These resources will help you obtain background information about artists, artworks, styles, movements, etc.
Access information on art terms, critical periods, and styles in the visual arts, including materials, techniques and foreign terms. Coverage: Antiquity to present. Full text.
Explore historical and contemporary accounts and critical discussions on the subject of aesthetics, from painting and sculpture to literature, music, theater, dance, television, film and popular culture. Coverage: antiquity to the early 21st century. Full text. 2nd Edition.