Researching an Individual Work of Art 

Use what you know about the work to go to the relevant tabs (above)

Do I know the artist's name?

-> Catalogues raisonnes;  Books on the artist   SPECIALTY BOOKS

Do I know the location of the work today?

-> Permanent Holdings catalogs [museum]   SPECIALTY BOOKS

 Do I know the era of the work?

-> Scholarly histories of art (Pelican History, Oxford Art Online)   BEGINNINGS

Do I know the subject matter?

-> Symbol Dictionaries;  Books treating art by subject matter   BOOK CATALOGS

Do I know the genre (altarpiece, Greek pot, etc.)

-> Corpora [corpus]; Books addressing form of work   SPECIALTY BOOKS