ART RESEARCH GUIDE: BOOKS

• Sources of Background Information -
  an excellent place to begin your research
• Finding Books in the Upjohn Library - using Ariadne
• Using Bibliographies - books, articles, and text books

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SOURCES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• A Biographical Dictionary of Artists Reference N40 .B53 1995
• Contemporary Artists Reference N6490 .C6567 1996
• The Dictionary of Art, 34 vols. Reference N31 .D5 1996
• Dictionary of Women Artists, 2 vols. Reference N8354 .D53 1997
• Modern Arts Criticism Reference N40 .M63
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art, 5 vols. Reference N33.M23
• The Oxford Dictionary of Art Reference N33 .O93 1997
• St. James Guide to Black Artists Reference N40 .S78 1997
• The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms Reference N33 .L75 1984
• Who was who in American Art? Reference N6512 .F26 1985
• Who’s who in American Art? Reference N6505 .W5

Guides and Bibliographies

• 250 Years of Afro-American Art: An Annotated Bibliography Reference Z5956 .A47 I38
• Abstract expressionist women painters : an annotated bibliography Reference ND212.5.A25 P86 1996
• American graphic design : a guide to the literature Reference Z5956.D5 T46 1992
• Art Books: A Basic Bibliography of Monographs on Artists Reference N40 .A7 1997
• Art nouveau : an annotated bibliography Reference Z5936.N6 K45 v.1
• Bibliography of gay and lesbian Art Reference N72.H64 C64 1994
• Book illustration and decoration : a guide to research Reference Z5956.I44 B7
• Contemporary Art trends 1960-1980 : a guide to sources Reference Z5935.5 .B44
• Faking it: an international bibliography of Art and literary forgeries, 1949-1986 Reference Z5956.F67 K66 1987
• Les fauves : a sourcebook Reference ND548.5.F3 C59 1994
• Fine Arts: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories and Handbooks Reference Z5931 .E47 1979
• Guide to the Literature of Art History Reference Z5931 .A67
• Guide to Basic Information Sources in the Visual Arts Reference N7425 .M88
• The New Deal fine Arts projects : a bibliography, 1933-1992 Reference Z5961.U5 K36 1994
• Women artists : an historical, contemporary, and feminist bibliography Reference N8354 .P4 1994
• Women Artists in the United States: A Selective Bibliography and Resource Guide on the Fine and Decorative Arts, 1750 – 1986 Reference Z7963 .A75 W65 1990
• Women in the fine Arts : a bibliography and illustration guide Reference Z7963.A75 A47 1991

History

• Art History / Marilyn Stokstad Oversize N5300 .S923 2002
• Gardner’s Art Through the Ages Oversize N5300 .G25 2001
• History of Art / H.W. Janson Oversize N5300 .J3 2001
• The Oxford History of Western Art Oversize N5300 .O96 2000
• The Visual Arts : a History / Hugh Honour, John Fleming Oversize N5300 .H68 1999
• The Story of Art / E.H. Gombrich Stacks N5300 .G655 1995
• Art : a History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture / Frederick Hartt Oversize N5300 .H283 1989

Research Guides

• Art Research Methods and Resources: A Guide to Finding Art Information Reference N85 .J64 1984

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