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Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art Online
Integrated searchable access to Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and more.
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Yale Art & Architecture Portal

Yale Art & Architecture Portal
Authoritative scholarly eBooks by academic and museum publishers as well as unique peer-reviewed content, covering art history, architecture, decorative art, photography, and design. Includes searchable images along with supplemental audio and video.

Artifex

Artifex
Digital catalogue raisonnés, comprehensive and annotated compilations of all known works by an artist. These works also contain videos and digital archives.

Bloomsbury Design Library

Bloomsbury Design Library
Bloomsbury Design Library offers cross-searchable access to a broad and expanding range of encyclopedias, reference works, e-books, images, and more covering the global history, theory, and practice of crafts and design.

Art History Reference Books

Critical Terms for Art History
Call Number: N34 .C75 2003
A Short Guide to Writing about Art
Call Number: N7476 .B37 2015
Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing.
Art: A Brief History
Call Number: Cabell Library Reference (1st floor) (N5300 .S923 2010 )

Timelines of World Art

Review significant moments in art history from all over the globe. For each of the six regions (Africa - Americas - Asia, Australia, New Zealand, & the Pacific - Europe - Middle East) there are three or four timelines, each covering a specific era. The timelines feature brief summaries of important events in the visual arts; and all link to articles in Grove Art Online for further reading.

Timelines of World Art

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