Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Art History:
Bibliographies and Print Indexes For Information About Art and Architectural History
Unless otherwise noted, all resources are located in the Art Library.
General Art Indexes
Art Index. 1929 +
Index for journal articles, including book reviews.
The index may be searched online from 1984 to present
Art Full Text
Located on index tables in paper copy.
ART REF Z5937.A78
RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) 1974-1990.
ART REF Z5931.R5
BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art) 1990+
The index may be searched online from 1973-present, some earlier materials sporadically covered
Bibliography of the History of Art
ART REF Z5931.R52
RAA (Repertoire d'art et d'archeologie) 1910-1990
ART REF Z5937.R4
The three above indexes include citations to articles in journals,
chapters in books, dissertations, exhibition catalogues and Festschriften for art
and architectural history from Late Antiquity (4th century A.D.)
to present.
The entire contents of RILA and BHA, and RAA 1984-1990 may be searched
online
A CD-ROM with the entire contents of RILA and BHA and RAA 1984-1990 is
also available in the Art Library. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
ARTBibliographies Modern. 1969-1995.
Paper copy, through 1995, is on the shelves; a CD-ROM is
available for 1984+. Includes citations to articles in journals, chapters in
books, dissertations, exhibition catalogues, and Festschriften
for art of the 19th and 20th centuries and architecture of the
20th century only.
The index may be searched online from approximately 1974-present, with some citations going back to the 1960s
ARTBibliographies Modern
ART REF Z5935.A7
Classical Art Indexes
Archaologische Bibliographie
Archaologisches Institut des Deutschen Reichs, 1932/33+
An international bibliography of classical, early Christian, Byzantine, early Medieval,
and ancient Middle Eastern art and archaeology
ALEXANDER Z5132.A67
DYABOLA, is the CD-ROM version of the above index,
available in the Art Library, 1956+.
Fasti Archeologici. International Association for Classical Archaeology, 1946 +.
Bibliography of archaeology and art of the classical world, including early Christian period.
Many of the citations also have abstracts.
ALEXANDER, shelved with Periodicals
Gnomon Databank
An index to all publication years for
Gnomon as well as many other journals of interest to
classists and classical art historians and archaeologists.
Methodology
Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed.
Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1990.
Contains a wealth of information about formulating a
research strategy and supplies extensive information about major
resources for art historical study and research.
ART REF N85.J64 1990
General Bibliographies
Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1986 +
Annual index of the titles acquired by the Art and
Architecture Division of the New York Public Library.
ART REF Z5939.N7B58
Arntzen, Etta, and Robert Rainwater. Guide to the Literature of Art History.
Chicago: American Library Association, 1980.
A major resource for book and periodical information in all
areas of art and architectural history. Bear in mind the
publication date and update with more recent sources.
ART REF N380.A7
Ehresmann, Donald L. Fine Arts: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference
Works, Histories and Handbooks. 3rd ed.
Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1990.
ART REF N5300.E47 1990
Byzantine
Allen, Jelesbeta. Literature on Byzantine Art 1892-1967.
London: Mansell, 1973-76.
ART REF Z5933.3.A45
Byzantinische Zeitschrift.
Munich: C.S.Beck, 1892 +.
Alexander Library, shelved with Periodicals
American Art
Arts in America: A Bibliography. Ed. by Bernard Karpel.
Washington, DC: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
ART REF NX503.A1A7
Schimmelman, Janice G. American Imprints on Art Through 1865....
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990.
ART REF N6505.S34 1990
Architecture
Architectural Publications Index.
London: British Architectural Library. 1974 +.
ART REF NA1.A1A69
Architecture Series: Bibliography
Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1979-1990.
A mixed bag of bibliographies relating to any and all aspects of architecture.
Often the best source for information on highly specialized building types and
geographic adaptations.
ART REF Z5941.A73
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning,
interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation. Avery contains more than 440,000 thousand entries surveying over
seven hundred American and international journals.
The index may be searched online from 1934 - present, with selective coverage back to 1741.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals.
ART REF Z5941.C65
Doumato, Lammia. Architecture and Women: A Bibliography Documenting Women
Architects, Landscape Architects, Designers, Architectural
Critics and Writers and Women in Related Fields Working in the
United States.
New York: Garland, 1988.
ART REF NA2543.W65D6886
Ehresmann, Donald. Architecture: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference
Works, Histories and Handbooks.
Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1983.
ART REF NA2520.E38 1984
African American Art
Igoe, Lynn and James Igoe. 250 Years of Afro-American Art: An Annotated
Bibliography.
New York: Bowker, 1981.
ART REF Z5956.A47I38
Expressionism
Raabe, Paul. Index Expressionismus: Bibliographie du Beitrage in den
Zeitschriften und Jahrbuchern des literarischen Expressionismus
1910-1925.
Nedlen/Liechtenstein: Kraus-Thomason, 1972.
ART NX600.E9R3 1972
Spalek, Jahn M. German Expressionism in the Fine Arts: A
Bibliography. Los Angeles: Hennessey and Ingalls, 1977.
Considered the authoritative source for literature on
Expressionism. Bear in mind the publication date and update
reading lists from newer sources.
ART N6868.5.E9G47)
Bibliography of German Expressionism.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990.
Holdings of the Rifkin Center for German Expressionist Studies.
ART REF N6868.5.E9R63 1990
Paintings
Wright, Christopher. The World's Master Paintings From the Early Renaissance
to the Present Day.
London: Routledge, 1991.
Contains bibliographic citations and long lists of known
works by the artists, including the last known location for each
work.
ART REF ND40.W751991
Portraiture
Bibliography on Portraiture: Selected Writings on
Portraiture as an Art Form and as Documentation. Comp. by
Irene Heppner.
Boston: G.K.Hall, 1990.
ART REF N7575.H465 1990
Prints and Printmakers
Bibliographies
Karpinski, Caroline. Italian Printmaking Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: An
Annotated Bibliography.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1987.
ART NE659.K37 1987
Ludman, Joan, and Lauris Mason.
Fine Print References: A Selected Bibliography of Print-Related Literature.
Millwood, NY: Kraus International, 1982.
ART NE850.L82
Indexes
Parry, Pamela J., and Kathe Chipman. Print Index.
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1983.
ART REF NE90.P17 1983
Straten, Roelof van.
Iconclass Indexes: Italian Prints.
Doornspijk: Davaco, 1987.
ART REF NE659.I26
Monographs
Andresen, Andreas.
Der deutsche Peintre-graveur....
Leipzig: Rudolph Weigil, 1864-1878. Reprint 1977.
Covers the years 1560-1800 and includes the monogram used by
each engraver.
ART NE150.A6 1969
Bartsch, Adam von.
Illustrated Bartsch: Le peintre-graveur illustre.
Ed. by Walter L. Strauss. New York: Abaris, 1979 +
The basic historical resource for prints and printmaking.
Contains corrections to the original Bartsch, listed above, as
well as new information and volumes of detailed commentary.
ART Folio NE90.B213
Bartsch, Adam von.
Le Peinteur graveur.
Reprint ed. Nieuwkoop: de Graaf, 1982.
ART NE90.B2
Baudicour, Prosper de
Le peintre-graveur francais continue.
Paris: F. de Nobele, 1967.
ART NE647.R62
Delteil, Loys
Le peintre-graveur illustre.
Paris. 30 vol. with 2 supp.
Catalogues raisonnes of important, primarily French, graphic
artists of the 19th-20th centuries. Contains biographical
sketches, portraits, and catalogues of known prints, with
description and states. Sales and provenance are also given. Each
work is illustrated.
ART X Folio NE90.D4
Dutuit, Eugene. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes.
Amsterdam: G.W. Hissink, 1970.
Historical approach. The first part of volume 1 lists books
of wood engravings by type, i.e., Ars Moriendi, Bible des
pauvres, Speculum humanae salvatonis, etc.
ART NE90.D82
Early Italian Engravings From the National Gallery of Art.
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1973.
A massive catalogue of 15th and 16th century Italain
engravings, with critical essays on artists, fully documented
entries, and extensive references.
ART NE659.U53
Farwell, Beatrice.
French Popular Lithographic Imagery 1815-1870.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981 +.
To be completed in 12 volumes. Drawn from the collection of
the Bibliotheque nationales in Paris. Microfiche reproductions in
pockets at rear of each volume.
ART NE2349.25.F37 1981
Fielding, Mantle.
American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
Philadelphia: 1917.
Supplements Stauffer, above.
ART X NE400.F459A
Gage, Thomas Hovey.
An Artist's Index to Stauffer's American Engravers.
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1921.
ART NE505.S8G3
Heinecken, Karl Heinrich von.
Dictionnaire des artistes, dont nous avons des estampes,
avec une notice detaillee de leurs ouvrages graves.
Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1778, reprint 1970.
Although never completed beyond the letters DIZ, the
information that is included is, nevertheless, valuable. Besides
engravers, includes painters, sculptors, architects and
goldsmiths after whose work engravings were made.
ART NE90.H32
Hind, Arthur Magyar.
Early Italian Engraving....
London: Quaritch, 1948.
Reproductions and text. Library owns only part 2, volumes 5-7.
Hollstein, F.W.H.
Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts c. 1450-1700.
Amsterdam: Hertzberger, 1949 +.
Well illustrated. Contains lists of prints engraved after paintings and drawings by well-known artists.
ART NE663.H6
Hollstein, F.W.H.
German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts c. 1400-1700.
Amsterdam: Hertzberger, 1954 +.
Same format as above.
ART NE651.H6
Lehrs, Max.
Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen,
niederlandsichen und franzosischen Kupfersticks im XV
Jahrhundert.
Wien: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1880; reprint 1973.
Basic 15th-century resource for northern European engravers.
Indexes artsts and their work iconographically, with a subject
index, watermark catalogue, and bibliography at the end.
ART NE1450.L513
Monod, Lucien.
Le prix des estampes anciennes et moderns.
Paris: Albert Morance, 1926. Reprint, 1976.
Passavant, Johann David.
Le peintre-graveur....
Supplements Bartsch and provides coverage to the end of the 16th century.
New York: B. Franklin, 1966.
ART NE90.P2
Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F.
Le Peintre-graveur francais....
Paris: Gabriel Waree, 1835-1871, reprint 1967.
Chronological arrangement by engraver, beginning in the 17th
century with Calude Lorrain. Describes each known engraving by
dimensions, state, etc.
ART NE647.R6 1967
Stauffer, David McNeely.
American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
New York: Grolier, 1907.
Biographical sketches of engravers in volume 1. Second
volume lists engravers and known engravings for each.
ART X NE400.S798A
Straten, Roelof van. Iconclass Indexes: Dutch Prints.
Doornspijk: Davaco, 1993.
ART REF NE659.I26
Use in conjunction with Illustrated Bartsch
below and manuals for the Iconclass system
ART REF Z697.A8W3
Strutt, Joseph. A Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical Account of All the Engravers....
Geneva: Minkoff, 1972.
NE800.S8 1972
Bibliography Series
Reference Publication in Art History.
Bibliographies, published by G.K. Hall, cover a wide range of
specialized topics. Can be located by searching the series title
in IRIS.
Microforms
Author Index of Byzantine Studies.
Contains the author list, 1892-1981, from the Byzantinische Zeitschrift.
ALEXANDER microforms
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