Visual Arts
A research guide to Art History, Ceramics, Drawing, Painting,
Photography, and Sculpture
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Information on: Books, images, articles, web sites,
periodicals,
& videos
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Ø Reference
books (“R”) provide a good starting point for
your research. Reference items are located in the Library’s Reference
collection, behind the Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.
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The Oversize collection (“F”) is
located on the second floor of Spangler.
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Visual Arts Materials in the Main Collection are located on the top floor
of Spangler.
General Visual Arts and Art History
Reference Books—A
Selection
Dictionaries
- Artwords: A
Dictionary of Contemporary Art Theory. R 701 P2739a
- A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques.
R 703
M468
- Dictionary of Symbols. R 704.946
L783d, 1991
- The
- The
- Dictionary
of Classical Mythology, Symbols, Attributes, & Associations. R
292.1303 B435d, 1982
- Dictionary of Women Artists. R
709.22 D5616g, vols.1-2
Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of World Art. R 703
W927 v.1-10
- The
Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art R 709.73 B862 1973
- Encyclopedia
of the Romantic Era v.1-2 R 700.414 E917r
- Encyclopedia of Women in
Religious Art. R 704.9424 A46e
- Encyclopedia of World Art.
R 703 W927 v.1-10
- An
Illustrated Encyclopedia of western Art. R
Bibliographies
and Guides to Resources
- Atlas
of World Art. R 702.23 O29a
- Art
Information and the Internet: How to Find it and How to Use it. R 025.067 J77a, 1999
- Film and Television: A Guide to the Reference Literature. R
016.79143 E67f, 2006
- The Humanities:
A Selective Guide to Information Sources. R 016.0160013
B6144h, 2000
Biographies
- A to
Z of American Women in the Visual Arts. R 704.042 K8451a
- Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists. R 709.2273 C971d, 1994
- Contemporary Artists. R 709.22 C7673a
Handbooks
- Architecture. R 703 B933, 1996
- Art in Theory. R 709.04 A754t 1993
- The
Bulfinch Guide to
Art
History: A Comprehensive Survey and Dictionary of Western Art and Coins of the World. R 737.4 C321
- College Writer’s Reference. R 808.042 F9599c
- From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History. R 703 P616f, 1977
- Handbook of Japanese
Art. R 709.52 T882h, 1976
- A History of Art in
- How to Distinguish the Saints in Art by
their Costumes, Symbols, and Other Attributes. R 704.94
D351h
- The
- The
- The
- The
- A World History of Art: Painting, Sculpture,
Architecture, Decorative Arts. R 709 P676w, 1975
Directories
- The
Main Collection- A
Selection
- Art & Architecture of Islam. 1250-1800 709.176 B5758a
- History of Art : A Survey of the major Visual Arts
From the Dawn of History to the Present Day.
709 J35h, 1986 - Islamic Art. 709.17 B837i 1991
- Michelangelo.
709.22 G572m
- Paintings in the Hermitage. 750.74 E36p 1990
- Paintings in the Uffizi & Pitti Galleries. 750.74 G8618p
- Paintings
in the
- Paintings
in
Ceramics
Reference Books—A
Selection
- Ceramics: A Potter's Handbook. R 738.14 N426p,
1978
- Dictionary of Ceramics. R 666.03 D639 1969
- The Encyclopedia of Ceramics. R 738
J57e
- An Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics. R 738.03
S263i, 1976
- The Potter's Encyclopedia of Color, Form,
and Decoration: The Comprehensive Reference for Today's Ceramicist. R 738.1
F8887p, 2003
Main Collection- A
Selection
- Clay and Glazes for the Potter. 738.12 R476,
1973
- Ceramic Sculpture. 731
R189
- The Complete Book of Pottery Making. 666.3
K34
- Hand-formed Ceramics: Creating Form and Surface.
730.028 Z39h, 1995
Oversize Collection—A
Selection
- Decorated Stoneware Pottery of
- Mold making for Ceramics. F 666.442 F919m,
1985
Drawing
Main Collection- A
Selection
- Atlas
of Human Anatomy for the Artist. 743.4 P367a 1977
- The
Body: Images of the Nude. 704.9421 L938b 1981
- Drawing
with Ink. 741.2 L195d
- The
- The
Pastel Book. 741.235 C913p 1991
- Self
Portraits. 704.942 G251S 1963
- Technique
of Practical Drawing. 741 P643
Oversize Collection—A
Selection
- The
Best of Sketching and Drawing. F 741.9 S56b
- Draw:
How to Master the Art. F 741.2 C186d 1993
- Great
Drawings of All Time. F 741.9 M911
Ø Volume 1. Italian
Ø Volume 2. German/Flemish/Dutch
Ø Volume 3. French
Ø
Volume 4. Oriental/English/Spanish/American/Contemporary
- Great
Drawings of All Time: The Twentieth Century. F 741.9 T521g 1979 v1 &
v2
- Landscape
Drawings. F 743.9 B141
Painting
Reference Books—A
Selection
- Concise Encyclopedia of Expressionism. R 759.0642 R512
- Encyclopedia
of Painting. R 750.3 M996e
Main Collection- A
Selection
- The Artists Handbook of Materials and Techniques. 751.M468a 1970
- The Cubist Epoch. 759.06 C7848c
- The Joy of Watercolor. 751.422 M645j 1983
- Painting of the Baroque. 759.5 P625p 1996
- The Shock of the New. 709.04 H8747s
- The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting. 759.06 S759 1986
Oversize Collection—A
Selection
- Dosso
Dossi: Court Painter in Renaissance
- Gauguin
by Himself. F 759.4 G234h
- The Golden Age: Dutch Painters in the 17th Century. F 759.9492 H111 1996
- Great Book of Post-Impressionists. F 759.056 K29g 1986
- Egyptian
Art in the
- Impressionism. F 759.054 T482i 1988
- Italian Frescoes. F 751.73 R719
- Roman Painting. F 759.37 M232
- Three Thousand Years of Chinese Painting. F 759.951 T4138t
- Van
Gogh in
Photography
Reference Books—A
Selection
·
The
· The Photography Encyclopedia. R 770.3 M142p
· The Photo. R 770.28 P575 v. 1-5
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Photography: An Illustrated History. R 770.9
S569p 2002
Main Collection- A
Selection
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Art of Color Photography. 778.6 H462a
· Complete Digital Photography. CD-ROM 775 L8503c
· The Photograph. 770 C598p, 1997 Also available in Reference.
Oversize Collection—A
Selection
· History of Photography. F 770.9 T951
· Images of the World. F 778.9991 I31
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Reflections in Black. F 769.922 W386
Printmaking, Calligraphy, Graphic Design
Reference Books—A
Selection
- The Art of the Print: Masterpieces, History, Techniques. R
769.9 E34a, 1976
- A Dictionary for Calligraphers. R 745.61
H995d, 1977
- A History of Graphic Design. R 686.209 M497h
1983
Main Collection- A
Selection
- 101 Prints: The History
and Techniques of Printmaking. 760.28 E74
- Printmaking Today: An Introduction
to the Graphic Arts. 760 H477p
- World Graphic Design: Contemporary
Graphics from
- Graphic Design of the
21st century. 741.609 G7679d
- Spirit Calligraphy
& Painting. 759.951 S759 1995
Oversize Collection—A
Selection
- The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen: Paintings and
Calligraphy by Japanese masters. F 755 S478a, 1998
- Cheng Tsung Shen Chi Shu Hua Ts'e. F 759.951
S759, 1995
- Great Prints & Printmakers. F 769.922 W386
Sculpture
Reference Books—A
Selection
- The Encyclopedia of Sculpture.
R 735.2303 E197s, 2004 vols.1-3
Main Collection- A
Selection
- Castilian Sculpture: Gothic to Renaissance. 734.25
P966
- Classical Sculpture. 733
L419c
- Contemporary Sculpture Techniques: Welded Metal
and Fiberglass. 731.4 B181c
- Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture. 733.3
F992
- The Materials and Methods of Sculpture. 731
R373m
- The New and Classic Sculpture Methods. 731.4
Z21n
- Sculpture in
- The Technique of Wood Sculpture. 731.22
G878t
- Welded Sculpture. 731.4 H163w
Oversize Collection—A
Selection
- 200 years of American Sculpture. F 730.973
A738t, 1976
- Bernini : The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. F 730.92
W786b
- Centres de Style de la Sculpture Nègre Africáine.
F 730.6 K62
- Figure sculpture in Wax and Plaster. F
731.82 M649f
- The Golden Age of Spanish Sculpture. F 730.946
G633
- Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture.
F 730.945 P826i
- Modern French sculpture. F 730.944
M317
Using the Library’s Online Databases
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To find information,
research, and materials online:
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Articles in scholarly
journals, general magazines, and newspapers.
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Scholarly and trade
e-books
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Reference information
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Images
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To access the
databases below, from the Library’s Articles in Databases page, select the Arts & Humanities category, or choose from the A-Z index near
the top of the page.
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To Help You Search in
the Databases:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print
by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler. If you need
additional assistance,
ask a librarian.
Recommended Databases for Reference
Full-Text. Compiles reference resources for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Updated quarterly.
Includes: A Dictionary of
Architecture, The Concise
Recommended Databases for Images (See Also: Websites)
The Arts and Humanities Data
Service (AHDS) is an open-access service aiding the discovery, creation and
preservation of digital resources in and for research, teaching and learning in
the arts and humanities. This site is open access with a few fee based
services.
Images. Contains art and architecture images contributed by OhioLINK institutions.
High-quality digital images of
works of art from museums around the world.
Digital Archive of Art: Online Images from Boston
College
Architecture,
Painting and Sculpture slides from Boston College.
Digital Video Collection
Full-length educational videos on many subjects
including Art and Art & Photography
HarpWeek
Page images and indexes to Harper's Weekly, covering the Civil War and Reconstruction periods
New York Public Library’s Digital
Gallery
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access
to over 550,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in
the collections of The New York Public Library including illuminated
manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs,
illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
Sells prints of famous and hard to
find Art. Searchable by Artist, title, and subject. It’s not a bad place
to find a graphic representation of an artwork.
Recommended Databases for Articles, eBooks, and
Reviews
Contains peer-reviewed journal coverage from
more than 3,400 scholarly publications.
Covers many academic areas of study,
including arts & literature. Updated
daily.
Art Abstracts
Indexes international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks,
and museum bulletins. Topics included are related to art, such as advertising,
archaeology, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, video, film,
architecture and art history. Coverage: 1984 to the present.
Index, abstracts, and full text for articles in art.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
(ISI Web of Science)
Citations. Indexes
articles from 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as
well as covering select relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social
science journals. Note: Not intended as a substitute for a comprehensive
subject database such as Humanities International Complete, which
comprehensively indexes journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and
other documents.
Bibliography of the History of Art
Includes
art-related books, articles from more than 4000 periodicals, conference
proceedings and dissertations, and catalogs, covering European and American art
from late antiquity to the present.
Electronic Journal Center
Presents over 4300 research journals, covering numerous subject areas,
including Arts & Humanities and Fine & Performing Arts.
Garden, Landscape & Horticulture
Index
Index and abstracts for articles about plants and gardens.
Humanities Abstracts
Indexes journal articles from diverse subject areas within the humanities.
Humanities International Complete
A database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. Humanities International Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,900 titles with coverage dating as far back as 1925. HII includes all data from American Humanities Index.
Full-text ebook database. Search
among 15,000 ebooks from multiple disciplines, including books in the visual
arts. Search by keyword, title, or author. From the library homepage, click on Books, and then select NetLibrary. Sample ebooks available include:
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Literature and the Visual Arts in
Ancient
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Michelangelo's Last Judgment: The
Renaissance Response
(1998)
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Origins, Imitation, Conventions:
Representation in the Visual Arts (2002)
Provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription
access to the full text of more than 250 scholarly journals in the arts and
humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
Using Additional Online Resources
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A portal to Internet
search engines and directories is available on the ODU Library’s Internet Search
page. In addition, listed
below are web sites that may be of particular use to you in your information
search. Minimum recommended
criteria for evaluating websites: ·
Accuracy of the
information ·
Authority of the
person or group responsible for the information ·
When the information
was created and last updated For more
information, view Evaluating Internet Sources & Search
Tools on the Internet
Search page.
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Art
History
- Art and Art History
Links on the Web http://witcombe.sbc.edu
- Art History Resources on the Web http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
- Art History Sources on the Web from
- Art Timeline by the Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
- Biographical
Information about Artists http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/ulan/index.html
- Librarians Internet Index http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?more=SubTopic
- Modernism http://www.artsmia.org/modernism.
1880 through 1940.
- Perseus Digital
Library http://dmoz.org/Arts/Visual_Arts/Resources/Research.
- UCLA Arts Library http://www.library.ucla.edu/arts/websites/wwwart.htm
The Art
of Creating
- The Figure Drawing Lab
http://drawinglab.evansville.edu
- Manga Drawing Tutorials http://www.cablenet.ne.jp/%7ejapanime/tutorial/tutorial.html
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and other Reference Works on
Arts and Artists
- ArtLex Art Dictionary http://www.artlex.com
- ArtCyclopedia:
Explore 125,000 Great Works of Art http://artcyclopedia.com
- Classified by artist, by movement (e.g. Cubism, Impressionism), medium
(e.g. painting, photography, sculpture), subject matter (e.g. landscapes,
still life), and nationality.
- The-artists.org
http://www.the-artists.org
- AskArt http://askart.com American Artists Bluebook
- Ceramic Source Online, from the American Ceramics Society http://www.ceramics.org/resources.asp
- Ceramics Today http://www.ceramicstoday.com
- Dictionary of Symbolism http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html
- Digital Art Source http://www.digitalartsource.com/index2.shtml
- The
PhotoForum’s List of Photo Web Sites http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/webpages.html
Museums
and Collections
- Art Museums Worldwide,
from ArtCyclopedia http://www.artcyclopedia.com/museums.html
- Directory with links to “museums with fine art collections and an online presence.” - The
- Art
Crimes the Writing on the Wall http://www.graffiti.org
- Collection of graffiti Art from cities around the world; many of these
works depicted here no longer exist outside of the Internet.
- CPANDA,
the Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive http://www.cpanda.org -
Archives of key topics in the arts and make them available to scholars,
journalists, policy makers, artists, cultural organizations, and the
public.
- Documentary Photography Online http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/photos/online.htm
- Graffiti
Archaeology http://www.otherthings.com/grafarc/main.html - Photos
of graffiti taken at the same location by many different photographers
over a span of several years. Most of the photos are from San Francisco,
over a time span from the late 1990's to the present.
- Guide to Landscape Prints and Drawings http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf200001hw
- Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Art Links http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/links/art_19th20th.html
- Web
Gallery of Art http://www.wga.hu/index1.html.
- Virtual
museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture.
Finding Periodicals
Finding Periodicals in this Library
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How Do You Find Out if a Periodical Exists
in this Library? ·
Use the ODU Library Catalog to search for the title of
the journal or newspaper you’re trying to find.
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Listed below are some visual arts journals and
magazines available in the ODU Library: