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Baroque Art Resources
Online Catalog
Use the Online Catalog to locate books, microforms, films, and other materials in the Reynolds Library. Search by Author or Title in the Basic search or by keywords or phrases in the Guided Keyword search.
Art materials have N call numbers and are concentrated on Reynolds 6. This section is divided by medium:
- N - Visual Arts
- NA - Architecture
- NB - Sculpture
- NC - Drawing, Design, Illustration
- ND - Painting
- NE - Print Media
- NK - Decorative Arts
- NX - Arts in General
These broad categories are broken down further by time period, movement, subject or artist:
- N6415 B3 - History of Art-Baroque
- NA590 - History of Architecture-Baroque and Rococo
- NB611-623 - Italian Sculpture
- ND177-188 - Painting-17th and 18th Century
- ND653 R4 - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669
- NX451 - History of the Arts-17th Century
- NX451.5 B3 - History of the Arts-Baroque
Each book record in the online catalog also contains Library of Congress Subject Headings, which can help you locate books on a similar topic. Click on the subject heading in the online catalog to go to a list of books that share that subject heading. Some examples are:
- Allegories
- Architecture, Baroque
- Art, Baroque
- Art, Baroque-Italy-Rome
- Arts, Baroque
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
- Counter-Reformation in Art
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc...)
- Mural Painting and Decoration
- Painting, Baroque
- Vermeer, Johannes, 1632-1675-Criticism and Interpretation
Reference Resources
Use Reference Resources to get background information on an artist, work of art or concept. Many of these sources include bibliographies which list additional books and journal articles that would be useful for further research on the topic. All Reference materials are shelved on Wilson 4. These are selections from the available resources:
- The Papacy: An Encyclopedia (3 vols.) Ref BX955.2 D53 2002
- Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century World History Ref D286 D53 1994
- The Dictionary of Art (34 vols.) Ref N31 D5 1996 and online (Oxford Art Online)
- Dictionary of Art Terms Ref N33 L75 2004
- Oxford Companion to Western Art Ref N33 O923 2001
- Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs de tous les Temps et de tous les Pays (Benezit) (14 vols.) Ref N40 B47 1999
- Artwords Ref N71 P32 1997
- Spanish Artists from the Fourth to the Twentieth Century (4 vols.) Ref N7112 S67 1993
- International Dictionary of Art and Artists (2 vols.) Ref N7425 I67 1990
- Artists Techniques and Materials Ref N7430 F8413 2006
- Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography (2 vols.) Ref N7560 E53 1998
- Dictionary of Artists Models Ref N7574 D48 2001
- Nature and It's Symbols Ref N7680 I4713 2004
- Gods and Heros in Art Ref N7760 I4713 2003
- Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture Ref N7830 M87 1996
- Dictionary of Architecture Ref NA31 C86 1999
- Encyclopedia of Sculpture (3 vols.) Ref NB198 E53 2004
- The World's Master Paintings Ref ND40 W75 1992
- Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts-1300-1990's (2 vols.) Ref NX650 M9 R45 1993
Online Databases
Use electronic databases to find journal articles, book chapters and reviews. The library has over 200 databases for finding journal articles. In the left sidebar, expand the Subject List under Arts and Humanities to find databases relevent to Art History.
Remember, these databases include articles from scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers. If your professor requires that you use scholarly journal articles for your project, take a look at this checklist to see if your articles are appropriate! When in doubt, ASK your professor or a librarian!
Note: The three main art databases (Art Index, BHA, RILA) can be searched simultaneously. When you first access the Art Index database, check the boxes to also select BHA and RILA, and then hit the "Start Searching" button in the top right corner. If you do search these databases simultaneously, remember that the results are grouped by database, i.e., all of the results from Art Index will be listed first, in chronological order, then the results from BHA, then RILA.
Arts Databases
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Art Index
"Provides citations from over 250 publications such as periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, exhibition listings, interviews, and film reviews. Also indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Subjects covered include: advertising art, antiques, archaeology, architecture and architectural history, art history, crafts, decorative arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, motion pictures and film, museology, non-western art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, television, and textiles."
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
"Indexes journal articles, book and website reviews, exhibition reviews, and obituaries for architecture, architectural history, design, archaeology, interior design, landscape architecture, historic preservation, and urban planning. Includes "physical details" field, noting such items as photos, plans, drawings, and sections. International in scope."
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Bibliography of the History of Art-BHA
"Covers the current international literature on the history of art in Europe and the New World from late antiquity to the present. Includes both the fine arts (architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing and prints) and decorative and applied arts (popular art, folk art). Indexes and abstracts journals, books, conference proceedings, essays, exhibition catalogues, selected art dealers' catalogues, doctoral dissertations and microform publications."
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Oxford Art Online (Online version of The Dictionary of Art)
"Covers art and culture from prehistory to the 1990s. Its multicultural approach offers detailed analyses of civilizations from Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific. Provides a guide to the visual arts: painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, drawing, and printmaking, as well as the decorative arts."
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International Repertory of the Literature of Art-RILA
"The International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA) is the predecessor of BHA. BHA and RILA together cover literature published since 1973. RILA includes abstracts and indexes on all aspects of European and American art and architecture. European art is covered from late Antiquity (4th c.) to 1989. American art is covered from the European discoveries (16th c.) to 1989. Art reflecting the Western tradition in other parts of the world is also included. All types of publication are covered: books, periodical articles, reviews, conference proceedings, Festschriften, collected essays, exhibition catalogues, museum publications, and doctoral dissertations."
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Web of Science (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
"Contains three ISI Citation Databases (Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences), which together index over 8,000 peer-reviewed journals. It provides bibliographic data, author abstracts, and cited references. Useful for searching databases for articles that cite a known author or work. Citation searching also allows a researcher to use a given work as a subject term in order to identify more recent articles about the same topic."
Full-text, Multi-subject Databases
(index journal, magazine, and newspaper articles)
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Academic Search Premier
"Provides abstracts, indexing, and full-text for journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, and more."
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JSTOR
"A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Since JSTOR is a backfiles project, a typical coverage range is the beginning of a journal until three or five years ago."
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Project MUSE
"Provides access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities and social sciences."
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ProQuest
"Contains articles covering the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and business. Databases include Research Library, Ethnic NewsWatch, and ProQuest Religion."
Religion and History Databases
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ATLA Religion Database
"Indexes and abstracts journal articles, essays in multi-author books, and book reviews, covering nearly all areas of international religious research."
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Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
"Covers the Reformation and post-Reformation eras. Includes the full text of theological writings, biblical commentaries, confessional documents, and polemical treatises written by more than 300 Protestant authors."
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Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation
"Includes papal and synodal decrees, catechisms and inquisitorial manuals, Biblical commentaries, theological treatises and systems, liturgical writings, saints' lives, and devotional works."
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Historical Abstracts (history other than the U.S. and Canada)
"Historical Abstracts provides indexing and abstracts for journal articles, books, and dissertations covering the history of the world from 1450 -- except the U.S. and Canada. For similar coverage of the U.S. and Canada, use America History and Life."
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ITER-Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
"Indexes books and over 500 periodicals concerning Europe and the Middle East from 400-1700. Includes history, literature, art, politics and government, etc. The separate book database covers books, materials published in books, and collected essays."
Locating a Journal
Find out if the Library subscribes to the journal you need through the Journals page. If we subscribe to the journal, the catalog will display information regarding print and/or electronic versions of the journal. You can also use the "subject browse" feature to view journals by subject area (selected journals only).
Remember, if the Reynolds Library does not have the journal (or book) that you need, request it via Interlibrary Loan. Current Art periodicals are located in the Periodicals Room, Art Section, alphabetical by title.
Back to topCiting Your Sources
The latest editions of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Turabian) are available in exchange for an ID at the Reference Desk in the Library.
Back to topWebsites
After you have consulted books and journal articles, you may also want to use web resources. Take a look at Evaluating Web Resources as you evalute the websites you find. These sites contain reliable information:
- artdaily.com (First Art Newspaper on the Net)
- Art History Resources on the Web
- Artlex Art Dictionary
- Great Buildings Collection
- Infomine (Search within Visual & Performing Arts)
- Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe 1600-1750
- Voice of the Shuttle
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: History of Art
Need Help?
Good luck in your search! If you are not finding enough information, ASK:
- Kaeley McMahan, Reference, 758-4661, AIM: kaeleymc
- Request a Personal Research Session
- call the Reference Desk for help at ext. 5475