Skip to Main Content

ART 100: Introduction to Visual Arts (Brace): Reference Sources

Browse the Art Books

N: Visual Arts

NA: Architecture

NB: Sculpture

NC: Drawing, Design, Illustration

ND: Painting

NE: Print Media

NK: Decorative Arts

NX: Arts in general

PN 1990ish TV, Films

TR: Photography

TT: Handicrafts, Arts and Crafts

Break it down into more detail

Electronic Reference Databases

Good places to start. Get an overview of your topic.

CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window A reference source that includes full text content covering a variety of major subjects.
Britannica Online Encyclopedia - Academic Edition This link opens in a new window Full text of the most recent edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, with cross references to related articles and links to select web resources.

Art: Time and Place

Timeline of Art History
A comprehensive and image-rich timeline of world artistic achievement from 20,000 BCE through the present

Atlas of Western Art History
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor G1046.E64 S7 1994

Internet Resources

Baubauhaus
SmARThistory
Art History Resources Online
A very large index to hundreds of art-related websites.
Graphic Design Archive Online
From the Rochester Institute of Technology

Reference Sources

The Dictionary of Art
Call Number: Reference Collection - 3rd Floor N31 .D5 1996
Encyclopedia of World Art
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor N31 .E48 1959
A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques by Ralph Mayer
Call Number: 4th Floor N33 .M38 1969
The Oxford History of Classical Art
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor N5610 .O84 1993
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor N7560 .E53 1998
Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor N7740 .C29 1995
Dictionary of Women Artists
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor N8354 .D53 1997

Art ref books pt 2

Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture
Call Number: 3rd Floor (Reference) NA 680 .E495
A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota
Call Number: 3rd Floor (Reference) NA 730 .M6 G42
Sculpture: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages (v.1), From the Renaissance to the present day (v.2)
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor NB60 .S3813 2010x
Graphic Design, Referenced
Call Number: 4th Floor NC997 .G565 2009 AND Reference Collection--3rd Floor NC997 .G565 2012
Studio Dictionary of Design and Decoration
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor NK1165 .S78
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor NX440 .A787 2005
Atlas of Western Art History
Call Number: Reference Collection--3rd Floor G1046.E64 S7 1994