Research Guides: Art History: Reference Sources

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

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

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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.

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

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