Research Guide for Art

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.

Ref. AZ108 .T74 2005 Complete Dictionary of Symbols

Ref. CT104 .D54 1998

Dictionary of World Biography

Ref. D117 .M4 2001

Medieval Panorama

Ref. G1046.E1 09 2004 Atlas of World Art

Ref. GT507 .O53 1998

Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers

Ref. N33 .L75 2004

Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms

Ref. N33 .L353 2000 Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists

Ref. N33 .O923 2001

Oxford Companion to Western Art (also available online)

Ref. N103 .H36 2004 Handbook of Research and Policy in Art Education

Ref. N5300 .A693 2002

Art: the World of Art, from Aboriginal to American Pop, Renaissance Masters
to Postmodernism

Ref. N5300 .G3 2001

Gardner's Art Through the Ages

Ref. N5300 .J3 2000

History of Art

Ref. N5300 .O946 2002 Oxford History of Western Art
Ref. N6370 .C32 2004 Renaissance Art and Architecture

Ref. N6370 .G76 2000b

From Renaissance to Impressionism

Ref. N6370 .G76 2000b

The Grove Dictionary of Art (also available online)

Ref. N6490 .A7186 2004 Art since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism

Ref. N6849 .L83 1999

Lives of the Great 20th Century Artists

Ref. N6490 .A713 2004

History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography

Ref. N6502.5 .C657 2002

Artists from Latin American Cultures: a Biographical Dictionary

Ref. N6507 .E53 2000

Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914

Ref. N7340 .M4 Handbook of Chinese Art for Collectors and Students

Ref. N7560 .E53 1998

Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography

Ref. N7740 .B2913 2005 Symbols and Allegories in Art

Ref. N8354 .D53 1997

Dictionary of Women Artists

Ref. NA215 .A7513 2003

Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture

Ref. ND38 .V54 2003

Great Women Masters of Art

Ref. NK1370 .B93 2004

Design Encyclopedia

Ref. NX456 .N49 2002

New York Times Guide to the Arts of the 20th Century

Ref. TR9 .O94 2005 Oxford Companion to the Photograph
Ref. TR15 .M273 2002b Photography: a Cultural History

Ref. TT505 .A1 C66 1995

Contemporary Fashion

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

Catalogs and Guidebooks

Ref. AM43 .L66 M87 2002

Museums and Galleries of London

Ref. AM48 .P37 M87 2002

Museums and Galleries of Paris

Ref. N510 .A777 2000

Art Across America: a Comprehensive Guides to American Art Moose's and
Exhibition Guides.

Ref. N2030 .A515 2005 1001 Paintings of the Louvre: from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

Ref. N6487 .N4 S642 2001

Guggenheim Museum Collection A to Z

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.

ARTStor

Grove Art Online (Oxford)

Oxford Reference Online - Art

Britannica Online

Academic Search Elite (Ebsco)

Research Library (Proquest)

Wilson OmniFile

Wilson Biographies

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

Homepage to the New York Metropolitan Musuem of Art.
http://www.metmuseum.org

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

Web Gallery of Art

Ditigal 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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