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Art History 100 -
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ART |
PAINTING |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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Art 16th century |
Painting 16th Century Europe |
Bauhaus |
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Art Ancient |
Painting Abstract |
Cave paintings |
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Art Ancient Egypt |
Painting Baroque |
Christian art and symbolism |
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Art Ancient Greece |
Painting Byzantine |
Color in art |
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Art Ancient Middle East |
Painting Egyptian |
Computer art |
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Art Baroque |
Painting European |
Cubism |
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Art Byzantine |
Painting Flemish |
Eclecticism in art |
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Art Celtic |
Painting Gothic |
Impressionism (Art) |
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Art Early Renaissance |
Painting Greek |
Maya art |
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Art Egyptian |
Painting Medieval |
Maya Sculpture |
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Art Etruscan |
Painting Modern 17th-18th centuries |
Modernism (Art) |
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Art Gothic |
Painting Renaissance |
Neon sculpture |
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Art Greco-Roman |
Painting Renaissance Italy |
Painting, Abstract |
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Art Greek |
Painting Romanesque |
Pointillism |
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Art History |
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Portrait painting |
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Art Medieval |
SCULPTURE |
Post-impressionism (Art) |
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Art Modern 17th-18th centuries |
Sculpture Baroque Italy |
Primitivism in art |
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Art Prehistoric |
Sculpture European Catalogs |
Realism in art |
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Art Renaissance |
Sculpture Gothic |
Romanticism in art |
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Art Renaissance History |
Sculpture Greek |
Soft sculpture |
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Art Renaissance Italy |
Sculpture Hellenistic |
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Art Renaissance Vatican City |
Sculpture History |
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Art Rococo |
Sculpture Italian |
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Art Romanesque |
Sculpture Medieval |
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Art Spanish History |
Sculpture Renaissance Italy Themes Motives |
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Mannerism (Art) |
Sculpture Primitive |
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Neoclassicism (Art) |
Sculpture Renaissance |
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Women Artists |
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Art/Painting/Sculture – add any country, region, or art history period to your search: Art Asia; Art Asian; Art Africa; Art African; Art China; Art Chinese; Art Mexico; Art Mexican; etc.
Selected Reference Books
Reference books are a good starting point for your research because they help you become better acquainted with your topic. Listed below are some reference books that may be useful in your research.
Art in World History
REF 5300 .H674 2004
Art Spoke: A Guide to Modern Ideas,
Movements, and Buzzwords 1848-1944
REF N6447 .A85 1993
Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists
REF N40 .B535 2005
Contemporary Artists
REF N6490 .C6567 2002
Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art
REF E98. A7 W49 2000
Dictionary of Art (also available as Grove Art Online)
REF N31 .D5 1996
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
REF N7560 .H34 1979
Encyclopedia of Themes and Subjects in Painting
REF ND30 .D3
Encyclopedia of Visual Art
REF N25 .E53 1983
Facts on File Encyclopedia of Art
REF N31 .F33 2005
Great Events from History II: Arts and
Culture Series
REF NX456 .G72 1993
History of Architecture: Settings & Rituals
REF NA200 K65 1985
Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art
REF N7740 .H35 1994
International Dictionary of Art and Artists
REF N40 .I55 1990
Jewish Art
REF N7415 .S4213 1997
Larousse Encyclopedia of Prehistoric and Ancient Art
REF N5300 .H953
Magiciens de la Terre.
REF N6488.F8 P3535 1989
Oxford Companion to Art
REF N33 .O9
Sculpture
REF NB60 .S38130 1996
St. James Guide to Black Artists
REF N40. S78 1997
Magazine, Journal, and Newspaper Articles
Journal and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. The Library has several magazines that focus on art:
ARTnews
ArtForum
ArtWeek
American Artist
Art in America
Art Journal (in Ebscohost)
To find articles on your topic, use one of the online databases listed below. These databases usually provide full-text articles on almost every topic. Conduct your search in these databases by using subject headings and keywords similar to those you used to locate books.
EbscoHost
Gale
Discovering Collection
See Databases & E-Resources for a complete description of Cerritos College Library online resources.
For remote access to the
library databases, login via
MyLibrary.
For historical
research, the Library also has print indexes that must be used to find
older articles, generally anything published before 1975.
Internet Sites
The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.
AncientMexico.com – The Art, Culture, and History of Ancient Mesoamerica
Art History Resources on the Web
British Museum – COMPASS -- online collection
Incredible Art Education Resources
Louvre Museum Official Website
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts
Voice of the Shuttle: Art History
VM, LN 10/2001 ; REV VM 8/2005 ; LN 10/06 ; VM 4/07 ; SW 03/08
Web Author:
Lorraine Gersitz (lgersitz@cerritos.edu)