Grove Art Online
Editorial and Art Image
Policies
Editorial Policy
Grove Art Online contains the full text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 volumes) and is updated on an ongoing basis with revisions, updates and newly commissioned material. Through the participation and support of the international community, Grove Art Online continues to expand the content in this remarkable resource renowned for its comprehensive, authoritative and current scholarship. We are committed to adding new material in vital areas of interest, updating and revising existing articles, and improving functionality and design in order to further develop this resource for our readership. Grove Art Online is dedicated to presenting a history of art that is inclusive, multicultural, international and diverse so that we remain a vital reference and learning resource for all audiences.
Grove Art Online launches new content by subject area annually and announces general updates on a regular basis. All new content updates are announced on the What's New page. New content and new functionality are guided by the art experts on our Editorial and Advisory Boards. Suggestions for new entries are submitted to area experts and board members for their review. The board members advise on the academic, curatorial, educational and library needs for this resource, including practical matters such as functionality, design, image copyright and other online publishing issues. Guest editors oversee major updates in specific subject areas and are invited to serve in this capacity on a project-by-project basis. We also collaborate with more than 1,000 international contributors and area editors to add new material to Grove Art Online.
Grove Art Online follows a unique house style that was developed exclusively for The Dictionary of Art. All Grove Art Online articles are edited to house style guidelines and all spellings are in British English. All dates are listed by day/month/year and all bibliography is listed in chronological order.
Art Image Policy
Images are crucial to the study of the history of art and vital to the growth of this resource. Through special partnerships with major organizations such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Art Resource, Art Images for College Teaching, Artists Rights Society, Bridgeman Art Library, as well as numerous international galleries and individual artists, Grove Art Online now offers over 5,500 art images, maps and line drawings displayed in the text of articles.
Organizations that have made large numbers of images available within Grove Art Online have required specific photo credit lines which have been included in the relevant image captions and are listed here: image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; photo © The Museum of Modern Art; photo © The British Museum; photo © Allan T. Kohl/AICT; and © Artists Rights Society, NY — With the exception of fair use, fair dealing laws in certain jurisdictions, reproduction, including downloading of ARS members' works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists' Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Grove Art Online also directs users to searchable art image collections, such as Bridgeman, Art Resource and ARTstor (available by subscription only), and more than 40,000 editorially selected museum and gallery websites through our art image links. The art image links are reviewed on a quarterly basis by the editorial staff. Please report any broken or misdirected image links to the editor at editor@groveart.com.
The generous contribution of images and permission by authors, artists and galleries helps GAO offer outstanding visual support of its textual content. We invite contributors to donate art images to be included in their articles in Grove Art Online. We may only accept images for which the contributor has cleared all permissions for worldwide, perpetual online use in Grove Art Online. We are also interested in forming new partnerships with museums and institutions for images and static image links. We hope these partnerships will increase community awareness of and interest in these valuable collections and educational resources. If you wish to donate images or discuss partnership possibilities, please email the editor for details at editor@groveart.com.
Grove Art Online does not pay fees or negotiate fees for individual images. All images in Grove Art Online are available for educational use (research, homework, papers, etc.) within fair use/fair dealing/educational exemptions permitted under the copyright law in the country where the user/institution is based. Images are not to be used for commercial purposes (publications, posters, merchandise, etc.). Please contact commercial image providers directly if you wish to use art images for commercial purposes. Grove Art Online is not an image provider or stock photo agency. Please see Privacy Policy and Legal Notices for more information.
