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Bloomsbury Guide to Art
Includes focused entries on: individual artists, art, architecture and design terminology, countries and their cultural significance, theoretical concepts, and mythological and religious subjects and symbols. There are also contextualized entries on important individual works of art.
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Contemporary artists.
Provides detailed personal and professional information on 850 artists -- both established masters and emerging figures on the international scene. Modern painters, sculptors and graphic and performance artists are included. Illustrated with approximately 600 black-and-white photographs of the artists and their works.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N6490 .C6567 2002 -- v1-2


Encyclopedia of World Art.
This broad based reference source "consists of the representational arts in the broadest sense" without limitation of technique, geographical area or culture.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N 31 .E4833 1996 -- v1-17

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Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art / James Hall. Boulder : Westview Press, c2008.
This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based.Here in a single volume are combined religious, classical, and historical themes, the figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that established themselves through paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance. More than just a dictionary, this text places these subjects in their narrative, historical, or mythological context and uses extensive cross-referencing to enhance and clarify the meanings of these themes for the reader. The definitive work by which others are compared, this volume has become an indispensable handbook for students and general art appreciators alike.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N7560 .H34 2008


The Yale dictionary of art and artists
All aspects of Western art from 1300 to the present day. It provides information on painters, sculptors, and graphic artists, technical processes, terminology, theory, schools, movements, patrons and collecting, and much more.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N33 .L353 2000


Grove Dictionary of Art
Coverage includes biographical, geographical, philosophical, and theoretical information, as well as forms and themes, social aspects, and cultural influences
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N31 .D5 1996 v.1 - 34


Oxford Reference: Art & Architecture
Search individually or across the entire category from: The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists; A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms; The Oxford Dictionary of Art; A Dictionary of Modern Design; The Oxford Companion to the Garden; The Oxford Companion to the Photograph; A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art; The Oxford Companion to Western Art.
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Art Information: Research Methods and Resources
This is a basic guide to the methodology and resources used in researching topics in the arts field. It is divided into three sections: Methodology, a Bibliography of Research Sources, and Research Centers.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N 85 .J64 1990

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Atlas of world art
Entries for each time period are grouped into the geographic categories of the world. Each two-page entry features two or more maps, which, in addition to the usual details of topography and geography, present information such as ports and trade routes, regions for various types of art, production sites for different media, sources of raw materials, and major monuments.
CALL NUMBER: [RefAtlas] G1046.E1 O9 2004


Oxford Companion to Western Art
2600 alphabetically arranged entries, almost half of them covering artists from classical times to the twentieth century. Other entries discuss art styles and movements, art forms (such as battle painting, landscape, caricature, or stained glass), specialist terms, and materials and techniques in all media. Also available via Oxford Reference Online.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N33 .O923 2001
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t118&subject=s1

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Art History Resources: (Artists, Art Movements, Biographies, Artwork)
http://wwar.com/artists/
The art history index of famous artists leads to imagery and indepth information such as biographies to over 22,000 artists. Over 200,000 images from museums are directly accessible via this wealth of art historical information database. Direct links to images in museum collections, links to indepth art news, general links as well as the best collection of search engine results have been compiled for over 22,000 artists. Select all artists with biographies, or select by century - (12th Century - 20th Century) or select by nationality (Algerian - Welsh).

Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Courtesy of Christopher L.C.E.Witcombe, a professor of art history at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Va., this site presents hundreds of links to respected Web sites and Web pages relating to the field of art history.

ARTCYCLOPEDIA: The Guide to Great Art on the Internet
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
The Artcyclopedia is primarily an index to where paintings, sculptures and other great works of fine art can be viewed online, at hundreds of art museum sites and image archives worldwide. Links are classified by artist. Where possible, artists are in turn classified in a variety of ways: by movement (e.g. cubism, impressionism), by medium (e.g. photography, sculpture), by subject matter (e.g. landscapes, still life), and by nationality. The site also includes a comprehensive list of art museum sites worldwide, a guide to the visual search engines on the Internet, and a monthly top 30 list of the most-sought artists of the previous month. Artcyclopedia, Inc. is a privately owned company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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New York Times: Arts
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html
The latest news for Art & Design, Books, Dance, Movies, Music, Television, and Theater

ARTstor Blog: Learn about ARTstor collections, tools, services & events.
You can now receive ARTstor news through biweekly emails, RSS feed, or quarterly printed Newsletters. Go to Send me ARTstor news to select the method that works best for you.

The Bridgeman Art Library Archive - Founded in 1972, the Bridgeman Art Library works with museums, art galleries and artists to make the best art available for reproduction. The result is an outstanding archive of images drawn from collections throughout the world. Every subject, concept, style and medium is represented, from the masterpieces of national museums to the hidden treasures of private collections. Fine art is just one of the sources of images; design, antiques, maps, architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, anthropological artefacts and many others also feature in the collection.

In addition to JSTOR access to subject specific e-journals, including Architecture & Architectural History and Art & Art History, Project Muse offers full-text access to current journals by discipline. Users can search or browse by category/subject. Project Muse includes Art & Architecture