Print Resources
Clapp, Jane. Art
in Life. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1959.
A&A Reference, AP2 C566 (LC)
"This index ... designed ... to provide immediate reference to reproductions
of paintings and graphic arts in Life, from its first issue, November
23, 1936, through 1956."
---. Sculpture
Index. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1970.
A&A Reference, NB36 C53 (LC)
SML Reference, NB36 C53 (LC)
This is an excellent index to pictures of sculpture. Listings are dictionary-style
under the names of artists, titles, and subjects. Although the emphasis
is on modern sculpture after 1900, all periods are represented. Entries
include nationality and dates of sculptors, materials, size, museum identification
numbers, and references to documents.
Havlice, Patricia
Pate. Art in Time. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1970.
A&A Reference, N7525 H38 (LC)
An index to all the pictures in the Art section of Time magazine. Each
copy of Time, from the first number of volume one in 1923 to the last
issue in 1969, has been included. The compilation is in one alphabetical
sequence of artist's names and titles. Each entry by artist includes all
the works appearing in Time, an indication of the type of work, and whether
the image is in color of black and white. The volume, page, and date of
the work's appearance in Time. There is no subject access, although the
titles are often a guide to the subject of the work. Excellent resource
for social history research.
---. World Painting
Index. 2 vols. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
A&A Reference, ND45 H38 (LC)
This work was intended to supplement and update both works of Monro and
Monro (Index to Reproductions of American Paintings), as it covers both
European and American paintings, amoung others. Volume 1 is alphabetically
arranged by name of artist and provides references to the books that contain
the reproductions. Volume 2 is a title list that refers the user back
to Volume 1. No subject access.
---. World Painting
Index, First Supplement, 1973-1980. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press,
1982.
A&A Reference, ND45 H38 Suppl (LC)
A two volume supplement that works the same way as the original World
Painting Index.
---. World Painting
Index, Second Supplement, 1980-1989. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press,
1995.
A&A Reference, ND45 H38 Suppl. 2 (LC)
A two volume supplement that works the same way as the original World
Painting Index, and the First Supplement.
Kreisel, Martha.
Photography Books Index: A Subject Guide to Photo Anthologies. Metuchen,
N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980.
A&A Reference Index, TR199 M67 (LC)
This important work identifies and locates thousands of photographs by
indexing twenty-two major titles of photography anthologies. The work
is organized into three major sections comprised of a listing of photographers
alphabetically arranged, a subject listing based on Sears list of subject
headings revealing topical matter contained in photographs, and a listing
of portraits of named individuals, identifying children, men, and women
alphabetically by name of model or sitter. These entries include dates,
photographers, and sources of the pictures. Photography Books Index II,
was published in 1985, and serves as a supplement to this volume, covering
1955-1982. Hundreds of personalities and classic photographs by masters
of the camera are included.
Library, Hewlett-Woodmere
Public. Index to Art Reproductions in Books. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow
Press, 1974.
A&A Reference, N7525 H48 (LC)
SML Reference, N7525 H48 (LC)
Compiled by the professional staff of the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
under the direction of Elizabeth W. Thomson. This volume indexes reproductions
to art works (paintings, sculpture, graphic art, photography, stage design,
and architecture) in a selected group of books published between 1956
and 1971. Although an older volume, it is one of the only indexes to reproductions
that covers both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art works. It is
arranged by a name index, an alphabetical list of artists and their works,
and a title index, an alphabetical list of all works included. No subject
access.
Monro, Isabel Stevenson.
Index to Reproductions of American Paintings : A Guide to Pictures
Occurring in More Than Eight Hundred Books. New York: H. W. Wilson,
1948.
A&A Reference, ND205 M65 (LC)
SML Reference, ND205 M65 (LC)
Useful for finding reproductions of art works in books and in finding
the physical location of paintings. Note: supplementary volumes do not
include location codes. Entries contain the name of the artist and the
work. Includes subject access, such as birds, skating, etc.
---. Index to
Reproductions of European Paintings; a Guide to Pictures in More Than
Three Hundred Books. New York: Wilson, 1956.
A&A Reference, ND45 M65 (LC)
SML Reference, ND45 M65 (LC)
"A guide to pictures by European artists that are reproduced in 328 books."-Pref.
Paintings are listed by artist, by title, and sometimes by subject. Useful
as a quick reference for determining locations of paintings and identifying
artists when titles or subjects of paintings are known.
Society, New York
Graphic. Fine Art Reproductions of Old & Modern Masters: A Comprehensive
Illustrated Catalog of Art through the Ages. Greenwich, Conn: New
York Graphic Society, 1980.
A&A Reference, NE1860 N4 +A3 1980 (LC)
Teague, Edward H.
Index to Italian Architecture : A Guide to Key Monuments and Reproduction
Sources. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
A&A Reference, NA111 T4X 1992 (LC)
This resource identifies some 1,800 Italian monuments and buildings in
eighty books. The work has excellent access provided by site, architect,
chronology, type, and work.
---. World Architecture
Index : A Guide to Illustrations. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
A&A Reference, NA202 T4X 1991 (LC)
Some 7,000 illustrations of buildings and plans culled from 108 important
books are indexed in this source. Indexing is detailed and access is possible
by site, architect, architectural type, and variant names of the structures
depicted in the reproductions. The emphasis is on western architecture,
although the scope and coverage is global. The work is divided into four
major sections; site index (by city), architect index (individuals and
firms) with brief biographical information, building types, and finally
names and alternative names of structures.
Tracey, Lucile E.
Vance and Ester M. Illustration Index. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow
Press, 1966.
A&A Reference, N7525 V35 1966 (LC)
SML Reference, N7525 V35 1966 (LC)
This has become a standard tool for identification of photographs, maps,
and drawings in eight to ten popular periodicals as well as a selective
listing of books. Several supplements have followed to provide continuous
coverage, and have been labeled as editions. Illustration Index III, by
Roger G. Greer (Scarecrow Press, 1973), covers the period July 1963 to
December 1971, whereas Illustration Index IV, by Marsha Appel (Scarecrow
Press, 1980) identifies some 35,000 illustrations in nine magazines between
1982-1986. A variety of subjects , such as animals, architecture, plants,
Indians, furniture, personalities are covered. The arrangement is by only
by subject (no artist or title access) and each entry contains the source
and a description of the type of illustration.
Wright, Christopher.
The world's master paintings: from the early Renaissance to the present
day; a comprehensive listing of works by 1,300 painters and a complete
guide to their locations worldwide. London; New York: Routledge, 1992.
A&A Reference, ND40 +W75X 1991 (LC)
Electronic Resources
American Memory
The American Memory Historical Collections, a major component of the Library's
National Digital Library Program, are multimedia collections of digitized
documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from
the Library's Americana collections. There are currently more than 90
collections in the American Memory Historical Collections.
Artcyclopedia
Artcyclopedia is a database that can be searched by artist name, title
of work, or museum name. Results include links to museums and art galleries,
image archives, other web sites, and articles.
Associated
Press Photo Archive
The Photo Archive is an electronic library containing the AP's current
photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and
negative library. Yale has a limited number of simultaneous users, so
please be sure to use the logout link when exiting.
Ditto.com
Ditto.com is a visual search engine of the Internet.
Grove
Dictionary of Art
The entire dictionary is on online, with links to museum web sites and
many images from the Bridgeman Art Library.
Index
of Christian Art
The Index, produced at Princeton University, can presently provide access
to complex information on approximately 200,000 photographic reproductions
of Christian art in the east and west from early apostolic times up to
1400 A.D. The term Christian is broadly construed and by no means restricted
to art produced within ecclesiastical contexts or theological in theme.
Classical Gods, crocodiles and comets are all included in the Index if
found in a Christian context.
MFA Online Collections
The following pages represent a selection of object records from the MFA's
collection. They are organized by department, and often by category within
a department. These pages will be updated and new records will be added
weekly. This launch of approximately 15,000 object records (in December
2000) focuses on two areas: objects in all media which were acquired by
the Museum after 1933 and made before 1945 which were or could have been
in areas of Europe occupied by the Nazis during the Holocaust/ World War
II era artifacts acquired by the Museum in modern times.
National Gallery
of Art
Locate works of art by artist, title, subject, or other criteria. Images
of more than 4,700 objects in the National Gallery's collection and approximately
10,600 related details are available. New images are added continually.
Text and/or data on all of the more than 100,000 objects in the Gallery's
collection can be found using various search capabilities.
National
Graphic Design Image Database
The National Graphic Design Image Database at Cooper Union is an on-line
system under development at the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and
Typography in the School of Art. The Image Database is designed to electronically
preserve and disseminate material related to the history of visual communication
in the twentieth century. The project aims to build a virtual visual encyclopedia
through an electronic community of students and educators.
Photographic Libraries
The stock images, film and photo archives listed provide a creative
source for television producers, advertising agencies, libraries, education
centres, picture researchers and media services researching visual communications.
The photographic library and archival resource contains national and private
photographic collections.Photographic Libraries is a member of the G.E.M
community an initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Photo Archive of the New York
Daily News
One of the largest photo archives on the web, this site is a great place
to go when looking for images.
SPIRO
Database
SPIRO Database is put out by the Architecture Slide Library at the University
of California, Berkeley. Names of architects must be searched for in last
name, first name order (i.e. Wright, Frank Lloyd).
The Thinker ImageBase
The Thinker ImageBase is a searchable image and text database of objects
from the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the de
Young Museum and the Legion of Honor). The collections (110,000+ objects)
belong to the people of the City and County of San Francicso. The ImageBase
is an expression of the Museum's mission to provide meaningful public
access to the collections and behave more like a resource and less like
a repository.
Yahoo! Picture Gallery
Yahoo! Picture Gallery is an image search engine.
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