Guide to Basic Sources in the Ricker Library

Supplement
016.709
Ar66gu
ARC

Marmor, Max and Ross, Alex. Guide to the Literature of Art History 2, 2005 Supplement to Guide to the literature of art history

Note: For earlier version see: 016.70922F884a ARR, STX

Freitag, Wolfgang M. Art Books: A Basic Bibliography of Monographs on Artists , 1997.
Lists international monographs for about 1,870 artists. Includes biographies, exhibition catalogues, oeuvres catalogues, and catalogues raisonnés. Over 10,500 titles on artists from all historical periods and countries. Although majority are painters and draftsmen (64%), there are also sculptors (11%), architects (11%), graphic artists (8%), and photographers (5%). Lists international biographical dictionaries.

Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information: Research Methods and Resources , 3 rd ., 1990.
Emphasis is on methods of research, the many ways reference tools can be used to find art information. The highly selective bibliographies include general reference works. A few of the key chapters are: Methodology; Planning a Research Project; Compiling Bibliographies and Chronologies; Research on Individual Works of Art; Architectural Research; Decorative Arts and Crafts; Film and Video.

Art Index (1929 – current)
Note: In order to search the full Art Index online, you must select BOTH Art Full Text (1983 – present) and Art Retrospective (1929-1984)

E-Link: Art Index / Art Retrospective

ARTbibliographies MODERN

BHA (Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art/ Bibliography of the History of Art) 

Design & Applied Arts Index

Leistner, Otto. Internationale Bibliographie der Festschriften. 1976.

Leistner, Otto. Internationale Bibliographie der Festschriften von den Anfangen Bis 1979.
3 vols. 1984

Lincoln, Betty Woelk. Festschriften in Art History , 1960-1975: Bibliography and Index. 1988.

Répértoire d'art et d'archéologie (1910-1989)

RILA (Répértoire internationale de la littérature de l'art) (1974-1989)

American Art Directory

Covers museums, art organizations, and art schools in U.S. , Canada , and foreign countries. Lists art magazines, newspapers reporting art editors and critics, art scholarships and fellowships, booking agents for traveling exhibitions, and open exhibitions.

American Association of Museums. The Official Museum Directory.

A directory published biennially of all types of museums in the U.S. and Canada . Provides information on museums, principal staff members, addresses, telephone numbers, collections, and major programs.

International Directory of Arts.

Important for current, hard-to-find material. Divided by museums and art galleries; universities, academies, colleges; associations; artists (painters, sculptors, engravers); collectors; art and antique dealers; galleries; auctioneers; art publishers; art periodicals; book-sellers; and restorers. Published biennially.

Museums of the World. 6 th ed. 1997

As the title suggests, this is an international directory of museums, includes addresses, telephone numbers and an important new feature, fax numbers.

The World of Learning. 52 nd ed. 2002

Published annually, it lists learned societies and research institutes, libraries and archives, museums, universities, colleges, schools of art and architecture, and international organizations.

E-Link: World of Learning

Bénézit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs. 14 vols. 1999.

Biographical dictionary covering about 300,000 painters, sculptors, designers, and graphic artists of Eastern and Western art from 5 B.C. to the present. Includes brief biographical data, sometimes a short bibliography, locations of some art works, and frequently the facsimilies of artists' signatures. In French.

Dizionario Enciclopedico dei pittori e degli incisori italiani dall'XI al XX secolo. 3 rd . ed. 11 vols. 1990

An updated and revised version of the classic Dizionario enciclopedico Bolaffi dei pittori . . .In Italian.

Encyclopedia of World Art. 17 vols. 1959-1987

OXFORD REFERENCE COLLECTION ONLINE
See the Online Research Resources or Ricker's homepage under “ Oxford Architecture and Art Dictionaries”

Oxford Companion to Art. Harold Osborne, ed. 1970.

Oxford Companion to 20 th Century Art. Harold Osborne, ed. 1981

Oxford Companion to Western Art. Hugh Brigstocke. 2001

E-Link: Oxford Companion to Western Art

Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture. 1989

Contents: Early Furniture; Renaissance; Baroque; Rococo Period; Classical Revival; Eclecticism; Craft and Design; The Machine Age; Modern times; A Guide to Recognizing and Dating Furniture.

Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker. Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler von der Bildenden Kunstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. 37 vols. 1964

Commonly known as Thieme-Becker , one of the most scholarly biographical dictionaries. Signed articles give data on painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and some decorative artists plus locations of some of their works. Contains indispensable bibliographical information on older publications. Good source for minor artists; does not include many from 20 th century. Last volume contains entries on anonymous artists known by monograms or nicknames. In German.

Meissner, Gunter. Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon. 45 vols.

Ambitious new publication is updating and expanding Thieme-Becker.

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX

Contemporary Artists. 5 th ed. 2001

For more than 1000 artists, includes exhibitions, bibliographies, galleries representing them, signed critical essays, and sometimes original artist's statements.

Contemporary Designers. 3 rd . ed. 1997

International coverage of designers of interiors and fashion as well as well as commercial designers, photographers, and film art directors.

Contemporary Photographers. 1988

Best source for contemporary people; about photographers of 20 th century; lists of exhibitions, collections, and publications.

Who's who in American Art.

ARR owns from 1936/1937 to present. The most current volume can also be found in REX.

Who was who in American art, 1564-1975 : 400 years of artists in America . 3 vols. 1999

Dawdy, Doris Ostrander. Artists of the American West: a Biographical Dictionary. 3 vols, 1974

Igoe, Lynn Moody. 250 Years of Afro-American Art: an annotated bibliography. 1981

African American Artists on Disc . Lynn Moody Igoe. 1999. - Available via networked connection.

E-Link: African American Artists on Disc

(must download Citrix client to view. Download instructions included in link)

Women Artists on Disc. 1990 – Available via networked connection

E-Link: Women Artists on Disc

(must download Citrix client to view. Download instructions included in link)

Seymour, Nancy N. Index/Dictionary of Chinese Artists, Collectors, and Connoisseurs with Character Identification by Modified Stroke Count . 1988

Tazawa, Yutaka, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. 1981

016.75
H29w
ARR (all vols. and supp.), ARX (1977), REX (1977 and 1955), UGR (1977 and 1995)

Note: ARR is the only library to carry the 2003 supplement

Havlice, Patricia Pate. World Painting Index. 2 vols. 1977

A 2 vol. supplement was published in 1982, supplement 2 in 1995 and supplement 3 in 2003.

Teague, Edward H. World Architecture Index: a guide to illustrations. 1991.

Christie, Manson & Woods. Christie's Review of the Season (1962/63-)

An annual review of the most important sales at the auction houses of Christie's in London, Greece, Rome, Amsterdam, Sydney, and Montreal. Includes sales of paintings, sculpture, drawings, furniture, photographs, stamps, and wines. Volumes consist of short signed and unsigned articles on various areas and trends.

Note: For volumes pre 1995 see 708In8 – International Auction Records

Mayer, Enrique. Mayer: [catalog] 1995 -

Arranged alphabetically by artist within classified chapters: engravings, drawings, watercolors, paintings, sculpture. The index lists chronologically the reported sales in Europe and the U.S.

Lancour, Harold. American Art Auction Catalogues 1785-1942: A Union List. 1944

List of 7,317 sales catalogues owned by 21 libraries. (Updated to 1960 on microfilm; available through Archives of American Art on interlibrary loan)

Bell , Robert E. Dictionary of classical Mythology: Symbols, Attributes, & Associatons. 1982

922.22
F22o
ARR, STX, UGR

Note: Later editions available in STX, NEX, REX

Farmer, David Hugh. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. 1978 ed.

704.94
F38s
1959
ARR, STX

Note: Original edition (1954) available in ARX, UGX

Ferguson, George. Signs of Symbols in Christian Art. 1959

Contains alphabetically arranged sections on animals; birds, and insects; flowers, trees and plants; earth and sky; the human body; the Old Testament; St. John the Baptist; the Virgin; Christ; the Trinity; Madonna and Angels; the Saints; radiances, letters, colors and numbers; religious dress, objects and artifacts. Line drawings and illustrations from the Kress Collection.

704.946
H14d
ARC, UGR

Note: Later editions available in ARX, ARR, MLR

Hall , James . Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. 1974

Dictionary of the principal themes and symbols of Western art. Devoted mainly to Christian and classical subjects, including persons. Does not list works of art.

Note: Original edition (1956 in 2 vols.) available in STX

Pigler, Andor. Barockthemen; eine Auswahl von Verzeichnissen zur Ikonographie des 17. und 18 Jahrhunderts. 3 vols. 1974

A fundamental reference work for the study and identification of iconographic themes of the 17 th and 18 th centuries. Also includes many examples of Renaissance art. Volume 1 is devoted to Christian iconography; Volume 2 lists secular themes – classical mythology, Greek and Roman history, allegories, legends and folktales, general history, etc.; Volume 3 contains plates, artist, artist's dates, medium, location, and bibliography. In German.

Réau, Lois. Iconographie de l'Art Chrétien. 3 vols. in 6. 1955

The scope ranges from Early Christian representations to those of the 20 th century, with emphasis on Western medieval art. Since each subject heading is translated in from two to eight other languages, it also constitutes a polyglot dictionary of terms. Examples are chosen from painting, sculpture, tapestries, glass, and enamels.

Waal , Henri van de, editor. ICONCLASS (in 16 parts). 1973-1985.

A detailed iconographic classification system organized by Wall and other Dutch art historians. The general divisions are: Supernatural; Nature; Man; Society; Abstracts; History; The Bible; Sagas, legends and tales; Classical mythology

Q.709
H258a
ARX, STX, UGX

Note: Earlier editions available in STX, UGX

Janson, H.W. The History of Art. 5 th ed. 2001.

709.38
B635
1996
ARX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, CLX, STX, UGX

Boardman, John. Greek Art. 4 th ed., revised and expanded

Boardman, John. Greek Sculpture: the Archaic Period. 1978

Boardman, John. Greek Sculpture: the Classical Period. 1985

Brilliant, Richard. Roman Art from the Republic to Constantine . 1974

709.37
St82r
1988
ARR, UGX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX

Strong, Donald Emrys. Roman Art. (Series: Pelican History of Art) 2 nd ed. 1988

938
P341g
2002
ARC

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX

709.02
B38a
ARR, STX

Note: Later edition (1968) in STX, UGX

Beckwith, John. The Art of Constantinople : an Introduction to Byzantine Art, 330-1453.

709.02
B38ea
1979
ARR, ARX

Note: Earlier edition (1970) available in ARX

Beckwith, John. Early Christian and Byzantine Art. (Series: Pelican History of Art) 2nd ed. 1979

Demus, Otto. Byzantine Art and the West. 1970

Q.730.09409021
L335A
ARR

Note: Earlier edition available in ARX, STX

Lasko, Peter. Ars sacra, 800-1200. (Series: Pelican History of Art). 2nd ed. 1994

Bober, Phyllis Pray and Ruth Rubenstein. Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture: a Handbook of Visual Sources . 1986

759.5
F87pa
1993
ARR

Note: Earlier editions are available in ARX, STX

Freedberg, Sydney Joseph. Painting in Italy : 1500-1600. (Series: Pelican History of Art ) 1993

Friedlander, Max J. Early Netherlandish Painting . 14 vols. In 16 books. 1967-1976

Q.709.45
H25h
2003
ARC

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX, UGX

Levey, Michael. Early Renaissance. (Series: Style and Civilization) 1967

730
P8li
1996
ARX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX, UGX

Pope-Hennessy, John. An Introduction to Italian Sculpture.
3 vols. 1996
Vol. 1: Italian Gothic Sculpture
Vol. 2: Italian Renaissance Sculpture
Vol. 3: Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture.

Shearman, John K.G. Mannerism. (Series: Style and Civilization ) 1967.

Q.709.024
Sn92n
2005
ARX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX, UGX

709.45
W58a
1993
ARR

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX, UGX

White, John. Art and Architecture in Italy : 1250 to 1400 (Series: Pelican History of Art ) 3rd ed. 1993

709.44
B62a
1999
ARR

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX

Blunt, Anthony. Art and Architecture in France : 1500-1700. (Series: Pelican History of Art) 5 th ed. 1999.

Held, Julius S. and Donald Posner. 17 th and 18 th Century Art: Baroque Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. 1971

709.409033
K12a
ARR, ARX

Note: See 720.94409033K12A:
E1995
(Architecture in France
in the eighteenth century
– based on above work)

709.4
N85p
1970
ARR

Note: Earlier editions available in ARR, STX, UGX

Novotny, Fritz. Painting and Sculpture in Europe : 1780-1880. 2 nd ed. 1970

709.32
R72t
ARR, UGX

Note: Later edition (1974) is available in STX

Rosenblum, Robert. Transformations in Late Eighteenth Century Art . 1967

709.45
W78a
1999
ARX, ARR

Note: Earlier editions (1958, 1965, 1973) available in ARX, STX, UGX

759.05
N6222002
ARX

Note: Earlier edition available in ARX

Eisenman, Stephen. Nineteenth Century Art : A Critical History. 2nd ed. 2002.

Boime, Albert. The Academy and French Painting in the Nineteenth Century. 1971.

Eitner, Lorenz. An Outline of Nineteenth Century European Painting: From David Through Cezanne. 2 vols. 1986-1988.

709.4
H18p
1993
ARR

Note: Earlier editions are available in ARX, ARR, STX, UGX

Hamilton, George Heard. Painting and Sculpture in Europe : 1880-1940. (Series: Pelican History of Art ) 1993.

709.33
H75n
1977
STX

Note: 1968 edition is available in ARX, STX, UGX

Honour, Hugh. Neo-Classicism. (Series: Style and Civilization ) 1977 (1968 version with revisions and reprinted)

Honour, Hugh. Romanticism. 1979

Nochlin, Linda. Realism. (Series: Style and Civilization ) 1971.

Novak, Barbara. American Painting of the Nineteenth Century: Realism, Idealism, and the American Experience. 1969

758.10973
N85n
1995
ARX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX, UGX

709.4
N85p
1970
ARR

Note: Earlier editions available in ARR, STX, UGX

Novotny, Fritz. Painting and Sculpture in Europe : 1780-1880. (Series: Pelican History of Art) 2nd ed. 1970.

759.4
R32h
1973
ARX, UGX, STX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, UGX

Rewald, John. History of Impressionism. 4th rev. ed. 1973.

759.9
R32p
1978
ARX, UGX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX, UGX

Rewald, John. Post-Impressionism from Van Gogh to Gaugin. 3rd ed. 1978.

Q.709.034
R723n
2005
ARX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, UGX

Wilmerding, John. American Art. (Series: Pelican History of Art ) 1976.

Q.709.04
Ar6h
2004
ARC

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX, UGX

Battock, Gregory, ed. The New Art: a critical anthology. 1966.

Battock, Gregory, ed. Super Realism: a critical anthology. 1975.

Brown, Milton Wolf. American painting from the Armory show to the Depression . 1955.

Davidson, Abraham A. Early American Modernist Painting, 1910-1935. 1980.

Foster, Hal, ed. The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture. 1983.

Frascina, Francis and Charles Harrison, eds. Modern Art and Modernism: a critical anthology . 1982.

Haftmann, Werner. Painting in the Twentieth Century. 2 vols. 1960.

709.04
L96m1995
STX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, UGX

Lucie-Smith, Edward. Movements in Art since 1945. 3rd ed. rev. and expanded. 1995.

770.9
N45h
ARX, UGX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, CMX, ENX, STX, UGX

Nochlin, Linda. Women, Art, and Power and Other Essays. 1988.

Rose, Barbara. American Painting: the Twentieth Century . 1986.

Rubin, William, ed. Primitivism in 20 th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern . 2 vols. 1984.

Wallis, Brian, ed. Art after Modernism: Rethinking Representation . 1984.

Wallis, Brian, ed. Blasted Allegories: an Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists . 1987.

709.52
P16a
1981
UGX

Note: Earlier editions are available in ARR, ARX, UGX, STX

709.011
W66a
1993
ARX

Note: Earlier editions are available in STX

Yamasaki, Shigehisa, ed. Chronological Table of Japanese Art. 1981.

709.38
P76a
1990
ARX

Note: Earlier editions available in CLX, STX

Pollitt, Jerry Jordan. Art of Greece : 1400-31 B.C. (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 2 nd ed, rev. ed. 1990.

Pollitt, Jerry Jordan. Art of Rome : c. 753 B.C. – 337 A.D. (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 1966.

Davis-Weyer, Caecila, comp. Early Medieval Art: 300-1150. (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 1971.

Frisch, Teresa Grace. Gothic Art: 1140-c.1450 (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 1971.

Mango, Cyril A. Art of the Byzantine Empire , 312-1453. (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 1972.

Gilbert, Creighton, comp. Italian Art: 1400-1500. (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 1980.

Stechow, Wolfgang, ed. Northern Renaissance Art: 1400-1600. (Sources and Documents in the History of Art Series) 1966.

709.4
En3i
1992
UGX

Note: Earlier editions available in ARX, STX

Engass, Robert and Jonathan Brown. Italy and Spain : 1600-1750. (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 1992.

Nochlin, Linda. Realism and Tradition in Art: 1848-1900. (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 1966.

Nochlin, Linda, ed. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: 1874-1904. (Sources and documents in the History of Art Series) 1966.

Holt, Elizabeth Basye Gilmore, ed. The Art of All Nations, 1850-73: the Emerging Role of Exhibitions and Critics. 1982.

Holt, Elizabeth Basye Gilmore, ed. The Expanding World of Art 1874-1902.

016.700922
R547t
1996
ARR, STX

Note: Earlier editions available in STX

McCoubrey, John W., ed. American Art: 1700-1960. (Sources and document in the History of Art Series) 1965.

Johnson, Ellen H., ed. American Artists on Art from 1940-1980. 1982.

Rose, Barbara, ed. Readings in American Art Since 1900: a Documentary Survey. 1968.

Stiles, Kristine and Peter Selz. Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: a sourcebook of artist's writings. 1996.

Dissertation Abstracts
Identifies doctoral dissertations from U.S. & Canadian institutions. 

E-Link: Dissertation Abstracts

University of Illinois Online Library Catalog
Use a keyword, subject, title, author or boolean search to locate university dissertations and select dissertations from other institutions.

E-Link: Online Library Catalog

709.05
KU
Journal

Kunstchronik
Identifies theses completed and in progress from both German and foreign institutions.

E-Link: Kunstchronik German and foreign country theses

A searchable index beginning in 1985 is now available through the Marburger Archive, including some full-text links.

Center for Research Libraries (CRL)- Foreign Dissertations
Database holds 20,000 cataloged Foreign Doctoral Disserations. No new pieces are being added to this database. The collection holds over 750,000, the rest of which are not cataloged. These dissertations and new pieces can be searched in their catalog.

E-Link: CRL - Foreign Dissertations

Art Bulletin
June issue identifies U.S. and Canadian dissertations

E-Link: Art Bulletin

Institut National D'Histoire de L'Art (INHA)
Search catalog for French art dissertations

E-Link: INHA Catalogue