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Art History 102 -
Renaissance to Rococo
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ART
ART 16TH CENTURY
CITY |
PAINTING
PAINTING 16TH CENTURY EUROPE
THEMES MOTIVES
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ARTIST’S NAMES (Search as Subject)
BELLINI (GIOVANNI)
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GRECO
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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.
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Baroque Art: A Topical
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Facts on File Encyclopedia of Art REF N31 .F33 2005 |
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Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists REF N40 .B535 2005 |
Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art REF N7740 .H35 1994 |
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The Dent Dictionary of Symbols in Christian Art REF N7825 .S68 1994 |
International Dictionary of Art
and Artists |
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Dictionary of Art REF N31 .D5 1996 Available online as Grove Art Online
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J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections REF N582 .M25 A627 2001 |
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Dictionary of Women Artists |
Larousse Encyclopedia of Renaissance and Baroque Art REF N6350 .H813 |
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Encyclopedia of Themes and Subjects in Painting REF ND30 .D3 |
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art REF N33 .M23 |
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Encyclopedia of Visual Art REF N25 .E53 1983 Vol. 1-10 |
Oxford
Companion to Art |
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Encyclopedia of World Art REF N31 .E533 Vol. 1-17 |
Sculpture REF NB60 .S38130 1996 |
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Great Artists of the Western World REF NB197.3 .R4513 1977 |
Understanding Art REF N5940 .A7813 2000 |
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:
| American Artist | ARTnews |
| Art in America | ArtWeek |
| ArtForum | 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.
For remote access to the
library databases, see
E-Resource Login &
Searching Options.
For historical
research, the Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older
articles, generally anything published before 1985.
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.
Art Cyclopedia
http://www.artcyclopedia.com
Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Art Links on the World Wide Web
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org
J. Paul Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/museum
LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
http://www.lacma.org
Louvre Museum Official Website
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en
National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/home.htm
Norton Simon Museum of Art
http://www.nortonsimon.org
Voice of the Shuttle: Art & Art History
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3404
Web Gallery of Art
http://www.wga.hu/index1.html
WebMuseum, Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
World Art Treasures
http://www.bergerfoundation.ch
World Wide Art Resources
http://wwar.com/
VM & JK, 10/1999; Rev VM 3/2002,
10/2003, 10/2004, 2/2005, 8/2005, JL 10/06, VM 2/07
Web Author:
Lorraine Gersitz
(lgersitz@cerritos.edu)
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