Scholarly Encyclopedias
Oxford Art Online
- Core art databases, searchable uniformly or individually, produced by Oxford University Press.
Oxford Reference Online (includes photography)
~ Reference books migrated to electronic form that include art and photography sources not searched above.
Encyclopedia of world art. 18 vols. New York, McGraw-Hill [1959-c1987] Lilly Library Reference N31 .E4833 1959
Pelican History of Art
~ one of the long-established English-language surveys of art history. Great for "further readings" or an overview to supplement notes or background information.
Clegg, Elizabeth. Art, design, and architecture in Central Europe, 1890-1920 / Elizabeth Clegg. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006. Lilly Library Reference N5300 .P456 v.12
Green, Christopher. Art in France, 1900-1940 / Christopher Green. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000. Lilly Library Reference | N5300 .P456 v.11
Biographies
Contemporary artists. New York ; St. Martins Press ; London : St. James Press. Lilly Library Reference N6490 .C6567
~ recent artists lives and careers distilled into individual entries. Includes gallery exhibitions and selected articles.
Dictionary of artists / Benezit. 14 vols. Paris : Gründ, 2006. Lilly Library Reference N40 .D5213 2006
Exhibitions
Gordon, Donald E. Modern art exhibitions: 1900-1916; selected catalogue documentation [by] Donald E. Gordon. München, Prestel, 1974. Lilly Library Reference N6490 .G62 1974
Artists' Quotations/Statements/Manifesti
Twentieth-century artists on art : an index to writings, statements, and interviews by artists, architects, and designers... by Robertson, Jack. New York : G.K. Hall ; London : Prentice Hall International, c1996. Lilly Reference NX456 .R59 1996 c.1
Criticism
Modern arts criticism. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, 1991- Lilly Library Reference 709.22 M689, A792x In process-LC
