CAMIO: OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online

Illustration by Japanese artist Eisen

Creator: Eisen (Asian, Far East Asia, Japanese, 1790-1848)
Prints: Color Woodcut
Ownership: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Francisco, California)
Accession Number: FASF.22132
Work: The Courtesan Kaoru of Owariya matched with Okitsu (Owariya uchi Kaoru, Okitsu) from the series "A Traveling Game with Yoshiware Courtesans Matched with the Fifty-three Stations of the Toakido", ca. 1820-1825, 37.1 x 25.3 cm

CAMIO contains over 23,000 images of works of art representing a broad range of fine and decorative arts from well-known collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Lost Angeles County Museum of Art, the Asia Society, and the Victorian and Albert Museum.

All works are represented by a high-resolution image and description. Some images also have additional views plus sound, video, and curatorial notes. Images are available for use classroom use, research, educational web sites, and other forms of educational projects.

This tool is designed for use in studio art, art history, anthropology, religion, and other courses in the humanities. CAMIO replaces the AMICO Library.

CAMIO Use Statement

Access to use of the CAMIO Library is exclusively for education, research, and scholarship. Contact Miranda Howard, Visual Resourses Librarian, for permitted uses of images by e-mail at miranda.howard@wmich.edu. U.S. copyright, Title 17, and the CAMIO Library agreement.

More about CAMIO and the Classroom

Digital images are available through CAMIO in three different sizes for browsing, study, and presentation. University Libraries' license agreement with the CAMIO Library allows WMU faculty, staff, and students with current WMU identification to use the CAMIO Library. Use of the database is prohibited to alumni, family members, and other persons not affiliated with Western Michigan University. Please read the following information regarding CAMIO utilization:

Authorized users are allowed to use images from the CAMIO database for educational purposes such as teaching, private study, research, student projects and papers
Proper citation to works must appear when images are used in papers
The use of the CAMIO images in Web sites, publication, and any other redistribution is strictly prohibited. Violation of this restriction will be met with appropriate action.
Assistance to faculty who would like to use CAMIO in class assignments is available. Faculty are welcome to make reservations for class instruction with a minimum of 48 hours notice.

Participating CAMIO Museums

Art Gallery of Ontario
Art Institute of Chicago
Asian Society Gallery
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Frick Collection and Art Reference Library
Indianapolis Museum of Art
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House
Library of Congress
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lousiana State Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts
Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of Canada
Philadelphia Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Victoria and Albert Musem
Walker Art Center