Art
Looking for information about painters? Need to find resources to develop an art history research paper? These and many other questions can be answered with the aid of the resources listed below. If you have additional questions, ask the librarians. They are ready to assist you in finding the information you need.
General Background Information
American House Styles, Ref 728.37 B255ahs
Art Pottery of the United States, Ref 738.0973 E92as
Atlas of Western Art History, Ref 700.223 S514ah
Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Ref 709.2 B91d
Chronicle of Impressionism, Ref 759.409 D416ch
Commercial Artist’s Handbook, Ref 741.6 S675c
Contemporary Women Artists, Ref 704.042 B396cw
Dent Dictionary of Symbols in Christian Art, Ref 704.9 S741dds
Dictionary of Art, Ref 703 D554tnr
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists, Ref 709 C97d3
Dictionary of Interior Design, Ref 747.03 P37d
Dictionary of Modern Painting, Ref 750.3 D54el
Dictionary of Modern Sculpture, Ref 730.3 D55dew
Encyclopedia of American Architecture, Ref 720.973 H943e
Encyclopedia of American Art Before 1914, Ref 709.7303 E56tur
Encyclopedia of Art Deco, Ref 709.04 E52du
Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art, Ref 709.803 E56tur
Encyclopedia of Photography, Ref 770.3 E56
Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art, Ref 704.9424 A645ewa
Encyclopedia of World Art, Ref 703 E56
From Abacus to Zeus, a Handbook of Art History, Ref 703 P616fr
Great Museums of the World, Ref 708 N55
Guide to Art Reference Books, Ref 707.016 C44g
Illustrated Dictionary of Art and Archaeology, Ref 703 M72i
Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics, Ref 738 S263i
Index of Reproductions of American Paintings, Ref 759.13 M75i
Index of Reproductions of European Paintings, Ref 759 M75i
Interpreting Contemporary Art, Ref 709.04 I61bn
Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art, Ref 709 H981eg
Modern Arts Criticism, Ref 709.04 M689prk
Modern Italian Painting, from Futurism to the Present Day, Ref 759.5 B19mew
New Century Handbook of Greek Art and Architecture, Ref 709.38 N532
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, Ref 709.22 N864he
Oriental Antiques and Art, Ref 745.10951 A543oa
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1900’s, Ref 700 R356og
Oxford History of Classical Art, Ref 709.38 O98bo
Painter’s Dictionary of Materials and Methods, Ref 703 T222pd
Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art, Ref 709 P533
Praeger Picture Encyclopedia of Art, Ref 703 P89
Theories of Contemporary Art, Ref 709.04 H576tc2
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms, Ref 703.21 L937th
World Artists, 1950-1990, Ref 709.22 M346wo
World Atlas of Architecture, Ref 720.9 W927no
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Locating the Art Collection
700 Fine and Decorative Arts
710 Civic and Landscape Art
720 Architecture
730 Plastic Arts/ Sculpture
740 Drawing and Decorative Arts
750 Painting and Paintings
760 Graphic Arts/ Printmaking
770 Photography and Photographs
Government Documents
ED Education Dept.
Finding Materials on art
1st floor, north Reference
1st floor, west Periodicals
1st floor, annex Government Documents
2nd floor General Books
3rd floor General Books
Sources of Journal Articles
PRINT RESOURCES
Biography Index
Humanities Index
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
Electronic Resources
Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
Article1st (FirstSearch)
Biography Resource Center
Issues and Controversies
MAS FullText Ultra (EbscoHost)
NewsFile Collection (NewsBank)
Newspaper Source (EbscoHost)
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Internet Resources
EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database
NetLibrary: Full text e-book database
NewsBank: Full text newspaper database
First Search: Periodical and information indexes
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
http://www.photographymuseum.com/index.html
ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE AGES
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/
ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
http://artarchives.si.edu/
ART AND ARCHITECTURE THESAURUS BROWSER
http://www.getty.edu/research/
conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/
ART DIRECTORY.COM
http://www.artdirectory.com
ART HISTORY RESOURCES IN THE WEB
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
ART MUSEUM NETWORK
http://www.amn.org
ART ONLINE
http://www.art-online.org
ARTCHIVE
http://www.artchive.com
ARTCYCLOPEDIA: THE FINE ART SEARCH ENGINE
http://www.artcyclopedia.com
ARTIST-INFO: CONTEMPORARY ART DATABASE
http://www.art-info.com/
ARTLEX: DICTIONARY OF VISUAL ART
http://www.artlex.com
ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORIANS
http://www.aah.org.uk/
ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY -temporarily suspended 1/24/2007
http://www.indiana.edu/~aah/
BIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE OF WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE
http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/
BRAINBANK-ART MOVEMENTS AND PERIODS
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/OTHERREFERENCE/
THEARTS/ ArtMvmtsandPeriods.html
CONSTABLE.NET: ARTISTS ON ART
http://www.constable.net
DART-THE INTERNET ART DATABASE
http://dart.fine-art.com
DICTIONARY OF ART HISTORIANS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF HISTORIANS, MUSEUM DIRECTORS AND SCHOLARS OF ART
http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/
DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/
FINE ART FORUM
http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/
FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO
http://www.thinker.org
FUTURISM: MANIFESTOS AND OTHER RESOURCES
http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/
GETTY PROVENANCE INDEX
http://piedi.getty.edu
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
http://www.guggenheim.com
INTERNATIONAL DADA ARCHIVE
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/index.html
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF ART LIBRARIES
http://artlibrary.vassar.edu/ifla-idal/
INTERNATIONAL ROCK ART DATABASE
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~brayer/rock/general.html
INTERNATIONAL STOLEN ART DATABASE -- under construction 1/24/2007
http://www.art-stolen.com
INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY’S ART BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/netart.html
J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM
http://www.getty.edu
KINDER ART
http://www.kinderart.com/lessons.htm
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
http://www.lacma.org
LOUVRE MUSEUM
http://www.louvre.fr/
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
http://www.metmuseum.org/
MUSEUM NETWORK.COM
http://www.MuseumNetwork.com
MUSEUM OF ONLINE MUSEUMS
http://www.coudal.com/moom.php
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
http://www.nga.gov
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN ART
http://www.nmwa.org
NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
http://www.newmuseum.org
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
http://www.moma.org
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM
http://www.pem.org/
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE: MUSEUMS
http://www.si.edu/museums/
SPARTACUS INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA-BRITISH HISTORY 1700-1930, ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ art.htm
24 HOUR MUSEUM: UK MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/
UFFIZI GALLERY
http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/musei/uffizi/
UNION LIST OF ARTIST NAMES BROWSER
http://www.getty.edu/research/
conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/
WEB GALLERY OF ART
http://www.wga.hu/
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
http://www.whitney.org
