General Information
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art HistoryA chronological, geographical and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world extending from prehistory to the present day, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Oxford art online This link opens in a new windowGateway to the Grove Art Online and other Oxford art reference resources with more than 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies, and 40,000 image links.
- Tate Guide to Modern Art Terms byA clear and reliable guide, with more than 450 pithy entries on the full range of international modern and contemporary art. Spanning the dawn of Impressionism to the digital age, every term—whether a theme, movement, medium, or technique—is defined with clarity and precision.
- The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms byOver 2000 entries covering painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, the decorative, applied and graphic arts from all periods throughout the world up to the present day plus a table of the dynasties of Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, China, India and Japan.
Artists' Biographies
- Oxford art online This link opens in a new windowGateway access to Grove Art Online and other Oxford art reference resources. Includes more than 23,000 subject entries and 21,000 biographies.
- Biographical Dictionary of ArtistsCovering over 1300 artists, the dictionary is an A-Z arrangement of entries for painters, architects, and sculptors from pre-Christian times to the present. Published in 1995.
- AskART This link opens in a new windowBiographies for more than 52,000 American artists from the early 16th-century through the present. Entry may include images, bibliography, and museum information.
Textbooks
Art History by 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson, c2011. A global history of art from prehistoric times to the present. Stokstad is an emeritus Distinguished Professor of Art History at the Univ. of Kansas
Art across Time Combined by 3rd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, c2007. This title places each work withing the time-and-place context in which it was created. Includes large scale and high quality visual reproductions of artworks often presented from multiple perspectives.
Gardner's Art Through the Ages by Australia; United States: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2013.An introductory textbook to art history.
History of Modern Art by 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, c2010. With a readable text and liberal illustrations this title traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
History of Italian Renaissance Art by 7th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, c2011. Covers over four centuries of Italian painting, sculpture and architecture.
A History of Far Eastern Art by 5th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall; New York: H.N. Abrams, 1994. Covers a vast amount of cultures and time periods in an integrated approach with organization by chronology and theme rather than geography.
Writing & Citing
- Writing about ArtPrepared by Marjorie Munsterberg of City College, New York, and intended to help students improve their ability to write about visual things
- A Short Guide to Writing about Art by10th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2011. Useful guide that is now in its 10th edition. Shows how to analyze art and suggests tools needed for effective writing.
- Chicago manual of style online This link opens in a new window16th ed. The style guide primarily used in humanities fields such as art history