Art and Art History
Databases
/ Web Sites
/ Course Guides
The following databases, websites, and course handouts may be helpful in
beginning or continuing research on topics related to art and art history. For further
assistance with finding resources or information, please contact
Benjamin Harris,
liaison librarian for the Department of Art and Art History.
Databases
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
Index and abstracts for journal articles and books covering European and American art from late antiquity to modern.
Art Abstracts
Index that includes citations and abstracts of scholarly journal
articles covering all fields of art and art history.
Limited full-text access.
Oxford Art Online
Grove Art Online comprises the full text of The Dictionary of
Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols) and The Oxford Companion to
Western Art, edited by Hugh Brigstocke (2001). Articles that have been added
or updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right
corner of the screen.
ARTstor
ARTstor provides an impressive database of
over 500,000 searchable images. Tools within the database enable viewing
(or displaying)
slides side-by-side and collecting "folders" of images for
classroom use, research, or assignments. These works are copyright cleared for
educational and research purposes.
Avery Index
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals database offers a comprehensive
listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic
descriptions on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture,
landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior
design and decoration.
JSTOR
Full-text
article backfile of scholarly journals, 1995 and prior, covering a wide variety
of subjects including
African American studies, anthropology, Asian
studies, ecology, economics, education,
finance, history,
literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies,
science, sociology, and statistics.
Academic Search Complete
This general audience, general topic database includes
full-text for many journals in art and art history.
Web Sites
Archives of American Art (Smithsonian)
"Spanning the centuries since the founding of America to the present day, the collections of the Archives of American Art comprise the
largest source in the world of primary source documentation on the visual arts in America. Contained in the over five thousand collections are letters, diaries, sketches and sketchbooks,
photographs, exhibition catalogs, scrapbooks, business records, art periodicals, and other types of documents, totaling roughly fourteen million items."
NYPL Digital Gallery
"NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over
275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the
collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts,
historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated
books, printed ephemera, and more."
Timeline
of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic
exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated
especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection...The basic
structure of the Timeline of Art History is both chronological and
geographical. Each timeline page includes representative art from the
Museum's collection, a chart of time periods, a map of the region, an
overview, and a list of key events. The timelines--accompanied by world, and
regional maps--provide a linear outline of art history, and allow visitors to
compare and contrast art from around the globe at any time in history.
For more art and art history web sites:
Art
and Art History Internet Resources
Course Guides
ARTD 1313, Art &
Archaeology in Ancient Egypt
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