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Art Resources

The subject liaison at the Libraries for Art is:
Naomi Lederer
Morgan Library | (970) 491-0593 | (970) 491-5817 FAX
E-mail via "Content:" below

Sources Listed on This Page: Sources Listed on Separate Pages:
Artists and Designers Art Department (CSU)
Auction Records Art and Design Associations
Call Numbers Book Dealers and Suppliers
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (Web based) College and University Programs
Funding, Grants, and Foundations CSU Databases and Online Indexes
Image Collections & Image Search Engines CSU Art Journals
Legal Information Print Reference Sources*
Research Guides Art Resources on the Web
Style Manuals Topical Art Web Pages

*Print Reference Sources page includes Bibliographies, Biographies, Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, Iconography and Guides to Symbols (Biblical and Mythological), Indexes, Market Guides and Signature Identification Sources

 

Topical Art Web Pages
Artists and Designers
  • Artcyclopedia free Website indexing major artists; includes brief biographical sketches and links to artists' works.
  • Art in Context a comprehensive, continually updated, and publicly funded clearinghouse of information on contemporary artists, their work and their dealers.
  • ArtNet.com commercial site containing listings for over 1,300 galleries, 36,000 works and 13,000 artists.
  • Biography and Geneaology MasterIndex (updated biannually) Comprehensive index to 12 million biographical sketches. Check Morgan Library holdings for individual sources. CSU affiliates only.
  • Biography Index scans 2,700 journals and 1,800 books on a regular basis. A good source to get information on a specific artist. Covers 1984 to the present. CSU affiliates only.
  • See also a number of print reference sources on artists' biographies listed on the Print Reference Sources page of this guide.

Auction Records and Auction Houses

Call Numbers

  • AM - Museums, Collectors, Collecting.
  • GT - 500-2370 Costume, Fashion
  • N - Visual Arts, Art History
  • NA - Architecture
  • NB - Sculpture
  • NC - Drawing, Design Illustration
  • ND - Painting
  • NE - Print Media
  • NK - Decorative Arts
  • NX - Arts in General
  • TR - Photography
  • TT - Arts, Crafts

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

ArtLex comprehensive visual arts dictionary; includes definitions of more than 2,800 terms with illustrations, pronunciations, quotations, and links to Web resources.

Dictionary of Art (updates vary) online version of the monumental 36-volume print version with encyclopedia-like entries to major periods and themes in the history of art; includes over 41,000 articles, news, external Web links, a hyperlinked alphabetical index and the Bridgeman Art Library. Bridgeman contains over 100,000 images of works in situ, architectural works, paintings and other museum holdings. CSU affiliates only.

Words of Art Dictionary of terms relating to art theory and criticism by Robert Belton at Okanagan University College.

Funding, Grants, and Foundations

Image Collections and Image Search Engines

  • AltaVista Image Finder a comprehensive search engine with an advanced feature which allows you to limit to photo, graphic, or button/banner. You can also specify color or black and white.
  • AMICO Thumbnail Catalog the public version of the larger consortial database of images culled from major art collections in museums and universities.
  • Art Images for College Teaching produced by Allan Kohl from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, allows for browsing by chronology for wester art with a separate category for non-western.
  • Artcyclopedia free Website maintained by John Malyon, which indexes major artists with brief biographical sketches and links to their works.
  • Dictionary of Art-Bridgeman Archive contains over 100,000 images of works in situ, architectural works, paintings and other museum holdings accessible through the CSU subscription databases page via Dictionary of Art.
  • Ditto an indexed imagebase that retrieves thumbnails of registered images from a host of sources and ranks them by relevance.
  • Google Image Finder a search engine indexing over 330 million images freely available on the Web.
  • Great Buildings Collection comprehensive database searchable by building name, place name or architect with biographical sketches and sources for further reading.
  • Librarians' Index to the Internet: Images an extensive listing of movie, photo and clip art search engines; display alphabetically or by subject.
  • SPIRO free database of architectural images sponsored by and based on the holdings of the UC Berkeley Architecture Slide Library.
  • Visual Arts Data Service provided by the Surrey Institute of Art & Design and part of the Arts & Humanities Data Service, this project currently allows searching of over fifteen digital image project simultaneously and browsing by major subject area.
  • World Art Treasures browsable and searchable image bank culled from the over 100,000 slides in the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation.
Legal Information
Research Guides

Style Manuals

On This Page: Artists and Designers | Auction Records | Call Numbers | Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (Web-based) | Funding, Grants, and Foundations | Image Collections & Search Engines | Legal Information | Research Guides | Style Manuals |

On Separage Pages: Associations | Book Dealers and Suppliers | College and University Programs | CSU Databases and Online Indexes | CSU Art Journals | Art Resources on the Web

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