Subject Guide: Art History

These are some books that might be useful:

•  Jones, Lois Swan.  Art information and the internet:  how to find it, how to use it.
  [electronic book; click here to view] also available in print –
  [N59 .J66 1999]
• Mancini, JoAnne Marie.  Pre-modernism :art-world change and American culture from the Civil War to the Armory Show.  Princeton, N.J.:  Princeton University Press, 2005.
  [N6510 .M35 2005]
• Duby, Georges. The age of the cathedrals :art and society, 980-1420. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.
  [N5970 .D8313]
• Paoletti, John T.  Art in Renaissance Italy Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1997.
  [N6915 .P26 1997]
• Sexuality in ancient art :Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Italy.  Edited by Natalie Boymel Kampen with Bettina Bergmann ... [et. al.]  New York:  Cabridge University Press, 1996.
  [N5333 .S425 1996]

These titles may be of special interest.  Some are available in print form, some in electronic form.  Browse by title in PacifiCat for print holdings, and the Pacific eLibrary for electronic holdings.  To locate other art titles, browse Pacificat for the subject "Art Periodicals".

• Art in America
• Art Journal
• October
• Art Bulletin
• Art Criticism
• Art Education
• Art History
• Oxford Art Journal
• Woman’s Art Journal

• Art History Resources on the Web
  A site that links to information by historical period and by geographic area.  A project of Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe of Sweet Briar College.
• Art Movements Directory
  A guide to major artistic movements and periods.
• Voice of the Shuttle
  This site provides links to many art history resources
• Mother of all Art and Art History Links Page
  A page providing links to a number of research-related sources, including images, textual resources, and online exhibitions.  Sponsored by the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan

In PacifiCat, there are two ways to find items on a particular subject:  by Searching, or by Browsing. 
Searching (by keyword) is useful for finding items about a specific topic when you don't have a specific author or title.

1. To SEARCH by Subject Keywords, go to PacifiCat , and select Advanced Search.
2. If you are looking for a particular type of material (e.g., videos) select the Format and/or Material Type you are looking for.
3. Under Field to Search: choose Subject.
4. Under Words adjacent? click No
5. Enter search term(s) from the following list in the first blank box:
• Art and society
• Artists interviews
• Feminism art? (this will return words that begin with “art” including artist, arts, etc.)
• Impressionism exhibitions

Browsing by subject is useful when browsing for information on specific periods, countries, or media when a specific artist or title is not known. To BROWSE by Subject, go to PacifiCat, and select “Browse” from the left-hand menu. Under Index to Browse: choose Subject.

• Art, Modern – 17th-18th centuries – France
• Art, Modern 19th century United States
• Art, Gothic (or Renaissance, Baroque, etc.)
• Drawing, Dutch