art databases
Grove Dictionary of Art is contained within Oxford Art Online.
- Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and Rpertoire de la Litterature de l'Art (RILA)
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Indexes and abstracts (in English or French) articles (from over 4,800 journals), art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs covering European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present. Encompasses fine arts—painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture—as well as decorative and applied arts-crafts, graphic arts, and folk and popular art. Special subject indexing covers persons, places, institutions, buildings, works of art, and topical subjects, with most subject terms in both English and French. - Art Index
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Art Index is an art research database providing high-quality indexing for hundreds of national and international art periodicals, including 370 active indexed journals. In addition to indexed journals, Art Index includes information about more than 14,000 art dissertations and more than 229,000 image reproductions.
(Please note our subscription allows 8 simultaneous users across any location. To help other researchers, please close the browser when you are finished using this database.) - Art Index Retrospective
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Art Index Retrospective provides high-quality indexing of over 600 art periodicals for articles published between 1929 and 1984.
- JSTOR
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Searchable full-text journal backfile collection. Individual titles are listed in the E-Journals A-Z. - Oxford Art Online
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Oxford Art Online provides online full-text access to two major art reference works: the Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Our Oxford Art Online subscription offers access to the Grove Dictionary of Art, the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia ("Grove Art"). It provides global coverage of visual culture from ancient to contemporary times, described in encyclopedia-style entries that are written and vetted by expert scholars.
(Please note our subscription allows 3 simultaneous users across any location. To help other researchers, please close the browser when you are finished using this database.) - ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM)
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Indexes information on modern and contemporary arts dating from the late 19th century onwards, published from the late 1960s to the present - Arts and Humanities Citation Index
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The Arts & Humanities Citation Index in Web of Science indexes 87 major American and European art periodicals such as Apollo, ARTnews, Art Bulletin, museum journals, etc.
Books about Chinese Art
Scenes Along the River During the Qingming Festival by Call Number: Fine Arts Library Oversize (ND1049.Z4814 A73 2010)
The Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library has an extensive collection of books about Chinese art.
Journals about Chinese Art
- Arts of AsiaCall Number: NX572 .A75 Fine Arts Library - Oversize
- OrientationsCall Number: DS501 .O73 (Fine Arts Library)
Other Useful Resources
- Films on Demand
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Where to Find the Resources
The majority of the print resources on Chinese art can be found in the Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library under the call numbers N7340 - N7349 (Visual Arts - History).