Useful Books, Encyclopedias, Databases, & Websites
- Concise Oxford dictionary of art termsCall Number: KEN Ref N 33 C575 2010
- Dictionary of artists (Benezit)Call Number: KEN Ref N 40 B4713 2005 vol. 1-14
- Encyclopedia of world artCall Number: KEN Ref N 31 E4833 vol. 1-17
- From abacus to Zeus: a handbook of art historyCall Number: KEN Ref N 33 P5 1995
- Tate guide to modern art termsCall Number: KEN Ref N 34 W55 2008
- Yale dictionary of art and artistsCall Number: KEN Ref N 33 L353 2000
- Anatomy lessons from the great mastersCall Number: NC760 .H27 1977 (in the main stacks)
- Atlas of human anatomy for the artist Atlas of human anatomy for the artistCall Number: KEN Ref NC 760 P35
- Drawing from lifeCall Number: NC760 .B86 1997 (in the main stacks)
- Human anatomy for artists: the elements of form Call Number: KEN Ref NC 760 G67 1991Call Number: KEN Ref NC 760 G67 1991
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian InstituteSince 1954, the Archives has collected roughly 16 million letters, photographs, diaries, oral history interviews, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documents that support the study of the history of the visual arts in America.
- sculptor.orgLinks to over 400 pages of resources from the "resources for sculptors" page.
- National Museum of Women in the ArtsFounded in 1987, NMWA is the only major museum in the world solely dedicated to recognizing women’s creative contributions.
- AxiswebArtists network in Great Britain.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications"Five decades of Met publications on art history, available to read, download, and/or search for free."
- Getty Publications Virtual Library"Free digital backlist titles from the Getty Publications archive."
- Guggenheim Online BooksBooks and catalogues of the Guggenheim Museum’s Publications Department to document its exhibitions and collections.
Websites
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian"One of the most widely used research centers dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America."
- Art21"A variety of living artists talking about their art and process in their own words on film. Art21 provides access to the artist’s voice, using the power of digital media to introduce people to contemporary art and artists."
- Virtual Shoe Museum"Liza Snook has been collecting everything related to shoes since her study graphic design at the Royal Academy in The Hague in the eighties. To share this passion she started the website VirtualShoeMuseum.com together with her partner Taco Zwaanswijk (Stainless Media) in 2004."
- Mask Museum: Second Face"The masks displayed in this museum are all used for cultural expression. They may be for anything from sacred rituals to pure entertainment, but each mask embodies its maker’s beliefs about a culturally significant organism, whether real or mythological, that the mask represents. Almost all masks in the museum’s collection represent “archetypes,” an idealized pattern typical in the culture it is used."