Object Explorer

Browse and compare traits across processes using a set of 18 views made with various lighting techniques and magnifications. Characteristics including size, format, color, texture, sheen, and layer structure are explored logically.

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Identification

The print identification application guides you though a concise set of representations that replicate the experience of identifying prints using common tools (i.e., a loupe and simple stereomicroscope).

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History

Put a print process in its historical context by outlining the broad time periods of its invention, prominent use and technological evolution.

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Technology

For each print process, learn how different materials and manufacturing technologies come together to create an image.

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Graphics Atlas is a new online resource that brings sophisticated print identification and characteristic exploration tools to archivists, curators, historians, collectors, conservators, educators, and the general public. The Image Permanence Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology began initial development of this resource in 2006.