Art & Art History Selected Resources

 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.

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

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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