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Online Encyclopedias
- Art CyclopediaA fine art search engine. Search for an artist, work or museum and you will be guided to relevant online collections. Indexes 2,300 art sites from museums and galleries, with links to around 180,000 artworks by 8,500 renowned artists.
- Credo Reference Academic Core This link opens in a new window
- What's included? Hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, and subject-specific titles, as well as 200,000+ images and audio files, and nearly 200 videos.
- Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online) This link opens in a new window
- What’s included? Scholarly art encyclopedia covering global art and architecture. Includes images, bibliographies, and links to additional resources. Updated regularly.
- What dates are covered? Prehistory to the Present
- What else should I know? 1 concurrent user only.
Art Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture by Call Number: Ref. NA31 C864 2006ISBN: 9780192806307Provides a wide range of entries, including biographies, architectural terms and styles, building types, etc.
The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms by Call Number: URI Ref. N33 .C575 2010ISBN: 9780199569922eBook also available
Contains over 1,700 entries. Comprehensive A-Z guide covering a wide range of terms from the visual art world, including periods, styles, materials, well-known schools, techniques, and much more.
Encyclopedia of World ArtCall Number: Ref. N31 .E53314 v. plus index vol. and supps. 1959-83
A standard art encyclopedia. Use the general index, volume 15, to find
all the material on a topic. Long, signed articles containing comprehensive bibliographies. Well-illustrated. The supplement volumes bring it up to date.- The Grove Dictionary of Art by Call Number: Ref. N31 .D5 1996ISBN: 188444600034 vols.
Considered the new standard encyclopedia for the study of art and art history. - The HarperCollins Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques by Call Number: Ref. N33 .M36 1991ISBN: 0062715186Considered a standard art dictionary covering terminology and techniques in a variety of art activities.
The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture by Call Number: Ref. N7830 M87 1996ISBN: 0198661657Entries explore the Christian tradition in Western art, early Christian to the present century.
The Oxford Dictionary of Art by Call Number: Ref. N33 O93 1997ISBN: 0198600844Includes brief entries, thoroughly cross-referenced. A quick introduction to concepts and people (brief biographies and definitions). Architecture is excluded.
The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists by Call Number: URI eBookISBN: 9780199532940Contains over 2,500 entries covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day. Includes biographical entries, styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries.
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