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Art - Related Guides
Getting Started - Art Reference
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Oxford Art Online (8 users) This link opens in a new windowExtensive surveys and in-depth, signed full-text articles on the history of art written by noted scholars.Includes: Grove Art Online; Benezit Dictionary of Artists; Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms; The Oxford Companion to Western Art
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Oxford Reference Online (5 users) This link opens in a new windowArt & Architecture dictionaries and encyclopedias. •Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art •The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art TermsIncludes:•A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art•A Dictionary of Modern Design •The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
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Oxford Bibliographies Online: Art History This link opens in a new windowExpert recommendations on the best works available in each discipline; from a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set. Each article includes an introduction written by a top scholar in the field. Covers the theory, method, and the history of the study of art history.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (1975 - ) This link opens in a new windowIndexes any print product that includes biographical information on individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. The total number of biographical sketches indexed by BGMI is now more than 16.9 million.
Encyclopedias are great tools for gaining background information, putting your topic in context and identifying key terms, people and core resources. In addition to those above, you can search the catalog for your topic and add the word encyclopedias, for example: art encyclopedias.
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Allgemeines Kunstlerlexikon by Call Number: Art Reference N40 .A63ISBN: 9783598227400Publication Date: 1991-01-01 -
Art books : a basic bibliography of monographs on artists by Call Number: Art Reference Z5938 .F73 1997ISBN: 0824033264This work contains monographs, catalogue raisonnes, and exhibition catalogues for each artist listed. -
Art in theory 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas by Call Number: Art Gen N6420 .A78 2000 -
Art in theory, 1815-1900 : an anthology of changing ideas by Call Number: Art General N6450 .A779 1998ISBN: 0631200657 -
Art in theory, 1900-2000 : an anthology of changing ideas by Call Number: Art General N6490 .A7283 2003ISBN: 0631227075 -
Artist's handbook of materials and techniquesCall Number: Art Reference ND1500 M3 1991 -
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography by Call Number: Art Reference N7560 E53 1998 v. 1-2ISBN: 1579580092No online equivalent. Encyclopedia of themes depicted in artworks from the classical period to the 20th century. Entry on "Expulsion" details in part the visual narrative of the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, as depicted in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. Excellent resource for researching the use of a theme in a work of art. -
Guide to the Literature of Art History 2 by Call Number: Art Reference Z5931 .M374 2005ISBN: 0838908780No online equivalent. Comprehensive guide to research in art history. -
Modern arts criticism : a biographical and critical guide to painters, sculptors, photographers and architects from the beginning of the modern era to the present by Call Number: Art Reference N6489 M63 v. 1-4
Rhizome* is a resource for new media art. It is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology.
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- ArtBase – an online archive of over 2,500 works of digital art
- Artist statements and biographies, reviews and interviews
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- Commissions, exhibitions, events and discussion
- Curate an online exhibition from the ArtBase, annotate and comment on works
- Create a portfolio or profile and submit work to the ArtBase
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