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Art
DATABASES
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks
- 20th century painters and sculptors Reference Room N6768.S62 1990
- Dictionary of art Reference Room N31.D5 1996
- Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese art Reference Room N7340.M78 1981
- Dictionary of symbols in western art Reference Room N7740.C29 1995
- Encyclopedia of American art before 1914 Reference Room N6507.E53 2000
- Encyclopedia of comparative iconography: themes depicted in works of art Reference Room N7560.E53 1998
- Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist art Reference Room N6370.E53 2000
- Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean art Reference Room N6502.E53 2000
- Handbook of Christian symbols and stories of the saints as illustrated in art Reference Room N8010.W38 1971
- Handbook of Greek art RESERVE at Circulation Desk N5630.R49
- Handbook of symbols in Christian art Reference Room N8010.S54 1975b
- Oxford companion to aboriginal art and culture Reference Room NX590.A1.O94 2000
- Oxford dictionary of art Reference Room N33.O93 1988
- Renaissance art: a topical dictionary Reference Room N6370.E27 1987
Unless indicated otherwise, all of the above print resources are located at the O'Toole Library, Jersey City Campus.
Selected Internet Resources
- AATA Online: Abstracts of International Conservation Literature Over 100,000 abstracts of articles on the conservation and preservation of art, archaeological materials, and architecture.
- Aesthetics On-Line "The American Society of Aesthetics, founded in 1942 and based at Marquette University in Milwaukee, maintains this site as an organ of its newsletter, edited by Dominic Lopes (Indiana Univ., Kokomo), author of Understanding Pictures (1996)." Find articles about aesthetics, philosophy of art, art theory and art criticism. Source: ChoiceReviews.online
- American Museum of Photography "Taken from the collections of photo-historian William. B. Becker, the site contains works from 1939 to WW I." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
- ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB Created by Chris Witcombe of Sweet Briar College, this site has hundreds of links to image collections, museums and galleries, and journals.
- Art in Latin America- LANIC
- ArtCyclopedia Search by name, title, or museum for links to image sites, Web sites, and some online articles.
- ArtDaily.org First art newspaper on the web.
- ArtLex - art dictionary Comprised of more than 3,200 terms covering all aspects of art. Includes definitions, illustrations, quotations, and pronunciation notes.
- Assignment Calculator This very helpful site from the University of Minnesota lets you create a timeline of activities that are necessary to write a research paper and provides definitions, tutorials, research guides, and other helpful aides.
- British Library ImagesOnline Thousands of images from the British Library collections
- British Museum A searchable database of over 5,000 images from the British Museum. Each image has links to related items and background text.
- Brooklyn Museum of Art Provides information on the collection, exhibitions and programs.
- China the Beautiful - Chinese Art and Literature Links to Chinese art and literature, including audio files, maintained by Ming L. Pei.
- Colección Cisneros.org "The Colección Cisneros is a visual arts program of the Fundación Cisneros. Its mission is to collect, preserve, study, and exhibit the Colección's extensive artworks and related archives, which consist primarily of modern and contemporary art, with an emphasis on Latin America. The Colección also includes Colonial Latin American art, international decorative arts, and a selection of Latin American landscapes from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century."
- Corbis: Stock Photography and Pictures Search a database of 500,000 photographs (selected from the 22 million in the archive). While there are many historical images, details on photographer and dates are scarce.
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Features an extensive digital archives collection.
- FRESCO The Frick Research Catalog Online.
- Guggenheim Museum Provides information on exhibitions, the collection and programs.
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections " INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information."
- Intute:Arts and Humanities "A free online service providing you with access to the best Web resources for education and research, selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists."
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Includes information on current exhibits, concerts and lectures. A timeline of art history is also provided. In addition, one can view an online collection of 35,000 works.
- MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art New York Links to the collection, educational resources and current exhibits.
- Mother of All Art and Art History Links "Developed by the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Links are categorized into the following areas: art history departments, research resources, image collections, online exhibitions, fine art schools, and museums." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Links to the collection, exhibitions, online tours, resources, programs and events.
- National Museum of Women in the Arts Focuses recognition on the achievements of women artists of all periods and nationalities through exhibiting, preserving, acquiring, and researching art by women.
- National Portrait Gallery | Collection | Search the Collection
- New York Art Resources Consortium NYARC consists of the research libraries of four leading art museums in New York City: The Brooklyn Museum, The Frick Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art. This new website highlights the collaborative activities of the consortium and promotes each library's collection through posts in the News & Collection Highlights blog.
- Online Image Archives at Boston College
- Pigments Through the Ages History and technical details on pigments.
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Includes a link titled "Ask Joan of Art."
- Structurae International database and gallery of structures. Created by Nicolas Janberg.
- Universes in Universe - Worlds of Art "Visual arts of Africa, the Americas, Asia, within the context of international art processes and cultural exchange."
- University of Washington Libraries' Digital Initiatives Program "Photgraphs, documents and audio/video resources for students, teachers, classrooms and the community."
- Vatican Museums Online Tour the museums and artwork in the Vatican. This site uses Java to display the images and can be slow but the images can also be enlarged and details magnified.
- Victorian Web
- Virtual Library Museums Pages A directory of museums around the world.
- Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820 Showing the interaction of European and indigenous culture, Vistas "offers a critical selection of color images, primary sources, and interpretive essays on colonial history and culture." Documents in Spanish, English, Nahuatl, Quiché Maya, and other languages will also be a part of the site.
- VoS - Voice of the Shuttle Gateway to 25 broad subjects in the humanities including anthropology, architecture, art, dance, legal studies, music and photography. Developed by Alan Liu (University of California, Santa Barbara).
- UCLA Arts Library Selected internet resources.
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art "Established in 1842, the Wadsworth Atheneum is America's oldest public art museum." Located in Hartford, Connecticut.
- Whitney Museum of American Art Links to exhibitions, the collection, research, programs and events.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: Art History "The History of Art Virtual Library is a collection of links relating to Art History and computer applications in Art History. The site is sponsored by CHArt, the Computers and History of Art Group."
Page maintained by Ilona MacNamara
Last updated 23 February 2010
email imacnamara@spc.edu
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