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Art & Art History
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Selected Resources
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The following is a guide to library resources that may prove useful. It is
not an exhaustive list; please consult a reference librarian for help in locating
additional materials.
Search SOUTHcat, the University Library’s catalog for books about the practice
of the arts.
For keyword searches, put phrases in quotes, such as "painting conservation"
and restoration. Capitalization is not necessary; punctuation doesn't work (including
hyphens and apostrophes)
Subject examples:
| sculpture techniques |
painting techniques |
engraving |
| industrial design |
art decorative |
illustration |
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artists’ materials |
drawing |
GUIDES
- The Artist’s Handbook of Materials and Techniques. 5th ed. rev.
Ref. ND 1500 .M3 1991
- The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources 5th edition.
- Ref. AZ 221 .B42 2000 Chapter 8 is concerned with the visual arts.
- Fine Arts: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories
and Handbooks.
- Ref. Z 5931 .B47 1990
- Bulfinch Guide to Art History. Ref. N 8370 .B85 1996
INDEXES - SOURCES FOR JOURNAL CITATIONS AND/OR ARTICLES
- Art Index.
- Ref. Z 5937 .A78 Good for American art periodicals.
Library has 1929 to 1999.
- Arts and Humanities
Search.
- FirstSearch database from SSCI. Per search database. Access through
Full Text Journals/Indexes, but this is an index only.
- Bibliography of History of Art. BHA. 1991- . Formed by a merger
of Repertoire l’Art et d’Archeologie and RILA: Repertoire International
de la litterature de l’art.
- Ref. N 7510 .B53 Library has Vols.
1-6, 1991-1996.
- Repertoire International de la Litterature de l’Art: RILA. 1975-1989.
- Ref. N 7510 .R16 Library has Vols. 1-15,
1975-1989.
- These two titles are important international abstracting tools for the
dates covered; books,periodical articles, dissertations, exhibition catalogs
and
other types of materials are cited and abstracted. No full text of articles.
REPRODUCTIONS
- The Black Artist in America: an Index to Reproductions. Ref. N
6538 .N5 T46 1991
- Index to Two-Dimensional Art Works. 1981. Ref. N 7525 .K67
- Historical Art Index, A.D. 400-1650. Bookstacks N 8210 .R6 1989
- Illustration Index. 2nd edition. Supplements 5-8. Ref. N 7525 .G72
- This is a tool for the identification of photos, maps, and drawings in
8-10 periodicals as well as a selective listing of books.(Ron Blazek)
- Index to Reproductions of European Paintings. Monro. 1956. Ref. ND
43 .M6
ENCYCLOPEDIAS / DICTIONARIES
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus. Ref. Z 695.1 .A776
- Dictionary of Art. 34 vols. Ref. N 31 .D5 1996. Comprehensive.
- Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World. 4 vols. Ref.
NA 208 .E53 1997
- Encyclopedia of World Art. 1959-83. 15 vols. and supplements.
Ref. N 31 .E4833
- Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts. Ref. NK 30 .O93 1985
- Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art. Ref. N 6490 .O94 1988
- Oxford Dictionary of Art. Ref. N 33 .O93 1988
- ArtLex. http://www.ArtLex.com
DIRECTORIES
- Art in America. annual. Sourcebook to the U.S. Art World. Ref.
N 1 .A43
- Latest year only. This is a special issue of the magazine.
- American Art Directory. Ref. N 50 .A54. Latest issue only. Part
II: Art Schools
- Art Marketing Sourcebook. Ref. N 58 .A78 1995
- Art Museums of the World. Ref. N 410 .A76 1987
- Artist’s and Graphic Designer’s Market. Bookstacks N 8600 .A76.
Latest year in Ref. dept.
- Artist’s Resources Handbook. Ref. N 8600 ,G69 1994
- Grants for Arts, Culture & the Humanities. Bookstacks AZ 188
.U5668. Library has 2000/01.
- Visual Resources Directory. Ref. N 4039 .V58 1995
- Worldwide Art Resources. http://wwar.com.categories/Museums/Countries
BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
For books about artists, etc., do a subject search on the person in SOUTHcat
catalog.
example: wyeth, andrew
Be careful with non-English surnames, e.g., gogh, vincent (not van
gogh, vincent). Experiment with such surnames. They may not be consistent in
form.
Major art encyclopedias will also have short biographies of artists.
The following titles will help with brief biographies:
- Biography
and Genealogy Master Index.
- Brief information. Link to website from "E-Reference" on home page.
- Biographical Dictionary of Artists. Ref. N 40 .B53
1995
- Contemporary Artists. Ref. N 6490 .C6567. Library’s
latest is 1996.
- Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peinteurs,
Sculpteurs. 10 vols. Ref. N 40 .B47 1976
- Dictionary of Women Artists. Ref. N 43 .P47 1985
- Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painting.Ref.
N 6536 .F5 1986
- St. James Guide to Black Artists. Ref. N 40 .S78
1997
- Who’s Who in American Art. Ref. N 6536 .W5. Library’s
latest is 1997/98.
- World Artists, 1950-1980. Ref. N 6489 .M37 1984.
HISTORIES
SOUTHcat subject searches, examples:
| painting history 20th century |
painting renaissance |
sculpture Italian |
- Crowe, J. A. and G. Cavalcaselle. History of Painting in Italy, Umbria,
Florence and Siena, from the Second
- to the Sixteenth Century. Bookstacks ND 611 .C8 1975
- Volumes: 1-Early Christian Art; 2-Giotto & the Giottesques; 3-Sienese,
Umbrian & N. Italian
- Schools; 4-Florentine Masters of the 15thCentury; 5-Umbrian & Sienese
Masters of the 15th
- Century; 6-Sienese and Florentine Masters of the Sixteenth Century
- Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. 10th edition. Ref. N 5300 .G25
1996
- Janson, H. W. History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from
the Dawn of History.
- Bookstacks N 5300 .J3. Latest edition is in the Reference
area.
- Masterpieces of Western Art. Ref. N 5300 .M37 1996
- Sculpture of India, 3000 B.C.-1300 A.D. Bookstacks NB 1002 .C535
1985
- Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture. Ref. NA
200 .F63 1998
LIBRARY CATALOGS
- American Library Compendium and Index of World Art. Ref. N 4040
.A45
- Index to Art Periodicals in Ryerson Library, the Art Institute of Chicago.
1962. Microfilm, 2nd floor
- Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Microfilm,
2nd floor
- University of South Alabama. Afro American, Mexican American, Native
American, Art Slide Catalog,
- 1974-1975. Ref. N 6538 .A1 U6 1974-75
MORE ELECTRONIC SOURCES
- Louvre. http://www.Louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
- National Gallery of Art. http://www.nga.gov/collection
- ArtsEdNet. The Getty Educational Institute. http://www.getty.edu/artsednet
- Art on Film Online. http://www.artfilm.org
- For more websites, go to the homepage and click on Topic Guides, then select
"Art."
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MORE EXAMPLES OF SUBJECT SEARCHING, ALSO KEYWORD SEARCHING:
Subject or keyword (for phrases, put keyword searches in quotation
marks):
| impressionism |
realism |
ceramics |
| painting exhibitions |
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Keyword:
| painting and italy and renaissance |
| "interior design" |
| art and history and "united states" |
| "folk art" or "outsider art" |
| "abstract expressionism" |
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