Guides: Art and Art History Research Guide: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Guides

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online comprises the Grove Art Online database [based on the full text of The Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols)], the Oxford Companion to Western Art (2001), the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (1998, 4 vols.), and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2001).
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art This link opens in a new window
Electronic resource

The Dictionary of Christian Art by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Call Number: Reference (Non-Circulating) N7825 .A6 1994
ISBN: 9780826407795
Publication Date: 1994-08-01
Encyclopedia of American Folk Art by Gerard C. Wertkin (Editor)
Call Number: Reference (Non-Circulating) NK805 .E6 2004
ISBN: 0415929865
Publication Date: 2003-12-17
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography by Helene E. Roberts (Editor)
Call Number: Reference (Non-Circulating) N7560 .E53 1998
ISBN: 9781579580094
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
Glossary of Art, Architecture, and Design since 1945 by John A. Walker
Call Number: Stacks N34 .W34 1977
ISBN: 0208015434
Publication Date: 1977-06-01
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture by Jonathan Bloom; Sheila Blair
Call Number: Reference (Non-Circulating) N6260 .G75 2009
ISBN: 9780195373042
Publication Date: 2009-01-01

Guide to the Literature of Art History by Max Marmor; Alex Ross
Call Number: Stacks N 23 .A7 2005
ISBN: 9780838908785
Publication Date: 2004-11-01
History of Art by Anthony F. Janson
Call Number: Reference (Non-Circulating) N5300 .J3 2004
ISBN: 9780131826229
Publication Date: 2003-07-01

This drawing from the late 18th century depicts a pair of travelers by moonlight.

Object Type: Drawing

Materials: Paper

Technique: Drawn

Production Person: Paul Sandby

Watercolor and bodycolor over charcoal on blue paper

Date: 1730-1809