Art & Art History: Reference Sources

Access to both Grove art online and the Benezit Dictionary of artists, and other oxford art reference resources. Excellent reference source for art and art history, including biographical information, thumbnail art images, and bibliographies. Coverage: Antiquity to present; Full-Text.

The definitive encyclopedia for art and art history. Grove Art includes thumbnail art images and line drawings, image links, and bibliographies. Full-Text.

Provides on art terms, critical periods, and styles in the visual arts. The quick reference format includes materials, techniques, and foreign terms essential for navigating the current visual climate. Featuring clear definitions of movements and media, from Baroque to Minimalism, aquatint to raku, and canvas to Venetian glass.

Nearly 170,000 entries on artists from antiquity to the present day with regular updates. In addition to concise biographical essays, it includes thousands of auction records, museum holdings, and bibliographies. Provides entries on famous and lesser known artists, and includes images of artists' signatures, monograms, and stamps. Biography. Coverage: Antiquity to present, contains primary sources. Full-Text.

Provides coverage of over 1,700 artists and their work, as well as art movements, theory, and criticism. Lists all relevant museums and galleries under the city of their location.

Contains more than 600 articles with historical accounts and critical discussions on the subject of aesthetics.