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Art History 103 -
Modern to Contemporary
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ART |
PAINTING |
MISCELLANEOUS |
ARTISTS |
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African American Art Art, French -- 19th century Art, French -- 20th century Art, Mexican Art, Modern Art, Modern,19th century Art, Modern,20th century Gothic revival (Art) Neoclassicism (Art) Art criticism Art deco Mexican American Art
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Cubism Impressionism (Art) Portrait painting Painting, Abstract Pointillism
SCULPTURE Sculpture, Modern Neon sculpture Soft sculpture |
Eclecticism in art Post-impressionism (Art) Realism in art Primitivism in art Color in art Romanticism in art Computer art Modernism (Art) Bauhaus |
Dali, Salvador Goya, Francisco Kahlo, Frida Lawrence, Jacob O’Keeffe, Georgia Picasso, Pablo Rodin, Auguste Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Vuillard, Édouard Warhol, Andy |
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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Art of the 20th Century REF N6490 .A77 1998 |
Grove Dictionary of Art
REF N31 .D5 1996
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A-Z of Art REF N40 .H63 1996 |
Encyclopedia of Visual Art REF N25 .E53 1983
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Ideas, Movements and Buzzwords N6490 .A87 1997 |
Encyclopedia of 20th Century Sculpture REF NB198 .E53 2004
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Movements and Buzzwords REF N6447 .A85 1993 |
Great Artists of the Western World REF NB197.3 .R4513 1977
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REF G1046.E64 S7 1994 |
Modern Arts Criticism REF N6489 .M63 1991
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in Europe and American Since 1850 REF N6757 .D86 1989 |
Oxford Companion to Art
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Contemporary Artists REF NB198 .E53 2004 |
Sculpture REF NB60 .S38130 1996
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Contemporary Women Artists REF N8354 .C66 1999 |
Sister Wendy’s 1000 Masterpieces REF ND50 .B396 1999 |
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.
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
Art History Resources on the Web
MEL: Neo-Classicism to Impressionism
MEL: Modern Art
WebMuseum, Paris
Voice of the Shuttle: Art & Art History
MUSEUMS
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Bowers Museum of Cultural Art http://www.bowers.org
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California African American Museum
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA
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Huntington Library, Gallery and Gardens
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J. Paul Getty Museum
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LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Long Beach Museum of Art
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Louvre Museum Official Website
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Contemporary Art
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Museum of Latin American Art
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National Gallery of Art
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Norton Simon Museum of Art
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SW 9/01, Rev 03/05, VM 10/05, SW 10/06
Web Author:
Lorraine Gersitz (lgersitz@cerritos.edu)