170 November 1997
UNCATEGORISED
Yes, this is a virtual tour of the Pyramids of Giza
Aesthetically pleasing stills from The Simpsons
This guy goes to dead malls and vlogs it
An instagram documenting carpets, naturally
Words: Georgia Canning & Natassa Stamouli
Curation: Georgia Canning & Natassa Stamouli
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