Research Guide for Art

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.

Ref. CT104 .D54

Dictionary of World Biography

Ref. N33 .O93 1988

The Oxford Dictionary of Art

Ref. N40 .B53

A Biographical Dictionary of Artists

Ref. N6370 .G76

The Grove Dictionary of Art. From Renaissance to Impressionism: Styles and Movements in Western Art 1400-1900

Ref. N6490 .G7243

The Grove Dictionary of Art. From Expressionism to Post Modernism: Styles and Movements in 20th-Century Western Art

Ref. N6946 .G76

The Grove Dictionary of Art. From Rembrandt to Vermeer: 17th Century Dutch Artists

 

 

Main Coll DA185 .C865 1944

Medieval Panorama

Main Coll N6489 .L83 1999

Lives of the Great 20th Century Artists

Main Coll ND38 .V54 2003

Great Women Masters of Art

Catalogs and Guidebooks

Local History Coll AM13 .N5 R67 1991

New York City Museums: a Ross Guide: Museums, Houses, Art Galleries, Libraries, and Other Special Places Open to the Public in the New York Metropolitan Area

For additional print resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Catalog.

Sources for Art Articles

The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the following databases on campus, click on the Journal Articles /Database. Refer to the ARTStor guide for basic instructions on using ARTstor.

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)

ArtSTOR

Britannica Online

Grove Art

Oxford Reference Online

Research Library (Proquest

Wilson Biographies

Wilson OmniFile

 

Art Related Websites

Adelson Galleries

Focus on American artists from the 19th and 20th Centuries. Images may be viewed by exhibits or by artist. Includes artist profiles.
http://www.adelsongalleries.com

Art History Resource on the Web

Links to sources from PreHistory Art to Present Day Art, Art by
Geographical Areas, as well as links to museums world wide. http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

Freer and Sackler Galleries: Online Exhibitions

Portal to a series of online exhibitions, most featuring Asian art. http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online.htm

Metropolitan Museum of Art

National Gallery of Art

Online exhibits of the National Gallery of Art.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/index.shtm

Web Gallery of Art

Digit reproduction of European paintings and sculptures created
between 1150 and 1800. Some contain descriptions of the artist
and the painting.
http://gallery.euroweb.hu/artist.html

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