prometheus is a distributed digital image archive that currently makes more than 3,496,000 images of over 120 databases from institutes, research facilities and museums researchable on a common user interface.
Situated at the Institute of Art History of the University of Cologne, prometheus is supported by the non-profit association prometheus e.V. which promotes the ongoing developments of the digital media for science and research.
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With a personal account at prometheus, you can not only use the simple and advanced search, but also create image collections, rate images, comment on them, define favorites, upload your own images to your own image database and add to and update your profile.
You can access your profile by clicking on your name in the top right-hand corner. Your profile will open and you will see your name, e-mail address, … Another click on the pencil and you can change these details. You can also change your institution or license so you can continue to access your content if you change university or institute or switch to an individual license.
You can specify how you prefer to work in the image archive too. Under ”Settings“ you can define access, search, image collections and uploads individually. Do you want to start with the simple or advanced search? Do you prefer the gallery or list view, preferably with 20 or 100 results on one page?
