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Art: Reference Books

Selected resources for finding books, articles, and more on topics in Art

Reference Books

Reference Books

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WORLD HISTORY Atlas of Western Art History
  R 700.223 St325a

Atlas of World Art
  R 702.23 Ox29a

Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America Since 1850
  R 709.22 D918b

Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers
  R 750 B84d

Century of American Icons
  R 658.1 C33393

Coins and Currency: Historical Encyclopedia
  R 737.403 Sn52c

Commercial Artist’s Handbook
  R 741.6 Sn92c

Contemporary Architects
  R 720.922 C767 1994

Contemporary Artists
  R 709.22 C767 2002

Contemporary Designers
  R 745.20904 C7673 1997

Contemporary Fashion
  R 746.920922 C7673 2002

Contemporary Masterworks
  R 709.045 C7674

Contemporary Photographers
  R 770.922 C7675 1995

Contemporary Women Artists
  R 709.22 C768

Dictionary of Art
  R 703 D561

Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists
  R 709.2273 C912d6

Dictionary of Interior Design
  R 747 P34d

Dictionary of Modern Painting
  R 750.3 D56L

Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia
  R 709.492 D951

Encyclopedia of American Architecture
  R 720.973 P124e2

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
  R 391 C646

Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography
  R 704.903 En195

Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance and Mannerist Art
  R 709.4503 En195

Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns
  R 659.1 En195

Encyclopedia of Native American Jewelry
  R 970.673927 En195

Encyclopedia of Photography
  R 770.3 En194

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
  R 700.8996 E56

Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850
  R 700.414503 En197

Encyclopedia of World Art
  R 703 En19

Fairchild’s Dictionary of Fashion
  R 746.92 C143

Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architecture    
  R722.800 G8832
 
Grove encyclopedia of materials and techniques in art    
  R702.8 G883
 
Icons of beauty : art, culture, and the image of women
  R704.9424 M269
 
Illustrated Dictionary of Art and Archaeology
  R 703 M73i

Illustrated Dictionary of Ceramics
  R 738.03 Sa92i

Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art
  R 704.946 H143i

In an Influential Fashion: Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-and Twentieth Century Fashion Designers & Retailers Who Transformed Dress
  R 746.92 I433

International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture
  R 720.9 In849

Museums of the World
  R 069.025 M9729 2003

North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
  R 709.22 N812

Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990’s
  R 700 R272o

Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art
  R 709.04 P49

Potter’s Dictionary of Materials and Techniques
  738.103 H178p4

St. James Guide to Black Artists
  R 709.2396 Sa235 1997

St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists
  R 704.0368 Sa235 2002

St. James Guide to Native North American Artists
  R 970.6704 Sa235

World Artists, 1950-1980, 1981-1990
  R 709.22 W893 1984, 1991

World Cultural Leaders of the Twentieth Century
  R 700.922 D934w
 
                         
 

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