Art Reference Resources in Ablah Library
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INDEXES/ABSTRACTS
Art Abstracts 
This online art index also provides abstracts to articles from periodicals
published throughout the world from 1985 to the present. Periodical coverage
includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well
as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch,
and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Abstracts indexes reproductions of
works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Abstracting coverage begins
with January 1994. Subjects covered are: Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology,
Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Computers in Art, Crafts,
Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design,
Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western
Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles, and Video
Art Index
Retrospective
Art Index Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cites articles from
periodicals published throughout the world. Periodical coverage includes
English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as
periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. In
addition to articles, Art Index Retrospective indexes reproductions of works of
art that appear in indexed periodicals. Subjects covered are Advertising Art,
Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History,
Crafts, Decorative Arts, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior
Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art,
Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, and Textiles. Coverage
is from 1929-1984.
Design and Applied
Arts Index
This is an online index to design and craft journals worldwide. It currently
contains nearly 120,000 annotated references from more than 450 design and craft
journals published between 1973-2001 (most articles date from 1987). All areas
of design and craft are covered including industrial design, vehicle design,
architecture, interior design, environmental design, computer aided design,
furniture design, ceramics, glass, jewellery, metalsmithing, silversmithing,
goldsmithing, fashion design, textile design, embroidery, graphic design,
typography, multimedia design, illustration, book design, photography,
advertising, marketing, retail design, packaging, exhibition design, theatre
design, design and craft history, design and craft theory, ergonomics, design
for disability, design for the elderly, design and craft education and design
management.
Index to Artistic
Biography (Havlice) REF N40.H38
In 2 alphabetical volumes plus 3 supplemental volumes, this work is an index to
biographical information about artists. The initial volumes index over 70
sources, while the supplemental indexes cover additional sources. This is
particularly helpful in accessing biographical information in monograph (book)
sources.
Fine and Applied
Arts Terms Index REF N34.U72
1983
This is a guide to locating terms in other reference works. WSU Library call
numbers are indicated in pencil for the ‘books’ portion of the bibliography.
Contemporary Art and
Artists REF N6490.P3234
Find here an index to illustrations of works of art from the 1940s to the 1970s,
by artist, subject or title of the work.
The Black Artist in
America REF N6538.N5 T46 1991
This index to reproductions in books, periodicals, and exhibition catalogs,
contains a lengthy bibliography and an index by subject.
A Biographical Index
of American Artists REF
N6536.S6
This index to biographical information on approximately 4,700 American artists
covers information not indexed elsewhere, though published in 1930.
World Painting Index
(Havlice) REF ND45.H38
In 6 volumes (2 main volumes and 2, 2volume supplements) the World Painting
Index provides indispensable access to images in books and catalogues,
published between 1940 through 1989, by artist and/or title.
Art in Time
(Havlice) REF N7225.H38
This specifically indexes images in the Art section of Time Magazine from
the first issue of volume one in 1923 through the last issue of volume 94 in
1969.
Art in Life
(Clapp) REF N7525.C55 and REF N7525.C552
This is an index (and supplement) to art reproductions and portraits in Life
magazine. Note that, aside from pictorial art, this only selectively indexes
photographs of architecture, sculpture and works in the decorative arts. Both
volumes cover Life from the first issue in 1936, through 1963.
Index to
Two-Dimensional Art Works (Korwin)
REF N7525.K67
In 2 volumes, this indexes the reproductions of two-dimensional artwork
reproduced in over 250 books published between 1960 and 1977. Volume I contains
an index by artist, while volume II contains a title-subject index.
Illustration Index
REF N7525 V3
The initial 1957 volume and it’s supplemental volume covering 1950 through 1959,
index a variety of illustrative material by subject. The 2nd through
6th editions cover the years from 1959 through 1986 with an expanded
listing of indexed titles. This can be particularly useful for locating costume
illustration. (This answers the question: “Where might I find an illustration
of the dress of Tibetan women?”)
Index to 19th
Century American Art Periodicals
REF Z5935.3.S56
In 2 volumes, this work indexes 43 journal titles. The initial volume is
composed of journal citations arranged alphabetically by journal title, then
chronologically by year and volume. This provides an overview of the
publication and a means to browse without directly consulting each journal. The
second volume provides an author and subject index.
Updated:
March 23, 2007
Contact:
Rachel Crane, Music/Fine Arts
Librarian