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- Artstor This link opens in a new window
Images from the world's leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. Subjects include anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, fashion and costume, literature, religion, theater, world history, and more. All images are rights-cleared for educational use.
- Films on Demand: Art & Art HistoryView videos and clips on subjects from drawing and painting, graphics and design, sculpture and installations, to art appreciation, art history, and photography.
The Dictionary of Art by Call Number: Reference N31 .D5 1996 v. 1-34Publication Date: 1996A classic! The 34-volume Grove Dictionary of Art holds 45,000 articles by more than 6,000 contributors from 12 countries, offering readers authoritative and comprehensive global coverage of all the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, printmaking, as well as the decorative arts.
The Oxford Companion to Western Art by Call Number: View Ebook Reference N33 .O923 2001Publication Date: 2001Covers all facets of Western art: artists, movements and styles, museums, etc. Descriptions are sometimes brief compared to the Grove Dictionary of Art and similar works, but it's all conveniently arranged in one volume.
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