Critical Terms for Art History. Edited
by Robert S. Nelson and Richard Shiff. Chicago, London: University of
Chicago Press, 1996.
This reference work is a collection of essays that
examine the history and current use of the terminology used in the field
of art history. Each essay focuses on a single piece of art to
illustrate the usage of the term under consideration.
Illustrations and a bibliography are provided in each article.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N 34 .C75 1996
Snoddy, Theo.
Dictionary of Irish artists : 20th century. Dublin
: Merlin, 2002.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N6796 .S65 2002
The Oxford companion to Western
art. Edited by Hugh Brigstocke. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N33 .O923 2001
The Oxford Dictionary of Art. Edited
by Ian Chilvers and Harold Osborne. Oxford, New York: Oxford University
Press, 1988.
The focus of this one volume reference work is to
"provide an overview of Western art forms and of individual artists from
antiquity to our own day". Entries are brief and encompass mainly
painting, sculpture, and graphic art. Also available online via
Oxford reference Online: Art and Architecture, along with The
Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists, The Concise Dictionary of
Art Terms, and A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. This
online resource is Restricted to Union College.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N 33 .O93 1988
The Prestel dictionary of art and artists in
the 20th century. Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2000.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N33 .P74 2000
The Yale Dictionary of Art & Artists. By
Erika Langmuir and Norbert Lynton. New Haven, London: Yale University
Press, 2000.
Entries cover primarily western visual artists in the
period from 1300 to the present day and include not only historical
information about the artist but also characteristics of that particular
artist's work.
CALL NUMBER: [Ref] N 33 .L353 2000
