ART
Oklahoma Baptist University
Introduction
Looking
for information about painters? Need to
find resources to develop an art history research paper? These and many other questions can be answered
with the aid of the resources listed below.
If you have additional questions, ask the librarians. They are ready to assist you in finding the
information you need.
General Background Information
American House Styles
Ref 728.37 B255ahs
Art in Life
Ref 709 C58a
Art Pottery of the United States
Ref 738.0973 E92as
Atlas of Western Art History
Ref 700.223 S514ah
Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers
Ref 709.2 B91d
Chronicle of Impressionism: A Timeline History of Impressionist Art
Ref 759.409 D416ch
Commercial Artist’s Handbook
Ref 741.6 S675c
Contemporary Artists
Ref 709.22 C761n3
Contemporary Women Artists
Ref 704.042 B396cw
Dent Dictionary of Symbols in Christian Art
Ref 704.9 S741dds
Dictionary of Art
Ref 703 D554tnr
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists
Ref 709 C97d3
Dictionary of Interior Design
Ref 747.03 P37d
Dictionary of Modern Painting
Ref 750.3 D54el
Dictionary of Modern Sculpture
Ref 730.3 D55dew
Encyclopedia of American Architecture
Ref 720.973 H943e
Encyclopedia of American Art Before 1914
Ref 709.7303 E56tur
Encyclopedia of Art Deco
Ref 709.04 E52du
Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art
Ref 709.803 E56tur
Encyclopedia of Photography
Ref 770.3 E56
Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art
Ref 704.9424 A645ewa
Encyclopedia of World Art
Ref 703 E56
From Abacus to Zeus, a Handbook of Art History
Ref 703 P616fr
Great Museums of the World
Ref 708 N55
Guide to Art Reference Books
Ref 707.016 C44g
Harlem Renaissance
Ref 700 H284k
Illustrated Dictionary of Art and Archaeology
Ref 703 M72i
Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics
Ref 738 S263i
Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art
Ref 704.94603 H177ia
Index of Reproductions of American Paintings
Ref 759.13 M75i
Index of Reproductions of European Paintings
Ref 759 M75i
Interpreting Contemporary Art
Ref 709.04 I61bn
Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art
Ref 709 H981eg
Modern Arts Criticism
Ref 709.04 M689prk
Modern Italian Painting, from Futurism to the Present Day
Ref 759.5 B19mew
New Century Handbook of Greek Art and Architecture
Ref 709.38 N532
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
Ref 709.22 N864he
Oriental Antiques and Art
Ref 745.10951 A543oa
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1900’s
Ref 700 R356og
Oxford History of Classical Art
Ref 709.38 O98bo
Painter’s Dictionary of Materials and Methods
Ref 703 T222pd
Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art
Ref 709 P533
Potter’s Dictionary of Materials and Methods
Ref 738.103 H214p
Praeger Picture Encyclopedia of Art
Ref 703 P89
Theories of Contemporary Art
Ref 709.04 H576tc2
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms
Ref 703.21 L937th
World Artists, 1950-1990
Ref 709.22 M346wo
World Atlas of Architecture
Ref 720.9 W927no
Also check the On-line Library Catalog for listings of video recordings.
Locating the Art Collection
Books are arranged on the shelf in broad subject categories.
700 Fine and Decorative Arts
710 Civic and Landscape Art
720 Architecture
730 Plastic Arts/ Sculpture
740 Drawing and Decorative Arts
750 Painting and Paintings
760 Graphic Arts/ Printmaking
770 Photography and Photographs
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
ED Education Dept.
Materials on art may be found in the following areas:
1st floor, north Reference
1st floor, west Periodicals
1st floor,
annex Government Documents
2nd floor General Books
3rd floor General Books
Sources of Journal Articles
PRINT RESOURCES
Biography Index
Humanities Index
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
MAS FullText Ultra (EbscoHost)
NewsFile Collection (NewsBank)
Print and microform indexes and journals are located on the
1st floor, west.
For a complete list of journals and other periodicals owned by the library,
look at Periodical
Directory (http://www2.okbu.edu/library/periodcl/index.html)
Internet Resources
EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database
NetLibrary:
Full text e-book database
NewsBank: Full text newspaper database
First Search: Periodical and information indexes
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
http://www.photographymuseum.com/index.html
ARCHITECTURE THROUGH THE AGES
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/
ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
http://www.si.edu/organiza/offices/archart/ start.htm
ART AND ARCHITECTURE THESAURUS BROWSER
http://shiva.pub.getty.edu/aat_browser/
ART DECO HOMEPAGE
http://orathost.cfa.ilstu.edu/students/pcfare/ deco.html
ART DIRECTORY.COM
ART HISTORY RESOURCES IN THE WEB
http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
ART HISTORY WEBMASTERS ASSOCIATION
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/AHWA/
ART IN FLUX: A DIRECTORY OF RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH IN CONTEMPORARY ART
http://www.art.uidaho.edu/artnet/bsu/contemporary/artinflux/intro.html
ART MUSEUM NETWORK
ART ONLINE
ARTCHIVE
ARTCYCLOPEDIA: THE FINE ART SEARCH ENGINE
ARTIST-INFO: CONTEMPORARY ART DATABASE
http://www.art-info.com/html/index.asp
ARTLEX: DICTIONARY OF VISUAL ART
ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORIANS
ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY
http://www.indiana.edu/~aah/welcome!.html
BIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE OF WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE
http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/
BRAINBANK-ART MOVEMENTS AND PERIODS
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/OTHERREFERENCE/THEARTS/ ArtMvmtsandPeriods.html
CONSTABLE.NET: ARTISTS ON ART
DART-THE INTERNET ART DATABASE
DICTIONARY OF ART HISTORIANS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF HISTORIANS, MUSEUM DIRECTORS AND SCHOLARS OF ART
http://www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/dah.htm
DICTIONARY OF ART TERMS
http://www.aliceville.com/artdic_0.htm
DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch
FINE ART FORUM
http://www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/
FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO
FUTURISM: MANIFESTOS AND OTHER RESOURCES
http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM: A VIEW FROM AN ADMIRER
http://www.german-expressionism. freeserve.co.uk
GETTY PROVENANCE INDEX
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
IMAGEBASE-ART AND ARCHITECTURE
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/
INTERNATIONAL DADA ARCHIVE
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/index.html
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF ART LIBRARIES
http://iberia.vassar.edu/ifla-idal/
INTERNATIONAL ROCK ART DATABASE
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~brayer/rock/general.html
INTERNATIONAL STOLEN ART DATABASE
INTERNET ART RESOURCES
http://www.geocities.com/ruscha26/resources.html
INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY’S ART BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/PF/netart.html
J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM
KINDER ART
http://www.kinderart.com/lessons.htm
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
LOUVRE MUSEUM
http://mistral.culture.fr/louvre/louvrea.htm
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
http://www.metmuseum.org/htm/file/opening/enter1.html
MODERN MASTERWORKS
http://hyperion.advanced.org/17142/
MUSEUM NETWORK.COM
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN ART
NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
OCAIW
http://www.ocaiw.com/indexing.htm
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE: MUSEUMS & ORGANIZATIONS
http://www.si.edu/organiza/start.htm
SPARTACUS INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA-BRITISH HISTORY 1700-1930, ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTS
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ art.htm
TIMELINE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
http://www.eastman.org/5_timeline/5_index.html
TIMELINES OF ART HISTORY
http://www.dc.infi.net/~gunther/tl001.html
24 HOUR MUSEUM: UK MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND HERITAGE
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/Home.htm
UFFIZI GALLERY
http://www.televisual.it:80/uffizi/
UNION LIST OF ARTIST NAMES BROWSER
http://shiva.pub.getty.edu/ulan_browser/
WEBMUSEUM
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
WWW POP ART
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~toms/PopArt/index.html
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