Atlas of Western Art History:  Artists, Sites, and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age (1994) REF 700.22 St32

This text covers art history which occurred in the Americas, Europe, and the classical ancient world.  Brief topical essays are featured along with numerous maps. 

  

 

 

Abstract Expressionist Women Painters:  An Annotated Bibliography (1996) REF 759.13 P969

A bibliography of abstract expressionist women painters from 20th century United States.

 

 

 

Lives of the Great 20th Century Artists (1999) REF 709.2 L963

This text highlights 100 world-renown 20th century artists portraying their life and works chronologically within the specific art movement with which they were identified. 

 

 

 

A Biographical Dictionary of Artists (1995) REF 709.2 B52 Rev Ed

Arranged alphabetically, this dictionary offers information about painters, architects, and sculptors from pre-Christian times to the present. 

 

The Dictionary of Art (1996) REF 703 D561 - 34 volumes

A 32, 600 page dictionary set that covers almost everything related to the world of art. 

 

The Oxford Companion to Art (1970) REF 703 Ox2o

A handbook which contains approximately 3,000 entries covering human artistic endeavors internationally throughout various time periods.

 

The Oxford Dictionary of Art (1988) REF 703 Ox2

This art dictionary offers 3,000 entries covering almost every aspect of Western art, as well as the most essential features of Asian art. 
 

The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists in the 20th Century (2000) REF 709.04 P926

Concise one-volume dictionary which provides information on twentieth-century art.

 

The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists (1994) REF 703 T329r Rev Ed

Information is provided on over 2,500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools, and movements.  Cross-referencing and illustrations included.  

 

The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1988) REF 703L 963

Concise dictionary which includes more than 2,000 entries which covers the vocabulary of painting and sculpture, architecture and photography, and the decorative, applied, and graphic arts.

 

 

 

Art Since 1900:  Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernism (2004) REF 709.04 Ar75

This resource offers a chronological history of art in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. 

 

Encyclopedia of Artists (2000) REF 709.2 En19  - 6 volumes

This six-volume set offers an introduction to Western art and artists.

 

Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850 (2004) REF 700.4145 En19 - 2 volumes

This two-volume set explores the developments that influenced the profound changes in thought and sensibility during the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century.

 

Encyclopedia of World Art (1987) REF 703 En1 - 17 volumes

This seventeen-volume set explores various topics related to international art.  Includes illustrations, maps, plans, and plates.

 

The Praeger Picture Encyclopedia of Art:  A Comprehensive Survey of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Crafts, their Methods, Styles and Technical Terms, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (1958) REF 703 P88

A comprehensive survey of various topics related to art.

 

The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of Impressionism (1990) REF759.05 D43t

Concise volume which includes more than 300 entries which cover painters, critics, patrons, dealers and collectors, writers and musicians which functioned within the Impressionistic movement. 

 

 

 

-Ism:  Understanding Art (2004) REF 709 L727

This text offers a practical introduction to all the significant isms that have shaped art history.  Each entry offers a definition, an introduction to the topic, a list of key artists, key words, and key works related to that topic.

 

 

 

Art Index (1989-present) (Index Shelving)

A comprehensive index to art periodicals.

 

 

JSTOR

An interdisciplinary archive that provides access to over 1,000 academic journals covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

 

Interdisciplinary database that focuses on general reference.  Includes a subject-specific module on the arts.

 

A multi-topic database that covers a broad range of topics including the humanities and the arts.

 

 

 

Includes material on the ever changing, often controversial art scene here and abroad.  Coverage ranges from contemporary to classical.

 

Covers art, personalities, issues, trends and events which shape the international art world.

 

Analyzes art from a theoretical perspective, covers works from antiquity to contemporary.

 

 

 

Art on the Web:  19th and 20th Century Art Links

 

 

 

 

Art, modern - 19th century - history

Art, modern - 20th century - history

 

Art, European - 19th century - history

Art, European - 20th century - history

 

 

 

Neoclassicism

romanticism

Orientalism

Realism

Pre-Raphaelites

Impressionism

Pointillism

Symbolism

Art Nouveau

naturalism

 

 

 

Fauvism

Expressionism

cubism

futurism

Dada

Surrealism

Pop Art

Minimalism

Postmodernism

 

 

 

 

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