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ART HISTORY PATHFINDER

All call numbers given are for the Mt. San Antonio College Library 

 General Reference Sources:

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D561
Turner, Jane, ed. The Dictionary of Art. New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 1996.
Also available online: The Dictionary of Art.
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J267h
1991
Janson, H. W. History of Art. 4th ed., rev. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall ; New York : H.N. Abrams, 1991.
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P883a
Arnason, H. Harvard. History of Modern Art : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. 3rd ed., rev. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall ; New York : H.N. Abrams, 1986.
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P883a

Praeger Encyclopedia of Art. New York : Praeger Publishers, 1971.

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P883
The Praeger Picture Encyclopedia of Art : A Comprehensive Survey of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Crafts, Their Methods, Styles and Technical Terms, From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. New York : F.A. Praeger, 1958.

Call Number areas to browse in Reference and in the Stacks:

700 The Arts 709 Art History
710 Civic and Landscape Art
720 Architecture
730 Sculpture, Plastic Arts
740 Drawing, Decorative and Minor Arts
750 Painting and Paintings

760 Graphic Arts

770 Photography  

 Keywords and Subjects to check in the Library Catalog

geographic location and art and history Example: greece and art and history
time period and art
Example: baroque and art
art movement
Example: impressionism
artist's name

Example: rembrandt

Keywords and Subjects to check in the Periodical Databases

geographic location and art and history Example: greece and art and history
time period and art
Example: baroque and art
art movement
Example: impressionism
artist's name and criticism

Example: "frida kahlo" and criticism

 Websites of Interest

Mt. SAC Library Web Guide : Fine Art http://library.mtsac.edu/WebArtsIndex.html
Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
http://www.hbcollege.com/art/gardner/

http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/hndbkhom.html

Art History Browser http://www.ariadne.org/studio/michelli/browser2.html
Voice of the Shuttle : Art & Art History http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2707

 Tips and Tricks:

  • Remember that while the library may ot have an entire book on an artist, a movement, or a culture, they may appear as chapters in books on larger topics. Choose keywords that reflect larger topics to find these books. If searching for criticism on an artist, remember to add and criticism to your search. Altavista is a good search engine to use if searching for a graphic (picture, illustration, etc.) of a particular painting.
  • When searching by name or painting title in the periodical databases or on the Internet, remember to enclose the name or title in quotation marks, eg. "frida kahlo".

 *original pathfinder created August 21, 2000 by Deb Distante.

 

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