Research by Subject: Art
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Art Full Text 
Full text articles on all aspects of art.
AGRICOLA 
Citations to resources in agricultural literature and allied disciplines. 15th century - current. Also includes articles and books relevant to landscape architecture.
Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary academic database. Some 1975-current.
JSTOR
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal (1 or more), keywords, author, title etc. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years.
Art index retrospective 1929-1984.
Art journal index; incl. periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins in English, French, Italian, German and Dutch. 55+ years.
General OneFile
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile
Bibliography of the history of art
International scholarly reference in art history covers visual arts in all media including the visual arts aspects of performing arts. 1973-current Use to research exhibitions, artists, and rnart in a specific century or historical period.
ProQuest
Business, humanities, general information, social life, law etc. ABI/INFORM databases, ProQuest Newspapers, Research Library and several others.
Note: Scroll down to pick and choose your own combination of databases to search.
Project Muse
Full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics; Coverage varies by journal but generally only 2-3 current years.
Searchasaurus
Full-text searching at the elementary school level. Reading levels are indicated. The Teacher Resources module offers educators and education students a combined search of three databases: Academic Search Premier,
ERIC, and Professional Development Collection.
Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ
Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals on all subjects in many languages.
Google Scholar
Peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from broad areas of research. Supports cited reference searching. Includes recent or unpublished work that hasn't been indexed in other databases.
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
A collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides representing prominent American landscape architects. Includes views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, plans, maps, and models. Hundreds of private estates are represented (including features such as formal gardens, terraces, and arbors).
FLICKR (Library of Congress Project)
About 3,000 photographs (in color and black and white) and posters from governmental sources such as the Library of Congress, the FBI, National Archives and Department of Defense. Includes portraits of politicians, celebrities, protests, demonstrations, and news shots from around the world. No known copyright exists for the photos included within the collection
Ithaca College Department of Art
Current home page of the Ithaca College Art Department
Timeline of Art History
A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Includes chronological narratives, topical essays, and color illustrations of works of art.
Art & Architecture Thesaurus online
Indexing terms used to describe the built environment in museum collections. Useful to identify terminology for searching; no links to collections or content.
Voice of the Shuttle
Comprehensive gateway to Web resources in the Humanities, including Literature, Philosophy, Religion, and Art.
New York State Art Teachers Association
Association promoting art edcuation in New York
Steedman Architectural Collection
Features images from classic books on elements of architecture: Movements, styles, decorative arts
Archpedia
An interactive guide to world architects and their architecture.
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
A collection of electronic resources for study and research of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and facsimiles, image databases, and Web resources.
Center for the Study of the Public Domain
Duke Law site devoted to promoting global understanding of public domain issues. Includes the graphic novel Bound by Law that explores a filmmaker's exploration of copyright for a documentary film.
eCultural Resources (Culture Resources Network)
Provides daily information on historic preservation, ethnography, and cultural resource management.
The Getty
Provides a gateway to information on museum studies. Includes databases under the "Research Institute" such as: Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) and the Union List of Artist Names (ULAN).
Ithaca College Department of Art History
Link to departmental website.
National Gallery of Art Classroom for Teachers and Students 
The National Gallery of Art website provides lesson plans for k-12 students, using art to teach English, environmental issues, geography, history, math, science, and social science.
National Gallery of Art: Collection Database
Browsable and searchable database of the collection held at the National Gallery of Art
Visual Resources Collection / Ithaca College Art History Department
General description of the Collection of slides & other audiovisuals available, hours of operation, & administrative information.
AGRICOLA
Citations to resources in agricultural literature and allied disciplines. 15th century - current. Also includes articles and books relevant to landscape architecture.
World Architecture Index : A Guide to Illustrations
This reference guide helps pin-point images of well known buildings, gardens, plazas, monuments, gates and walls in a variety of architectural survey books. Includes references to elevations, drawings, exterior and interior views.
Grove art online
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library.
WorldCat
Bibliographic information on books and other items in libraries around the world. 1000 BC-present.
Biography resource center + Complete Marquis Who's Who
Biographical information on people worldwide throughout history across all disciplines.
Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)
A database of artists' and architects' names (including a large number of variant name forms), along with biographical and bibliographic data.
Biography resource center + Complete Marquis Who's Who
Biographical information on people worldwide throughout history across all disciplines.
Dictionary of Art Historians
Biographies and bibliographies of art historians and art critics
ArtCritical.com: The Online Magazine of Art and Ideas
Reviews of current art exhibits and art books.
ArtObserved.com
"Global contemporary art events and news observed from New York City"
Eyebeam Art and Technology Blog
Find current articles on both technology and art and the intersections between them.
Gallery Hopper
Reports on galleries of fine art photography from around the world (focusing on New York City)
Grammar.police
Covers issues in contemporary art society and politics with a cynical sense of humor
All Graphic Design (AG Design)
Contains posts related to graphic design, including hints about graphic design software, typography, and more.
pica + pixel
A blog devoted to contemporary graphic design. It includes poster art, photography, illustration, and advertising as its focus, with references to many other novel areas of design.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Covers art and artists from ancient times to the present. International in scope with Western emphasis. (No images included)
Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Worldwide coverage of over 5000 definitions of architecture and landscape architecture terminology. Some entries include b&w illustrations or maps.
Visual Dictionary Online from Merriam Webster
Over 6,000 images which visually illustrate objects. Individual parts of the objects are labeled. Topics include animals, architecture, astronomy, art, clothing, communications, food, Earth, energy, games, gardening, household items, humans, kitchen items, machinery, plants, science, society, sports, and transportation
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
1,800+ brief entries on art related terms. No illustrations
Grove art online
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library.
Oxford Dictionary of Art
Call Number: REF N33 .O93 2004
Covers art terms from ancient world to the present
Prestel dictionary of art and artists in the 20th century
Call Number: Ref N33 .P74 2000
Brief definitions and biographies relating to 20th century art
Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians
Defines over 500 art-related terms in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.
Artcyclopedia: Art Museums Worldwide (directory)
Click-able map of the world allows users to search by region for fine art museums with a web presence.
ARTINFO.com Museum Directory
The ARTINFO Museum Directory covers only major museums in major cities are covered. For museums in smaller cities, see http://www.artcyclopedia.com/museums.htmlrnCovers museums in disciplines such as Air & Space, Aquarium, Arboretum, Art, Children's, Design & Textile, Botanical, Film & Media, Heritage, Historical , Jewish, Library, Maritime, Military, Natural History, Planetarium, Science, Special Interest, Transportation, & Zooligical
Public domain: how to find & use copyright-free writings, music, art & more
by Stephen Fishman. Nolo, 2006. Each chapters is devoted areas in copyright and public domain such as music, art, movies, television, photography, computer software, architecture, choreography, databases and collections.
Oxford Companion to the Garden
Over 1800 entries covering individual gardens from around the world, as well as landscape architecture theory and terminology. Some illustrations and photographs.
Encyclopedia of gardens : history and design
Comprehensive 3 volume set covers gardens and designers from around the world. Illustrated.
Encyclopedia of World Art
Call Number: Ref N 31 E4833
This multi-volume set includes historical coverage of almost all forms of art and architecture from ancient to mid-20th century. Includes essays on movements, schools of art, articles on art arranged by country, and essays on individual artists and architects. Contains illustrations, b&w and color plates.
Lives and works in the arts from the Renaissance to the 20th Century
Call Number: REF NX449.5 .L58 1997
A nine volume set discussing a variety of fine art forms and their creators in a chronological and geographical context.
MacMillan encyclopedia of architects
Call Number: Ref NA40 .M25 1982
Contains backgound history of architects, lists of works and bibliographies for each.
Artcyclopedia
Cover primary painting and painters, but includes architecture, decorative arts, installation art, naïve art/folk art/outsider art, photography, video, digital and web-based art as well. Includes links to over 2,300 fine art websites, and indexes over 118,000 artworks, and 8,200 artists.
Fashion, Costume, and Culture.
Covers clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear. Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. Illustrates how clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs.
Steedman Architectural Collection
Features images from classic books on elements of architecture: Movements, styles, decorative arts
World Painting Index
Call Number: REF ND45 .H38
Locate color or b&w reproductions of paintings that have been published in other books. Search by artist or title of painting.
FLICKR (Library of Congress Project)
About 3,000 photographs (in color and black and white) and posters from governmental sources such as the Library of Congress, the FBI, National Archives and Department of Defense. Includes portraits of politicians, celebrities, protests, demonstrations, and news shots from around the world. No known copyright exists for the photos included within the collection
Wikimedia Commons
"a database of 2,413,359 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. ... Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. " -- Wikimedia Commons (Contains audio, sound effects, video, photographs and images)
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
A collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides representing prominent American landscape architects. Includes views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, plans, maps, and models. Hundreds of private estates are represented (including features such as formal gardens, terraces, and arbors).
ARTstor
Database of more than 600,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Images can be downloaded and combined with personal image collections.
World Architecture Index : A Guide to Illustrations
This reference guide helps pin-point images of well known buildings, gardens, plazas, monuments, gates and walls in a variety of architectural survey books. Includes references to elevations, drawings, exterior and interior views.
AP Images
Over 3.5 million news photographs from 1840 to the present. Users can search through over 100,000 graphics, including maps, timelines, logos and graphs. Images may be downloaded and used for educational purposes.
Creative Commons
Artistic creators can assign works a CC license that explicitly grants degrees of permission for usage of personal works. The site includes images, audio, video, text and even lesson plans.
Image Gallery, National Agricultural Library
Contains paintings and photographs of flora and fauna, natural phenomena, government posters, and scenes from American life. This collection spans 18th to 20th centuries.
New York Public Library Picture Collection Online
Collection includes 30,000 digitized images. Subjects covered include African Americans, American history, animals, costume and clothing, design, Native Americans, New York City, and textiles.
NYPL Digital Library
Images digitized from the collections of the New York Public Library, includes illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, and illustrated books. Images may be downloaded 'for a wide range of educational, creative, and research purposes'. High resolution images may be obtained for personal or commercial if permission is obtained from the NYPL Photographic Services and Permissions division.
World Painting Index
Call Number: REF ND45 .H38
Locate color or b&w reproductions of paintings that have been published in other books. Search by artist or title of painting.
Grove art online
Visual arts and images from prehistoric times to the present. Search by styles and cultures, time period, and geographic region. Some links to color images and supplemented by searchable color images from the Bridgeman Art Library.
Built in America (Historic American Buildings Survey & Historic American Engineering Record)
These collections document America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising more than 350,000 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 35,000 historic structures and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century.
Perseus Digital Library
Links to over 30,000 images of Architecture, Archaeological Sites,
Coins, Vases, and Sculpture from the ancient world.
Ad*Access
From Duke University Library's J.W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History, this database contains 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. & Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911-1955. Main subject areas include: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II. Ads can be searched or browsed.
Audubon's Birds of America
Digitized images from Audubon's Birds of America. Site includes links to reprints from Audubon's Ornithological Biography, his five-volume text describing each of the birds.
Beinecke Library Digital Images Online
Searchable database of ca. 21,000 scanned images from the Beinecke Library's collections at Yale University. Also includes access to the Marinetti Libroni: a searchable database of ca. 23,000 press clippings and images from F.T. Marinetti's scrapbooks on Futurism.
Collect Britain
Links to over 100,000 images and sounds selected from the British Library collections. Resources included: maps, books, topographical drawings, stamps, photographs,newspapers, music and sound clips which illustrate regional accents and dialects, as well as wildlife recordings. Includes the Penny Illustrated Paper (1861-1913).
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
A collection of electronic resources for study and research of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and facsimiles, image databases, and Web resources.
Early Visual Media
by Thomas Weynants, independent scholar. A Pictorial Media Archeology covering pre-cinema, photography, early film, and television.
Great Buildings Collection
Portal to current and historical architecture around the world. Documents buildings and leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, and web links.
Picturing America
Provides representative visual examples from United States history. This searchable image database contains art, architecture, artifacts, crafts, drawing, photography and sculpture.
Reanimation Library Image Collection
Images (photos, drawings, illustrations, etc.) collected from outdated instructional books and manuals. Useful for historic look at graphics, or pop culture kitsch.
Smithsonian Photography Initiative
This searchable database permits flexible, noncommercial use of their photos. For details, please read the restrictions at: http://www.si.edu/copyright/ The database has "13 million images in some seven hundred collections throughout our museums and research centers. The collections are organized by museum and discipline. "
Smithsonian Galaxy of Images
More than 10,000 images from the Smithsonian Libraries collections.
UCLA Library Digital Collections
Image Collections included: AIDS posters, Architecture & Urban Design, History of Los Angeles, Primary Care Research Projects, Japanese American Relocation, Arabic & Persian Manuscripts, Sheet Music Consortium, Mexican & Mexican-American Musical Recordings
Visual English Dictionary from Oxford Reference Online
Over 6,000 color illustrations or cross-sections of objects such as animals, anatomy, appliances, clothing, sports, and technology.
Wellcome Collection
Over 40,000 high quality images in both color & black and white covering "2000 years of human culture". Images on this site are freely available for download for personal, academic teaching or study use, under one of two Creative Commons licences.
National Art Education Association
An association for the promotion of art education
Center for the Study of the Public Domain
Duke Law site devoted to promoting global understanding of public domain issues. Includes the graphic novel Bound by Law that explores a filmmaker's exploration of copyright for a documentary film.
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS)
Founded in 1998 to drive creativity on the Internet. The organization is diverse including industry leaders in online advertising, film, television, games, and mobile. The Webby Awards honor top websites in numerous industry and media categories every year.
Ubu Web
Contains avant garde films, sound recordings, and papers of modern cinema, music, dance, theater and poetry.
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