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Reference Books

 
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Guides to the Literature

  • The AAM Guide to Provenance Research. [REF N 3999 Y45 2001]
  • Art Information and the Internet:How to Find it, How to Use it. [REF N59 J66 1999]
  • Art Information:Research Methods and Resources. [RESERVE N85.J64 1990]
  • A Documentary History of Art [STACKS N5303.H762]
  • Guide to the Literature of Art History. [REF N380 A75]
  • Guide to the Literature of Art History 2. [REF N380 A752 2005]

    • Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Atlases

  • Almanac of Architecture and Design. [REF NA2750 .A55 2000]
  • ArtSpeak:a Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords,1945 to the present.
        [REF N6490.A87 1997]
  • ArtSpoke:a Guide to Modern Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords,1848 to 1944.
        [REF N6447.A85 1993]
  • Artwords:a Glossary of Contemporary Art Theory. [REF N71 .P32 1997]
  • Atlas of Western Art History. [REF/OVR G1046.E64 S7 1994]
  • Atlas of World Art. [REF G1046 .E1 O9 2004]
  • The Design Encyclopedia. [REF NK1370 .B93 2004]
  • Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. [REF NA31 H32 2006]
  • The Dictionary of Art. 34 vols. [REF N31.D5 1996]

    •     Dictionary of Art is also available online as the Oxford Art Online
  • A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes. [REF NX456.K67 2000]
  • Dutch Art:an Encyclopedia. [REF N 6941 D88 1997]
  • Encyclopedia of American Architecture. [REF NA705.H86]
  • Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. [REF NK805 .E6 2004]
  • Encyclopedia of the Romantic era, 1760-1850. [REF NX452.5.R64 E53 2004]
  • Encyclopedia of Sculpture. [REF NB198 .E53 2004]
  • Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Photography. [REF TR652 E5 2006]
  • Encyclopedia of World Art. 16 vols. [REF/OVR N31.E533]
  • Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery. [REF TT919.5 F68 2000]
  • Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [REF TR9 .O94 2005]
  • Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts. [REF N72 .H64 Q44 2004]
  • Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms. [REF N33.L75 2004]

    • Bibliographies

  • Applied and Decorative Arts:a Bibliographic Guide. [REF NK1110.E47]
  • Black Artists in the United States:an Annotated Bibliography of Books, Articles, and Dissertations
        on Black Artists,1779-1979 [REF N6538.N5 D39]
  • Feminist Art Criticism: an Annotated Bibliography [REF N72 F45 1993]
  • Fine Arts:a Bibliographic Guide .... [REF N7425.E45 1979]
  • Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Who Else:a Selective Annotated Bibliography.
        [REF N6502.5 .P84 1996]
  • Women Artists:an Historical, Contemporary, and Feminist Bibliography. [REF N8354.B32]
  • Women Artists in the United States:a Selective Bibliography
        and Resource Guide on the Fine and Decorative Arts, 1750-1986. [REF N6536.C4 1990]

    • Biographical Sources

  • African-American Architects:a Biographical Dictionary,1865-1945. [REF NA736 .A47 2004]
  • Contemporary Artists. [REF N6490 .C6567 2002]
  • Contemporary Designers [REF NK1166.C66 1990]
  • Contemporary Fashion [REF TT505.A1.C66 1995]
  • Contemporary Photographers. [REF/OVR TR139 .C663 1988]
  • Contemporary Women Artists. [REF N8354 .C66 1999]
  • Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists. [REF N6512 .C854 1994]
  • Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. [REF N40.B94]
  • Dictionary of Women Artists:an International Dictionary of Women Artists born before 1900.
        [REF N43.P47 1985]
  • Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era:a Biographical Dictionary of More than
        12,700 Persons . [REF N6502.4 .S45 2003]
  • Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists [REF N6489 .L83 1999]
  • Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. [REF NA40.M25 1982]
  • North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century:a Biographical Dictionary.
        [REF N6503 .N67 1995]
  • Photographers: a Sourcebook for Historical Research [REF TR15 .P477 2000]
  • The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists in the 20th Century. [REF N6490 .P72 2000]
  • St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists:Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists.
        [REF N6538.H58 S7 2002]
  • St. James Guide to Black Artists. [REF N 40 S78 1997]
  • Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975. [REF N6536 .W562 1999]
  • Who's Who in American Art 1997-1998. [REF N6536.W5]

    • Career Guidance

  • Art Law Conversations: a Surprisingly Readable Guide for Visual Artists.
        [REF KF390 .A7 R877 2005]
  • Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market. [REF N8600.A76 2006]

    • Directories

  • Art Across America. [REF N510 .A777 2000]
  • American Art Directory. [REF N50.A54]
  • Art, Artifact, and Architecture Law. [REF KF4288.D37 1995]
  • Art on Campus. [REF N 510 A786 2000]
  • Artists Communities:a Directory of Residences in the United States that Offer Time and Space
        for Creativity. [REF NX110 .A767 2000]
  • The Official Museum Directory. [REF AM10.A2 04]

    • General Art Histories

  • Art History. Stokstad, Marilyn. [STACKS N5300 .S923 2002]
  • Art History of Photography. [STACKS TR653.K3313]
  • Art Theory: an Historical Introduction. [STACKS N5300 .W647 2004]
  • Gardner's Art through the Ages.
  • History of Art. Janson, H. W. [STACKS N5300 .J3 2001]
  • The Oxford History of Western Art. [STACKS N5300 .O96 2000]
  • Non-Western Art. Mackenzie, Lynn. [STACKS N5300 .M23 2001]

    • Symbols

  • The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art. [REF GR705 .W47 2004]
  • The Conitinuum Encyclopedia of Native Art: Worldview, Symbolism, and Culture in Africa,
        Oceania,. [REF E98.A7 W49 2000
  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. 3 v.
        [REF N 7560 E53 1998]
  • Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. [REF N7560.H34]
  • Iconography of Christian Art. [STACKS N7830.S35]
  • Symbols and Allegories in Art. [REF N7740 .B2913 2005]
  • Symbols and Legends in Western Art. [REF N7740.W53]

    • Print Indexes

  • Art Index. 1929-2002 N1.A1 A68
  • Twentieth Century Artists on Art: an Index to Writings, Statements and Interviews by Artists,
        Architects, and Designers. [REF NX456 .R59 1996]

    • Databases
    Web-Sites

    Archaeology Resources

    ABZU - Citations (some full-text) of archaeological excavation reports, editions of ancient and modern texts, core early monographs, dictionaries, and journals covering the ancient Near East.

    Beazley Archive -Contains over 5000 images (Greek pottery, Greek & Roman sculpture, & gems), an illustrated dictionary, bibliographies on archaeology; architecture, sculpture, gems, pottery, coins, and history.

    Gnomon- Citations to journals (1997 - present) covering ancient archaeology.

    Perseus Digital Library- Catalogue of over 1,500 vases, over 1,800 sculptures and sculptural groups, over 1,200 coins, hundreds of buildings from nearly 100 sites and over 100 gems.

    Architecture Resources

    Cities and Buildings Database (University of Washington Digital Collections) - The Cities and Buildings Database is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web.

    General

    Artcyclopedia: the Fine Art Search Engine - John Maylon has compiled a database of 80,000 works by 7,000 artists represented at 700 museum sites, image archives, and other online resources.

    Media Art

    Video Data Bank
    The Video Data Bank is a resource for videotapes by and about contemporary artists. The VDB collections feature innovative video work made by artists from an aesthetic, political or personal point of view. The collections include seminal works that, seen as a whole, describe the development of video as an art form originating in the late 1960's and continuing to the present.

    MetaSites

    Art History Resources on the Web - Arranged by culture and time period, this metasite links to numerous sites containing essays, images, and bibliographies on all aspects of art history. Contains a link to Gardner's Art Through the Ages web site.

    Artsource - Artsource has links to general art resources and bibliographies;art and architecture resources, programs and libraries;artists' projects and events;art organizations;and more. 

    The Mother of all Art and Art History Links Pages - The University of Michigan maintains this collection of links to sites relevant to art history.

    Museum & Collections Sites

    The Archives of American Art -  The archives is arguably the single most important resource for scholars interested in the production of American visual culture from the colonial period to the present. The AAA contains the personal papers (often including sketchbooks) of artists, dealers, and collectors. Search the catalog of holdings on-line, then order microfilm from your local library through inter-library loan. Recent research and new acquisitions are published in the Archives of American Art Journal. The AAA has also issued finding aids such as The Papers of Latino & Latin American Artists, an invaluable guide identifying the "significant Latino and Latin American primary source materials"in 105 collections in the Archives.

    Ancient Near East Photograph Collection (University of Washington Digital Collections) - This collection, created by U W Professor Scott Noegel, documents artifacts and archaeological sites of the ancient Near East. While the majority of the collection depicts structures and sites dating from 3000 BCE to 200 CE, the collection also has images of more recent sites, such as the al-Azhar Mosque and the modern creation, Lake Nasser. Currently, all images are of Egypt and Israel, although plans exist to eventually add images from Anatolia, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

    The Getty -  Includes the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities. Searchable site for news, publications and information in the arts.

    Islamic Art at the Lost Angeles County Museum of Art - Prime examples of Islamic art.

    Master Drawings Collections (Library of Congress) - Over 5,000 works by international artists.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History - This is a global timeline of art history featuring examples of art from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    News

    The Art Daily:the First Art Newspaper on the Net - Established in 1996, this site provides daily art news as well as links to museums, current exhibitions, and auction houses.

    Professional Associations

    College Art Association  The CAA site features annual awards;promotes opportunities for exhibition, publication, and creative projects;provides educational resources and career services;as well as links to art news sources and art museum sites.
    Catalogs

     

    Our Library Catalog - SUNY New Paltz

    Non-SUNY Libraries

    Other SUNY Libraries

    Southeastern NY Libraries

    Tutorials & Guides

    Art Abstracts

    Oxford Art Online Guided Tour

    ArtStor Instructional Videos

    Four Online ArtStor Training Videos

    ArtStor Instructional Handouts

    Choosing Art and Art History Databases (video)

    Other Tutorials and Guides