Fine Arts This guide will help you find books, articles, videos, digital images and websites related to fine art. For additional help, use the links to the right to set up a One-On-One Personal Research Appointment or contact a librarian via chat, email, or phone.
Fine Arts Books Books about sculpture, painting and ceramics can be found on the shelves in the NB-NK sections of the library. Click on the topics below to search our book catalog.
Art Reference Encyclopedias
Ceramics
Drawing
Painting History
Painting Technique
Sculpture History
Sculpture Technique
Fine Arts Articles Art Full Text
Database of art periodicals including many foreign language journals. Select English from the language box. If the article is available in full text, look for a link to the right of the "Find It" icon.
Art and Architecture Complete
Database of art periodicals including many foreign language journals. Select English from the language box. If the article is available in full text, look for a link to the right of the "Find It" icon.
Art Index Retrospective
Full text articles online. Search by topic or title of publication.
Electronic Book Center - Humanities & Arts
Full text e-books on various topics. Keyword searchable.
Oxford Reference - Art & Architecture
Full-text art dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Fine Arts Multimedia Multimedia resources are especially helpful if you are compiling a presentation or PowerPoint slides and would like visual aids, or if you have a particularly visual or auditory learning style. These resources are made up of educational videos, photo collections and other online lessons presented in a digital format.
Art & Architecture Digital Media
Images of works of art and architecture.
Art Babble
Videos on looking at art, technique and "behind the scenes" stories.
Art History
Khan Academy's educational videos on art history.
Getty Images Collection
Site of the J. Paul Getty Museum with thousands of downloadable open content images and videos.
Getty Museum YouTube Channel
Videos on art categorized by topic.
Fine Arts Websites Below are a few recommended websites. Remember that information you find on the web needs to be evaluated carefully. For more information on evaluating websites, check out the Evaluating Sources Research Guide.
Archives of American Art
http://www.aaa.si.edu/
The Cleveland Museum of Art
http://www.clevelandart.org/art/collections
The Getty Research Institute
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/portal/index.html
Grunwald Center for the Arts
http://hammer.ucla.edu/collections/detail/collection_id/5
Searchable database of images from UCLA
Internet Public Library - Fine Art Links
http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=13&cid=1&tid=6932&parent=6925
Intute Fine and Contemporary Arts
http://www.open.ac.uk/libraryservices/pages/oair/?id=8
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collections
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online
Subject Liaison Liaison to Fine Arts and Graphic Design.
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