Library: Art History: Reference Resources

Featured Reference Resources

Atlas of Contemporary Art for Use by Everyone by Denis Gielen
Call Number: N6490 .G454 2007 (Oversize)
"This book presents an alternation of illustrations, texts and synopses whose images and imaginative concepts all refer to one other. It is open to a multiplicity of interpretations, inviting confrontations and the discovery of similarities, relationships and analogies between works of art and various subjects of thought."
Contemporary Chicana and Chicano art : Artists, Works, Culture, and Education by Gary D. Keller
Call Number: N6538 .M4 C664 2002 (2 vols in Reference)
"...this two-volume work covers the artistic production and biographies of nearly 200 individual artists from across the United States as well as Chicano/a artists residing in Mexico and elsewhere."
Contemporary Artists by Sara Pendergast
Call Number: N6490 .C6567 2002 (2 vols in Reference)
This book "provides detailed personal and professional information on 850 artists--both established masters and emerging figures on the international scene. Illustrated with approximately 600 black-and-white photographs of the artists and their works."
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists [e-book] by Herbert Read
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2012

These resources are available only to Woodbury University affiliated users.

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Offers you the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and other Oxford art reference resources in one location. Includes subject entries, biographies, and images. There is a limit of 1 user at a time in this database (if the database is in use, you may get an error message).
Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window
An online version of the complete encyclopedia.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Full-text of 100 subject-specific reference books specially selected to meet the particular needs of Woodbury's curriculum. Images, maps, and sound files are also included.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 600,000 biographies on more than 525,000 people - living and deceased. The reference content is complemented by full-text articles from hundreds of magazines specifically chosen for their value to biographical research as well as relevant multimedia content.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) This link opens in a new window
Contains some full text, but mainly used to find abstracts for articles available in our print collection or through other databases. Some of the many subject areas covered include product design, interior design, graphic design, ceramics, textiles, furniture, typography, architecture, web design, animation, and design history.

Dictionary of Subject and Symbols in Art by James Hall; Kenneth Clark (Foreword by)
Call Number: N7560 .H34 2008 (Reference)
"...this text places these [art] subjects in their narrative, historical, or mythological context and uses extensive cross-referencing to enhance and clarify the meanings of these themes for the reader. "
Museum Companion to Los Angeles by Borislav Stanic
Call Number: AM13 .L67 S73 2011
"Museum Companion to Los Angeles...provides for the first time detailed descriptions of nearly 300 museums, historic houses, libraries with special collections, botanical gardens and zoos in Los Angeles County."