Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Art History:
Sources for Art History Methods
Unless otherwise noted, all resources are located in the Art Library.
Explanatory Texts
Kleinbauer, W. Eugene, and Thomas P. Slavens.
Research Guide to the
History of Western Art.
Chicago: American Library Association, 1982.
Contains an annotated list of major reference works and supplies a brief
description of methodological approaches.
ART N380.K56 1982
Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. Modern Perspectives in Western Art History: An
Anthology of 20th Century Writings on the Visual Arts.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1971.
Lengthy introduction explains various methodologies which are then
illustrated by essays.
ART N7442.K57
General Sources (Older)
Wolfflin, Heinrich. Principles of Art History.
New York: Dover, 1950.
ART N5300.W82
Schlosser, Julius von. Die Kunstliterature: Ein Handbuch zur
Quellenkunde der neuern Kunstgeschichte.
Wien: A. Schroll, 1924.
ART N5300.S32
OR
Schlosser, Julius von. La letteratura artistica: manuale delle fonti
della storia dell'arte moderna.
Trans. by F. Rossi. Florence, 1964.
A important early source for methodology, although not complete in the
Italian translation. Contains an extensive bibliography of older, classical
sources for the study of historiography.
ART N5300.S3316
Riegl, Alois. Die Enstehung der Barockkunst in Rom.
Wien: A. Schroll, 1908.
Riegl is a major figure in the early development of art history.
ART N6920.R5
German Essays on Art History. Ed. by Gert Schiff.
New York: Continuum, 1988.
A selection of essays written by art historians who helped to shape modern art history.
ART N7443.4.G47
Comprehensive Sources (More Recent)
Barasch, Moshe. Theories of Art: From Plato to Winckelmann.
New York: New York University Press, 1985.
ART N70.B22 1985
Barasch, Moshe. Modern Theories of Art: From Winckelmann to
Baudelaire.
New York: New York University Press, 1990.
ART N70.B2 1990
Kulturmann, Udo. The History of Art History.
New York: Abaris, 1993.
ART N380.K8513 1993
Minor, Vernon Hyde. Art History's History.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1994.
ART N380.M556 1994
Special Approaches or Topics
Arnheim, Rudolf. Toward a Psychology of Art: Collected Essays.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967.
ART N70.A69
Belting, Hans. The End of the History of Art
Trans. by Christopher S. Wood. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
ART N380.B4413 1987
Broude, Norma, and Mary D. Garrard. Feminism and Art History:
Questioning the Litany.
New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
ART N72.F45F44 1982
Calligram: Essays in New Art History From France. Ed. by Norman Bryson.
Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
ART N7480.C35
Carrier, David. Principles of Art History Writing.
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993.
Historical examination about art writing and how it has changed through the years.
ART N380.C37 1991
Early Years of Art History in the United States: Notes and Essays on
Departments, Teaching, and Scholars. Ed. by Craig Hugh Smyth and Peter M.
Lukehart.
Princeton: Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, 1993.
ART N385.E27 1993
Goldstein, Carl. Teaching Art: Academies and Schools From Vasari to
Albers.
Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Looks at the academies and schools and how they have shaped art historical
writing and vice versa.
ART N85.G62 1996
Hauser, Arnold. The Social History of Art.
New York: Vintage, 1957. 4 vol.
ART N72.H353 1957
Johnson, W. McAllister. Art History: Its Use and Abuse.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.
Main focus is on the genre of catalogue writing.
ART N380.J64 1988
Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture: An
Annotated Bibliography and Historiography.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1992.
Lengthy introduction explains various methods of inquiry and cites authors
and sources. A very rich source of historiography for the period and subject it
covers.
ART REF NA360.K54 1992
The New Art History. Ed. by A.L. Rees and Frances Borzello.
Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1988.
ART N7476.N47
Preziosi, Donald. Rethinking Art History: Meditations on a Coy
Science.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.
ART N380.P68 1989
Problemi di metodo: condizioni di esistenza di una storia dell'arte.
ART Atti di xxiv Congresso Internazionale di Storia dell'arte) Bologna: Clueb, 1982.
Contributions from several art historians examining aspects of art
historical study and writing. Contributions in English, French, German and
Italian.
ART N380.P76 1982
Soussloff, Catherine M. The Absolute Artist: The Historiography of a
Concept.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
ART N71.S7 1997
Art Historians
Brush, Kathryn. The Shaping of Art History: Wilhelm Voge, Adolph
Goldschmidt, and the Study of Medieval Art.
Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
ART N5970.B78 1996
Holly, Michael Ann. Panofsky and the Foundations of Art History.
Ithaca: Cornell, 1984.
ART N7483.P3H64 1984
Iversen, Margaret. Alois Riegl: Art History and Theory.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993.
ALEXANDER N7483.R54I83 1993
Podro, Michael. The Critical Historians of Art.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982.
ART N380.P53 1982
Potts, Alex. Flesh and the Ideal: Winckelmann and the Origins of Art
History.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.
ALEXANDER N7483.W5P68 1994
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Translation Resources
General Sources
Dictionary of Art.
London: Macmillan, 1996.
ART REF N31.D5 1996
Encyclopedia of World Art.
New York: McGraw Hill, 1948. Supp. 1983, 1986.
ART REF N31.E553
Chilvers, Ian, and Harold Osborne. Oxford Dictionary of Art.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 1997.
ART N33.O93 1997
Words of Art (Art Criticism Glossary)
Pierce, James Smith. From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987.
ART REF N33.P5 1987
Kaltenbach, Gustave E. Dictionary of Pronunciation of Artists' Names.
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1938.
ART N40.K3
McConkey, Wilfred. Klee As In Clay: A Pronunciation Guide
Lanham, MD: HamiltonPress, 1986.
KILMER NX163.M3 1986
Liungman, Carl G. Dictionary of Symbols.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1991.
ART REF BL603.L5413 1991
Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
An online version of the Liungman text above.
Classical
Bandinelli, Ranuccio
Enciclopedia dell'arte antica....
Rome: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1958.
Covers prehistory to A.D.500.
ART REF N31.E48
Pauly, August Friedrich von
Der Kleine Pauly: Lexikon der Antike.
Stuttgart: Alfred Druckenmuller, 1964.
ART DE5.K5
Oxford Classical Dictionary. Ed. by M. Cary, et.al.
Oxford: ClarendonPress, 1968.
ART REF DE5.O9 1949a
Byzantine
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Ed. by Alexander P. Kazhdan.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
ART REF DF521.O93 1991
Reallexikon zur byzantinischen Kunst.
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1966 +.
ART REF N6250.R43 1966)
Medieval
Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Ed. by Joseph R. Strayer.
New York: Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1982.
ART REF D114.D5 1982
Enciclopedia dell'arte medievale.
Rome: Istituto della enciclopedia Italiani, 1991 +.
ART REF N5965.E5 1993
Architecture
Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. 2nd ed. Ed. by Cyril M. Harris.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.
ART REF NA31.H32 1993
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World
Ed. by Paul Oliver.
Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1997. (3 vol.)
ART REF NA208.E53 1997
Historic Architecture Sourcebook.
Ed. by Cyril M. Harris.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977.
This is a much slimmer volume than the one above, but it has more and better
illustrations, although the number of definitions is greater in the later text.
ART REF NA31.H56)
Glossarium Artis.
Munich: K.G. Saur.
Each of the nine volumes is a glossary of terms for a single specialized building type.
ART REF N34.G56)
American Art
Baigell, Matthew. Dictionary of American Art.
New York: Harper & Row, 1979.
ART REF N6505.B34 1979
Modern and Contemporary Art
Atkins, Robert. Artspeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements and Buzzwords.
New York: Abbeville, 1990.
ART REF N6490.A87 1990
Atkins, Robert. ArtSpoke; A Guide to Modern Ideas, Movements and Buzzwords, 1848-1944.
New York: Abbeville, 1993.
ART REF N6447.A85 1993
Bell, Doris. Contemporary Art Trends 1960-1980: A Guide to Sources.
Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1981.
ART REF N6490.B44
Patin, Thomas, and Jennifer McLerran. Artwords: A Glossary of Contemporary Art Theory.
Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1997.
ART REF N71.P32 1997
Naive and Folk Art
Bihalji-Merin, Oto, and Nebojsa-Bato Tomasevic. World Encyclopedia of Naive Art: One Hundred Years of Naive Art.
Scranton: Scala/P. Wilson, 1988.
ART Folio N7432.5.P7B53 1985
Rosenak, Chuck, and Jan Rosenak. Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists.
New York: Abbeville, 1990.
ART REF NK808.R6 1990
Buddhism
Bunce, Frederick W.
An Encyclopaedia of Buddhist Dieties, Demigods, Godlings, Saints and Demons.
New Delhi: D.K. Printworld, 1994.
ART REF BQ130.B88 1994
Women Artists
Dictionary of Women Artists.
London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
Covers the middle ages to present and is international in scope.
ART REF N43.D53 1997
Language Dictionaries for Art Terms
Apelt, Mary L.. German-English Dictionary: Art History--Archaeology.
Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 1982.
ART REF N33.A63 1982
See also English-German Dictionary: Art History- Archaeology
by the same author
ART REF N33.A556 1987
Reau, Louis. Dictionnaire polyglotte des termes d'art et d'archeologie.
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