Electronic Sources for Art : Getting Started

Art Encyclopedias

• Getty Research Portal - Getty Research Institute's collection of digitized art history texts.
• Humanities Commons (art history section) scholarly open-source materials for the humanities
• Encyclopedia of Aesthetics - Scholarly online source for overview of esthetic concepts and histories

Artists' Dictionaries (biographies of Artists)

• Benezit Dictionary of Artists - All artists of all places and times

Keep in mind that specialized Dictionaries can answer many simple art questions.

Period Dictionaries - Classical

The Grove encyclopedia of classical art & architecture [electronic resource and book]

Decorative Arts

Grove encyclopedia of decorative arts  [electronic resource and book]