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Subject PortalsArt & DesignMaintained by:Mireille Djenno Contribute:Don't see what you are looking for? Suggest a new resource or subject area.
(move back to Subject Portal Home) Including individual books and groups of books held by Cowles Library Cowles Library CatalogThe online catalog of Drake University's Cowles Library. You may search by author/title/subject and word phrase. Go there... Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and ArchitectureAvailable on-line through Oxford Reference Online this encyclopedia encompasses "over four thousand years of artistry and innovation, [and] spans every art form, medium and civilization from Cycladic, Minoan, Helladic, and Etruscan art to the fall of the Roman Empire." Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative ArtsAvailable on-line through Oxford Reference Online this reference work covers "thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures." Interlibrary Loan (ILL)Interlibrary Loan (ILL) obtains books, journal articles, theses, dissertations, and many other types of materials not owned by Cowles Library. Go there... OCLC WorldCatCan't find a book you need in Cowles Library? OCLC WorldCat lists over 57 million books cataloged by library worldwide. Search for books by subject, author, title or keyword. Go there... Including research databases that are subscribed to by Cowles Library and not available to the general public Academic Search Complete - EBSCOFull-text of over 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals, in a wide range of academic disciplines. Go there... Art Abstracts - EBSCOIndex & abstracts of major journals in art, architecture, film, graphic arts, and related areas. Links to some full text where available. Go there... ARTstor"A collection of digital images of art, architecture and design from a number of books (notably art history survey texts), museums, archives, and slide collections." Go there... CREDO Reference - Art TitlesAll the art titles in this database, including A Biographical Dictionary of Artists, Chambers Film Factfinder, Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia, The Bloomsbury Guide to Art, The Bridgeman Art Library Archive, The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Design Since 1900, The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers and more! Gale Virtual Reference LibraryAccess over 100 standard Gale Reference works online! Reference materials in subject areas including the arts. Go there... Humanities DatabasesAll Humanities databases available at Cowles. Go there... Oxford Art OnlineFormerly Grove Art Online this database provides access to The Dictionary of Art, Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms plus links to more than 40,000 images. Go there... Including lists of subject specific journals owned by Drake or accessible electronically Current Art JournalsThis is a list of current journals on art that are available in Cowles Library. The list indicates which databases will have online full text available for each journal. Go there... Including CDs, Audio Cassettes, CD-Roms, DVD’s and Videotapes pertaining to the subject Art 21 : art in the twenty first century : season three (DVD)Art 21: art in the twenty-first century : seasons one and two (DVD)Chuck Close: a portrait in progress (DVD)Portrait of artist Chuck Close. Go there... David Hockney's secret knowledge (DVD)Investigation of how early painters used simple cameras to capture realistic images--400 years before the invention of the photograph. Examines works by Jan Van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Caravaggio and Velázquez. Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirrors. Go there... National Public Radio (NPR) Arts & Culture podcastsDirectory to a variety of free Arts & Culture podcasts from National Public Radio. Go there... Simon Schama's Power of Art (DVD)Eight episodes of Simon Schama's acclaimed 'Power of Art' television series. Go there... The Private life of a masterpiece (DVD Seasons 1-5)Presents the stories behind 21 masterpieces of painting and sculpture: Botticelli's La primavera; Uccello's The Battle of San Romano; Leonardo's The last supper; Piero Della Francesca's The Resurrection; Rembrandt's The night watch; Vermeer's The art of painting; Velazquez's The Rokeby Venus; Goya's The third of May 1808; Delacroix's Liberty leading the people; Hokusai's The great wave; Manet's Le dejeuner sur l'herbe; Whistler's Portrait of the artist's mother; Munch's The scream, Renoir's Dance at le Moulin de la Galette; Van Gogh's The Sunflowers; Seurat's A Sunday on la grande jatte, 1884; Picasso's Les demoiselles d'Avignon; Klimt's The kiss; Dali's Christ of St. John of the Cross; Michelangelo's David; Degas's The little dancer, aged 14; Rodin's The kiss. Go there... Including sites that are generally free and contain content deemed to be pertinent to the subject Art History Index of ArtistsThe art history index of famous artists leads to biographies of over 22,000 artists. Over 200,000 images from museums are directly accessible via this website. Go there... Art History Resources on the WebCompiled and maintained by Dr. Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe, Professor, Department of Art History, Sweet Briar College. Go there... Art Institute of ChicagoArtcyclopediaBrowse or search to find information on over 8,000 renowned artists. Go there... ArtLex Art DictionaryIncludes definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, quotations and cross-references. Go there... AskArt.comContains information on over 35,000 American artists. Includes book and journal references, biographies and image galleries. Go there... BBC Arts - Arts Homepage"Your gateway to visual arts, literature, culture and getting creative". Go there... Des Moines Art CenterA world-class museum right here in Des Moines! Go there... History of Art Virtual LibraryA collection of links relating to Art History. Go there... Mother of all Art History LinksA list of resources sponsored by the School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Go there... Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City)Smithsonian: Art and DesignSearch or browse the Smithsonian's online collections. Go there... The Getty (Los Angeles)Timeline of Art HistoryCreated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this is an excellent website covering the history of art (and politics) from 20000 BCE to 2000 CE. The site continuously adds content. Go there... WebexhibitsWhitney Museum of American Art |
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