ART & ARCHITECTURE
"A work of art
is
above all an adventure of the mind".
Eugene Onèsco
ART & ARCHITECTURE
"A work of art
is
above all an adventure of the mind".
Eugene Onèsco
|
|
||
| ABSTRACTS & INDEXES | ART HISTORY | ARCHITECTURE |
| ICONOGRAPHY | ANIMATION / CARTOONS | MUSEUM GUIDES |
|
|
||
The Dictionary of Art. New York:
Grove's
Dictionaries, 1996. (LC / RH) Ref N31.D5 1996.
This is an excellent starting point when
researching
the fine arts. This thirty-four volume reference work covers all forms
of the visual arts, from prehistoric times to the present. It is a vast
compendium of knowledge whereby the user can find information about
artists,
building types, artistic movements, artistic mediums, and much more.
In addition, this publisher maintains a
companion
website, www.groveart.com,
which provides a "comprehensive online reference resource for all
aspects
of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day."
Additional information can be found by
consulting
specialized reference sources. This includes dictionaries,
encyclopedias,
periodical indexes, bibliographies and historical surveys. Below is a
list
of the more commonly used art resources.
Return to Top of Page
Art
Abstracts. A bibliographic database that indexes
and
abstracts articles from over 300 internationally published periodicals.
Information can be found on all areas of the fine arts, architecture,
decorative
arts, photography, and urban development. The majority of the material
is published in English and the major Western languages. Coverage dates
back to 1984.
Art Index (Print Version
- [RH
/ LC] Ref N1.A413)
This is the print version of the above listed Art Index, also produced
by the H. W. Wilson Company. Note that the Walsh Library (Rose
Hill)
has the print index for the years 1929 through 1984; the Quinn Library
(Lincoln Center) has the years 1929 through 1991.
ARTstor
Hundreds of thousands of online images of paintings, sculptures, architecture and other works of art.
Bibliography
of the History Of Art. BHA indexes and abstracts
all
publications dealing with European and American art from late antiquity
to the present. Coverage is from 1973 to the present.
ART Bibliographies
Modern. Covers all aspects of modern and
contemporary
art. This includes performance art, computer art, installation works,
video
art, graffiti, and more. Indexed articles date back to 1974.
Index
to Christian Art. Information on over 23,000 works
of art dating from Apostolic times to 1400 A.D. Records have
bibliographic
references and may also include a published image of the work.
Return to Top of Page
Bibliography
Arntzen, Etta and Robert Rainwater.
Guide to
the Literature of Art History. Chicago: American Library
Association,
1980. (RH) Ref +N21 .A79
Ehresmann, Donald L. Fine Arts: A
Bibliographic
Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories and Handbooks. 3rd ed.
Littleton,
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1990. (LC) Ref N5300 .A1 E47 1990
Freitag, Wolfgang M. Art Books: A Basic
Bibliography
of Monographs on Artists. 2nd ed. N.Y.: Garland, 1997.
(RH) Ref N40.A1 F73 1997
Biography
A Biographical Dictionary of Artists.
N.Y.: Facts on File, 1995. (RH Ref / LC Oversize) +N40 .B53 1995
Who Was Who in American Art.
Madison, CT:
Sound View Press, 1999. (RH) Ref N6536. W56 1999 3 vols.
Who's Who in American Art. 24th ed.
N.Y.:
R. R. Bowker, 2000. (RH Ref / LC Stacks) N6536 .W5
Who's Who in Art. 21st ed. London:
The
Art Trade Press, 1984. (RH) Ref N40 .W6
Dictionaries
and Encyclopedias
Chilvers, Ian. A Dictionary of
Twentieth-century
Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
(RH / LC) Ref N6490 .C5317 1998
Contemporary Women Artists. Detroit:
St.
James Press, 1999. (RH) Ref +N8354 .C66 1999
Cummings, Paul. Dictionary of
Contemporary
American Artists. 6th ed. N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
(RH Ref / LC Stacks) N6536 .C8 1994
Dictionary of Women Artists. London:
Fitzroy
Dearborn Publishers, 1997. (RH / LC) Ref +N8354 .D53 1997
Langmuir, Erika and Norbert Lynton. The Yale Dictionary of
Art and
Artists. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
(RH) Ref N33 .L353 2000
Lucie-Smith, Edward. The Thames and
Hudson
Dictionary of Art Terms. London: Thames and Hudson, 1984.
(RH) Ref N33 .L75 1984
The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 3rd
ed. Oxford;
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
(RH) Ref N33. C93 2004
Patin, Thomas. Artwords: A Glossary of
Contemporary
Art Theory. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
(RH) Ref N71 .P32 1997
Turner, Jane. Ed. Encyclopedia of Latin American and
Caribbean Art.
New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2000.
(RH / LC) Ref N6502 .E53 2000.
Guides
and Handbooks
Atkins, Robert. Artspeak: A Guide to
Contemporary
Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the Present. N.Y.:
Abbeville
Press, 1997. (LC) N6490 .A87 1997
Brigstocke, Hugh. Ed. The Oxford Companion to Western
Art.
N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2001.
(RH) Ref + N33 .O923 2001
The Bulfinch Guide to Art History: A
Comprehensive
Survey and Dictionary of Western Art and Architecture. Boston:
Little
Brown, and Co., 1996. (RH) Ref N380 .B85 1996
Gardner, Helen. Art Through the Ages.
10th
ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
(RH / LC) Ref N5300 .G25 1996 (Note:
Gateway
to Art History is a companion website.)
Janson, H. W. History of Art. 5th
rev.
ed. N.Y.: Prentice Hall Abrams, 1997. (LC) Ref +N5300 .J3
1997
Murray, Peter and Linda Murray.
The Oxford
Companion to Christian Art and Architecture. Oxford: Oxford
University
Press, 1996. (RH Ref / LC Stacks / TT Ref) N7825 .M87 1996
St. James Guide to Black Artists.
Detroit:
James Press, 1997. (RH / LC) Ref +N40 .S78 1997.
St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists:
Profiles
of Latino and Latin American Artists. Detroit: St. James
Press,
2002. (RH / LC) Ref +N6538 .H58 S7 2002
Return to Top of Page
Bibliography
Avery's Choice: Five Years of Great
Architectural
Books: One Hundred Years of An Architectural Library, 1890-1990.
N.Y:
G. K. Hall & Co., 1997. (RH Ref / LC Stacks) NA30 .A88 1997
Ehresmann, Donald L. Architecture: A
Bibliographic
Guide to the Basic Reference Works, Histories, and Handbooks.
Littleton,
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1984. (RH) Ref NA30 .E5
Johnson, Donald Leslie. Makers of 20th
Century
Modern Architecture: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. Westport, CT:
Greenwood
Press, 1997. (RH) Ref NA680 .J628 1997
Almanacs,
Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias
Almanac of Architecture & Design 2001.
Norcross, Ga,: Greenway Group; Atlanta, CMD Group; Kingston, Ma.: R.S.
Means, 2001. (RH) Ref NA2750 .A56 2001
Burden, Ernest. Illustrated Dictionary
of Architecture.
N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1998 (RH / LC) Ref NA31 .B83 1998
Byars, Mel. The design encyclopedia. London : L.King Pubications, 2004. (RH/MM) Ref NK1370.B93 2004
Curl, James Stevens. Encyclopaedia of
Architectural
Terms. London: Donhead, 1992. (RH) Ref NA31 .C87 1993
Dictionary of Architecture and
Construction.
3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. (RH) Ref NA31 .H3 2000
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture
of
the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
(RH / LC) Ref NA208 .E53 1997
Fleming, John, Honour, Hugh and Nikolaus
Pevsner.
The
Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.
N.Y.:
Penguin Books, 1998. (RH) Ref N31 .F55 1998
Harris, Cyril M. American Architecture:
An
Illustrated Encyclopedia. N.Y.: W. W. Norton, 1998.
(RH) Ref NA705 .H36 1998
Langmead, Donald. Encyclopedia of Architectural and
Engineering
Feats. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
(RH) Ref +NA200 .L32 2001
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects.
N.Y.:
Free Press, 1982. (RH / LC / TT) Ref NA40 .M3
Maliszewski-Pickart, Margret.
Architecture
and Ornament: An Illustrated Dictionary. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland
& Co., 1998. (RH Ref / LC Stacks) NA2840 .M36 1998
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture. New York : Phaidon, 2004. (RH) Ref NA680.P44 2004
Sennott, Stephen. Encyclopedia of 20 th-Century Architecture. New York : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004. (RH/MM) Ref NA680.E495 2004
Guides
and Handbooks
Greene, Liza M. New York for New
Yorkers: A
Historical Treasury and Guide to the Buildings and Monuments of
Manhattan.
N.Y.: Norton, 1995. (RH / LC) Ref +NA735 .N5 G74 1995
Porter, Tom. Archispeak: an illustrated guide to architectural terms. 2004. (RH) Ref NA31.P67 2004
Teague, Edward H. World Architecture
Index:
A Guide to Illustrations. N.Y.: Greenwood Press, 1991. (RH)
Ref NA202 .T4 1991
White, Norval. AIA Guide to New York
City.
4th ed. New York: Crown Pub., 2000.
(RH / LC) Ref NA735 .N5 .A7 2000
Return to Top of Page
Aghion, Irene. Gods and Heroes of
Classical
Antiquity. Paris: Flammarion, 1996. (RH / TT) Ref N7760
.A34 1996
Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane. Dictionary of Women in
Religious
Art. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1998.
(TT) Ref N7793 .W65 A66 1998
Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane.
Encyclopedia of
Women in Religious Art. N.Y.: Continuum, 1996.
(RH) Ref N7793 .W65 A66 1996
Battistini, Matilde. Symbols and Allegories in Art. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005. (RH) N7740.B2913 2005
Carr-Gomm, Sarah. Dictionary of Symbols
in
Western Art. N.Y.: Facts on File, 1995.
(RH / LC) Ref N7740 .C29 1995
Duchet-Suchaux, Gaston and Michel
Pastoureau.
The
Bible and the Saints. N.Y.: Flammarion, 1994.
(RH Ref / LC Stacks) N8079 .5 .D821 1994
/ (TT Ref) BS513 .2 .D8313 1994
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography:
Themes
Depicted in Works of Art. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
(RH / LC) Ref +N7560 .E53 1998
Hall, James. Illustrated Dictionary of
Symbols
in Eastern and Western Art. N.Y.: Icon Editions, 1994.
(RH / LC) Ref N7740 .H3 1994
Return to Top of Page
Barrier, J. Michael. Hollywood
Cartoons: American
Animation in its Golden Age. N.Y. / Oxford: Oxford University
Press,
1999. (RH) NC1766 .U5 B37 1999
Bendazzi, Giannalberto. Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema
Animation.
Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1994. (RH)
NC1765
.B318 1994.
Clements, Jonathan.
The Anime Encyclopedia:
A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone
Bridge
Press, 1996. (RH) Ref NC 1766 .J3 C53 2001
Furniss, Maureen. Art in Motion:
Animation
Aesthetics. Sidney: John Libbey, 1998. (RH / LC) NC1765 .F87
1998
Horn, Maurice. Ed. The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons.
Phila. Pa.: Chelsea House Publishers, 1998.
(RH) Ref +NC1325 .W67 1999
Kanfer, Stefan. Serious Business: The Art and Commerce
of Animation
in America from Betty Boop to Toy Story. N.Y.: Scribner,
1997.
(RC / LC) NC1766 .U5 K36 1997
Poitras, Gilles.
The Anime Companion: What's
Japanese in Japanese Animation? Berkeley, Calif.: Stone
Bridge
Press, 1996. (RH / TT) NC1766 .J3 P65 1999
Sampson, Henry T. That's Enough, Folks: Black Images in
Animated
Cartoons, 1900-1960. Lanham, Md. / London: Scarecrow
Press,
1998. (RH) Ref NC1766 .5 .A35 S26 1998
Webb, Graham. The Animated Film
Encyclopedia:
A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features, and Sequences, 1900-1979.
Jefferson, N.C. / London: McFarland, 2000. (RH) Ref
NC1765
.W42 2000
Return to Top of Page
Art Across America: A Comprehensive
Guide to
American Art Museums and Exhibition Galleries. Monkton, Md.:
Friar's Lantern, 2001. (RH / LC) Ref N510 .A777 2000
Frick Collection. The Frick Collection:
A Guide
to Works of Art on Exhibition. 8threv. ed. N.Y.: The
Frick
Collection, 1997. (LC) N620 .F66 A8 1997
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Metropolitan
Museum of Art Guide. 2nded. N.Y.:The Museum, distributed
by Abrams, 1994. (RH / LC) Ref N610. A6743 1994
Museum of Modern Art. The Museum of
Modern
Art, New York: The History and the Collection. N.Y.: Abrams in
association
with MOMA, 1984. (RH Ref / LC Oversize / TT Stacks) +N620 .M9 A85
1984
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Guggenheim Museum
A to Z. N.Y.: Guggenheim Museum, 1992.
(LC) Ref N6487 .N4 S642 1992
Yeide, Nancy H. The AAM guide to provenance research. (RH) Ref N3999.Y45 2001
Return to Top of Page
General Sites
ADAM: An art, design, and architecture descriptive text source. Take note of the fact that it is no longer updated, yet it is still a valuable resource because the Multi-Option Browser (first click on Search and Browse, then “Multi-Option Browser”) which allows search by subject and period. This is a text only.
Archives of American art: This site contains primary sources: letters, photographs, diaries, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, catalogues, artists’ papers, materials relating to dealers, critics, art historians. Especially noteworthy is the “oral history section”.
Art
History Research Center:
A researcher’s guide to library catalogs, article indexes, online galleries, and art history department website pages.
Art
History Resources on the Web:A comprehensive survey of art history arranged by era and geographic location. An excellent starting point!
ArtLex:
Dictionary
of Visual Art: A dictionary of over 2,800 art terms. The index of terms is located in the left margin. This is a useful site because it is excellent as an interactive dictionary. Definitions are linked to examples. Student User guide available.
ArtSource:
Gathering point for art and architecture resources. It provides links to scholarly articles, museum web pages, and art-related events.
AskART:
Catalog of over 52,000 American artists featuring biographies and discussions of their work. Research Center (left margin) includes styles, glossary, and art prices, and Marketplace (left margin).
Website of the publication Ceramics Today, it contains biographical profiles, articles on ceramics from many publications, as well as links to artists’ websites. Menu on left margin has “archaeology and history” feature for research.
British Library: Learning:This is a new learning site featuring the British Library’s famous book collection crafted to assist personalized learning and individual research projects.
Ceramics Today:
Mother
of All Art History Links:
Site contains useful list of art history departments’ program descriptions.
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide:
Website of The Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art, a society affiliated with the College Art Association, containing scholarly articles about different artists, movements, and subjects that can be helpful in research.
Voice
of the Shuttle: Art & Art History Page:
Website of over 100 art links ranging from the general to specific. Since it links major art media sources and you can search within the site, this is a good current news and information source for the art world.
Voice
of the Shuttle: Architecture:
This contains an extensive list of architectural websites. The site provides search capacity within the site, and thereby a quick, efficient means of finding out the latest information in the field of architecture.
Women
Artists of the American West:
A Reading Course with essays on the American West offering articles, images, and links to other resources.
Image Collections &
Photography
Associated
Press Photo Archive
Digital
Library for
the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Museums & Galleries
Musee: A directory to museums around the world.
Gallery
Guide:
Current exhibition information for galleries and museums in the U.S.
and
Europe.
Virtual
Museums: International listing of museums. Searchable by
institutional
name, geographical location or museum type.
NY
Museums on the Web: Shortcut to a host of museums in N.Y.C.,
including:
Whitney
Museum of American Art
National
Museum
of American Art
| Comments and Suggestions | Top of Page | Research Guides | Library Homepage |
Nancy Stout
Fordham University Libraries
Last Update:8/30/2006