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These resources will get you started on a project. If you want to explore more, please see the guide: Art and Art History.
Lady with an Ermine, Leonardo da Vinci, 1488. National Museum in Krakow.
Circe, Romare Bearden, 1977. Chazen Museum of Art.
Art Encyclopedia/Background Information
- Art21Acclaimed PBS series on 21st century art. The website contains video clips, interviews with artists, and thematic exploration of topics.
- Grove Art Online (contained within Oxford Art Online)Online full-text version of a 34 volume encyclopedia with signed entry articles written by art historians.
- The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art HistoryAn overview of art history, the Heilbrunn Timeline pairs essays and works of art with chronologies,
telling the story of art and global culture
through the Museum’s collection. - Contemporary Art: An IntroductionA brief overview from SmartHistory.
Oxford Art Online Tutorial
Article Databases for Art
- ARTbibliographies ModernABM focuses on art from the late 19th century to the present.
- Art Full TextThorough coverage of arts of all periods and regions; includes citations or full text for 750+ art journals. Articles span from 1984-present
- Art Index RetrospectiveCovers art journals from 1929-1984
Article Databases for Art & Humanities
- Humanities International CompleteComprehensive database covering more than 2,100 journals, books and other important reference sources published worldwide in the humanities, with a focus on literary, scholarly and creative thought.
- JSTOR: the scholarly journal archiveContains full text of c. 120 art-related journals. Recent years are omitted.
- Project MuseProvides digital humanities and social sciences books and journals from leading university presses and scholarly societies. Contains topic area for art and architecture.
- Film & Television Literature IndexArticles, film reviews, and book reviews related to film and television from 30 countries. Includes both scholarly and popular film and TV sources.
- Film Index InternationalInformation on more than 128,000 films and 900,000 individuals from 170+ countries.
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Contact:
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Image Databases and Sources
Consider some books
- Baroque Art by Victoria Charles; Klaus CarlCall Number: Ebook
- Botticelli and the Search for the Divine by John T. SpikeCall Number: Oversize Shelving ND623.B7 A4 2017ISBN: 0996804129
- Elvehjem Museum of Art by Russell PanczenkoCall Number: Online Access -- UW Digital CollectionsPublication Date: 1990
- How to Read Italian Renaissance Painting by Stefano ZuffiCall Number: Regular size shelving ND615 Z8313 2010
- Italian Baroque Art by Susan M. Dixon (Editor)Call Number: Regular size shelving N6916 I83 2008
- The Italian Renaissance Nude by Jill BurkeCall Number: Regular size shelving N7572 .B87 2018
- The Renaissance by Rosa Maria LettsCall Number: Regular size shelving N6915 L44
- The Renaissance Nude by Thomas Kren; JCall Number: Oversize Shelving N7572 .R46 2018
- A Short History of the Italian Renaissance by Virginia CoxCall Number: College Library; Main Collection, 1st Floor, Rm. 1191 DG533 .C595 2016
- The Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance and Mannerist Art by Jane TurnerCall Number: https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999891334502121