Art Research Guide
Scope
This guide will help you to locate books and internet resources related to art. Many of the internet resources listed here will also help you to find scholarly articles on art. If you would like additional assistance please ask the reference librarian.
Books and Audiovisual Resources
Use the Moraine Park Catalog to locate art resources in our collection.
Suggested search terms:
architecture
drawing
design
illustration
painting
decorative arts
Internet Resources
Archives of American Art (Smithsonian)
www.aaa.si.edu
With 16 million items and 4000 oral histories the archives is the world’s largest and most widely used resource on the history of art in America. The archives include letters, diaries, and scrapbooks of authors, dealers, and collectors.
Artlex
www.artlex.com
This easy-to-use site offers a dictionary of over 3600 art/visual culture terms, plus much more.
Comanducci
www.comanducci.it/english/index.asp
English-speaking art-lovers are fortunate to have this comprehensive website on Italian art available for them in their own language.
Dezeen (Design Magazine)
www.dezeen.com
One of the most popular and influential architecture and design blogs out there.
Fotomarburg
http://www.fotomarburg.de/index_html-en?set_language=en
An inventory of 1.7 million photographs makes Fotomarburg one of the largest image archives of European art and architecture.
Getty Museum Art, Architecture, Gardens and Research
www.getty.edu
An excellent site for viewing and researching European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, European and American photographs, as well as the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria.
IFLANET Art Libraries section
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/index.htm
This site features an international directory of art libraries and a multinational glossary for art librarians (and others) that translates English art terms into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish.
The Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en
Maybe you cannot afford to go to Paris, and maybe you’ll also have some difficulty navigating around this complex website, but there is no more authoritative place to go for Western art from the medieval period to 1848 as well as for formative works from the civilizations of the ancient world and Islamic art.
The Milwaukee Art Museum
www.mam.org
With a calendar of events, previews of exhibitions, and a sneak peak at their general collection, this website will “psych you up” to visit this excellent Wisconsin art museum in real time.
The Prints and Photographs Reading Room
www.loc.gov/rr/print
Part of the Library of Congress, this site allows users to view, research, and purchase art. It boasts a collection of over 13.7 million images, including photos, fine art, popular prints, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings.
Witcombe Art History Resources on the Web
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Christopher Witcombe, a Professor of Art History, compiled extensive web links and organized them in to outlines. Whether you want to learn about Aztec ruins, the Yuan Dynasty, Renaissance paintings, or just about any aspect of art history you can think of, you can get there easily using the Witcombe site.
Updated 9/2009
