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Subject Guides : Fine Arts
Reference Books
| Title | Call Number |
| A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama | PA 3131 .S83 2005 |
| Anthology of Living Theater | PN 6112 .A58 1998 |
| Art : A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture | N 5300 .H28 1976 |
| Baker's Dictionary of Music | ML 100 .S635 1997 REF |
| Film Writing and Selected Journalism | PS 3501 .G35 A6 2005 |
| Gardner's Art Through the Ages | N 5300 .G25 1996 |
| History of Modern Art : Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography | N 6490 .A713 1986 RES |
| New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, Vols. 1-6 | CB 5 .D5 2005 |
| Silverberg's Principles and Practice of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology | WO 142 .P7 2006 |
| The A-Z of Art : the World's Greatest and Most Popular Artists and Their Works | N 40 .H63 1996 |
| The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy | PA 3131 .C29 1997 |
| The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre | ML 102 M88 .G368 2001 REF |
| The World of Music | MT 6 W533 W7 2007 |
| Western Architecture : from Ancient Greece to the Present | NA 200 .S93 1999 |
| Why a Painting is Like a Pizza: a Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art | N 6490 .H42 2002 |
To find more books search the Library Catalog.
E-Books
| Title | Description |
| ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection | A digital collection of 2,200 full-text humanities titles. Browse by author, title, or subject. Searchable by keyword. |
| Art and Architecture Thesaurus | Created by the Getty, this structured vocabulary includes more than 133,000 terms, descriptions, bibliographic citations, and other information relating to fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture. |
| ArtLex: Visual Arts Dictionary | A cross-referenced guide to the terminology of the visual arts |
| Arts and Humanities Through the Eras | This searchable, full-text 5 volume set profiles milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music, and religion from specific periods. An overview of each period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume. |
| Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture | Medieval art and architecture terms compiled by Jane Vadnal of the University of Pittsburg. Includes supporting images and cross references. |
| netLibrary | A comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks). |
| Oxford Reference Online | A cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes such books as, The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, A Dictionary of Buddhism, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary |
| The Oxford Companion to the Photograph | Provide technical information, scholarship on photography as a social and artistic practice, and biographical entries, both on photographers and on others who have influenced photographic culture from the 19th century to the present |
| The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists | A biographical and critical guide to American art from colonial times to contemporary postmodernism |
To find more books search the Library Catalog.
To find more books search the Library Catalog.
Research Databases
| Title | Description |
| CaDiLaC on-line | Catalog of the Capital District Library Council's member library holdings. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica Online | includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | This database includes encyclopedias and specialized reference sources in history and fine arts, including the full text of the multi-volume, New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, and Arts and Humanities through the Eras. |
| Oxford Art Online | Includes over 45,000 articles on art, architecture, photography, and sculpture as well as links to over 40,000 images from museum and gallery websites all over the world. |
WWW Resources
| Title | Description |
| American Museum of Photography | Virtual museum dedicated to educating, informing, and sharing photographs. Site includes over 5,000 images. |
| Art History | From BUBL LINK Catalogue of selected Internet resources |
| Art History Resources on the Web | Provides a gateway to resources on art history from ancient times to the present day. |
| History of Art Virtual Library | Comprehensive general art history site. Includes conference information, and links to university art history departments, online teaching resources, research tools, and libraries. |
| Literature, Arts, & Medicine Database | An annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video and art created and maintained by New York University School of Medicine. |
| Mother of All Art History Resources | An annotated collection of links to art history sites compiled by the Department of the History of Art at the University of Michigan. |
| Visual Collections | Visual Collections is a new digital image collection portal that includes more than 300,000 works from museums, universities and private collections throughout the world sponsored by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates |
| Title | Description |
| American Music Resource | A multi-dimensional source of reference information about all styles of music indigenous to the Western Hemisphere. |
| Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music | Searchable collection of digital images of all the existing fragments of medieval music |
| Ethnomusicology Online | Includes on-line journal, some reviews and selected links |
| Musicals.net | Includes songlist, lyrics, synopses, and discussions on dozens of musicals as well as current news from Playbill On-line. |
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