Index of journals, magazines, and other publications covering art, architecture, archaeology, and related fields. Coverage dates vary. Earliest indexing goes back to 1914; earliest full text back to 1930; majority of coverage begins in 1980s.
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Major Research Tools
Coverage: 1974-present.
Index of journal articles, books, dissertations, exhibition catalogs, and exhibition reviews. Covers all aspects of modern and contemporary art (late 19th century to the present).
Coverage: 1999-present.
Index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. Allows you to search for a topic, an author, or for articles that cite a known author or work.
Searchable image collection covering the visual arts, including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, and decorative arts. Includes access to the Archivision collections and Lafayette's own collection of images.
Coverage: 1975-2009
Index of articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Note that this database is no longer being updated.
Collection of databases, including Iter Bibliography, a bibliography and index of articles, books, essays, and book reviews on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Includes coverage of art and literature.
Searchable archive of the back issues of scholarly journals, plus current subscriptions to 44 titles. The most recent 3-5 years of most journals are not included in JSTOR.
Collection of dictionaries and other reference works on art and architecture from Oxford University Press. Includes Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Other Suggested Research Tools
Index of scholarly publications on the art, archaeology, and material culture of South and Southeast Asia.
Digital collection of papers and primary records of American visual arts and artists. From the Smithsonian Institution.
The Getty Institute's searchable vocabulary of terms for describing objects, textural materials, images, architecture, and material culture from antiquity to the present.
Survey of art history web sites arranged by time period and country or region, with most continents represented. Museum and research resources are also included.
From Louise Blouin Media online, this site offers up-to-date market data, events listings, and artist pages. Search the lots at auction by artist's name, medium, artwork title, price, and/or sale information.
Collection of measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories of historic structures and sites in the United States dating from the 17th through the 20th century. Draws from the collection of the Historic American Building Survey and the Historic American Engineering Survey from 1933 to the present.
Collection of over 10,000 digitized images of buildings and cities throughout the world. Search by building name, city, country or other keyword. Provided by the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections project.
Online catalog of the Museum of Modern Art Library, Archives, and Study Centers. A good source for locating bibliographic information on exhibition catalogs.
Biographical and methodological information about major art historians of Western art history.
Fashion plates from 1806-1914, originally published in some of the leading French and English fashion journals of the day. Publications include: La Belle Assemblee, Le Bon Ton, Le Follet, Journal Des Dames et Des Modes, and Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine. Provided by the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections project.
An easy way to locate images of well-known works of art. Search by name of the artwork, artist, or theme. Searches captions, adjacent text and other descriptive elements. Result screen displays thumbnail images. Clicking on an image brings up a split frame with the image on top and the source web page below.
Coverage: 1907-1984
Index of major journals in the humanities and social sciences
Visual archive for cultural expressions of loss reflecting the major conflicts or tragedies of the 20th century. Topics include: Apartheid in South Africa, Cambodian Killing Fields, the Holocaust, Latin American Repression, Middle East Conflict, the Spanish Civil War, World War I, and World War II. An extensive filmography is also included.
Scholarly, annotated guide includes useful sections on Image Collections and Online Art, Research Resources, and Textual and Linguistic Resources. Affiliated with the Department of the History of Art at the University of Michigan.
Extensive collection of images of quilts in museums, private collections, etc. Can be searched or browsed by pattern, quiltmaker, time period, colors, and many other fields.
The Metropolitan Museum's chronological guide to the history of art spanning prehistory to the present, illustrated with pieces from its collections. Searchable, with thematic and geographic indexes.
Scholarly encyclopedia covering ancient Egyptian history and culture. Still a work in progress.
View the Vatican's extensive collection, which includes: Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, Raphael's rooms, and the Gregorian Etruscan and Egyptian Museums. The Online Tours are never crowded.
Contains over 20,000 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1100 and 1850. Includes brief biographies of significant artists and commentary on selected artworks. Searchable by criteria such as period, school, form, type and location.



