Getting Started - Art 101 - Prehistoric to Gothic Art - Prof. Vitela

Selected Library Reference Sources - Online

Search Grove Art Online to get some basic information about your artist, structure, or art work. You can also search for time periods or art styles.

Gale eBooks may have some information about your topic, but it is not exclusively about art.

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Comprehensive reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the present day. Library subscribes to content with a green unlocked icon.
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Provides access to more than 270 reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Selected Library Reference Sources - Print

Here are some reference books that are located in the library's Reference area. Although they cannot be checked out, students are able to photocopy pages.

Art in World History (Full Color Edition) by Ralph Croizier (General Editor)
Call Number: REF N5300 .H674 2004
ISBN: 9781933782911
Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists by Lawrence Gowing (Editor)
Call Number: REF N40 .B535 2005
ISBN: 9780816058037
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
Call Number: REF N5610 .G76 2007
ISBN: 9780195300826
J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections
Call Number: REF N582.M25 A627 2001
ISBN: 9780892366132
Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art by Rene Huyghe (Editor)
Call Number: REF N5970 .H813
ISBN: 0600023788
Larousse Encyclopedia of Prehistoric and Ancient Art: Art and Mankind
Call Number: REF N5300 .H953
The Oxford Companion to Art by Harold Osborne (Editor)
Call Number: REF N33 .O9
ISBN: 9780198661078
The Oxford Dictionary of Art by Ian Chilvers (Editor); Harold Osborne (Editor); Dennis Farr (Editor)
Call Number: REF N33 .O93 1997
ISBN: 9780198600848