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Art History -- Advanced Placement Project

 

Online Catalog

Locating information on a particular style of art is best achieved by completing a SUBJECT search:

Type the keyword impressionism and click Subject

Or for more exact results Try Power Searching two keywords:

renaissance and art

monet and biography

Reference Books

Listed are some of the reference books (denoted by R in the call number) which provide relevant information for this project. Use the same call numbers to locate additional resources in the main collection as well.

R 700 Int International Dictionary of Art and Artists

R 704.903 Enc Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography

R 704.946 Car Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art

R 709 Hol Art in World History Vol. I and II

R 709.04 20th 20th Century Art Book

R 709.2 Erg Artists: From Michelangelo to Maya Lin

R 709.2 Gre Great Artists of the Western World I and II

R 709.2 Res Artists of the Middle Ages

R 903 Gar Gardner's Art Through the Ages.

Online Databases

Encyclopedia Britannica

JSTOR

Web Sites


Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provides images with historical and cultural background information representing a wide diversity of art work

Art History Resources
Collection maintained by Professor of Art History @ Sweet Briar College, Virginia.

ArtSource
Project started by art librarian

Artcyclopedia
Guide to great art on the internet

Artchive
There are now more than 2,000 scans from over 200 different artists.








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