Grove Art Online: Covers all aspects of the visual
arts from prehistory to the 1990s. Provides access to 45,000
articles on the art and culture of Asia, Africa, Europe, the
Americas and the Pacific, with links to images and further
information in museum and other art-related web sites. Restricted
to UC network.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism:
One of the standards in the field, this guide offers
cross-referenced articles for theorists such as John Ruskin and
Walter Benjamin, national and ethnic critical traditions, periods,
"schools," and literary forms. Includes extensive bibliographies
(good starting point for further research) and indexes. The entries
on Film Theory, Cultural Studies and Art Theory provide
particularly useful overviews.
Oxford Reference Online - Art and Architecture:
Provides access to A Dictionary of Architechture, The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, The
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, The Oxford
Dictionary of Art, and A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century
Art.Restricted to UC network.
xreferplus - art: A collection of over 10 sources
which provide in-depth information on everything from artists, art
terms, works of art, architecture, design and fashion. Restricted
to UC network.
The
Dictionary of Art Historians: From Duke University, an
index of basic biographical and methodological information about
leading historians, museum directors, and scholars of western art
history. Entries are compiled from a selection of major art
historiographies. Unrestricted access.
Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus On Line:
Developed as a public online resource by the Getty Institute, the
Art and Architecture Thesaurus is a structured vocabulary
containing 125,000 terms and other information that may be used to
describe art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture, and
archival materials. Each record within the Thesaurus is returned as
a concept, which in turn, is linked to various terms, related
concepts, sources for the data, and notes.
