Library: Art & Art History: Background Info

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Some of the art dictionaries and encyclopedias in our Reference collection include:

Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art by Sarah Carr-Gomm
Call Number: N7740 .C29 1995
ISBN: 0816033013
Publication Date: 1995
The Oxford Dictionary of Art by Ian Chilvers (Editor)
Call Number: N33 .O93 2004
ISBN: 0198604769
Publication Date: 2004
The Encyclopedia of Sculpture (v.1-v.3) by Antonia Boström (Editor)
Call Number: NB198 .E53 2004
ISBN: 1579582486
Publication Date: 2004
The Encyclopedia of Australian Art by Alan McCulloch; Susan McCulloch (Revised by)
Call Number: N7400 .M27 1994
ISBN: 0824816889
Publication Date: 1994

MoMA Glossary of Art Terms
A glossary of art terms from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Learning division. Search for terms using the search box or browse by artists or themes.
The Frick Collection Art History Research Databases
The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library publish four databases for researchers in art history:
- Frick Digital Collection (digitalcollections.frick.org)
- Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
- Spanish Artists from the Fourth to the Twentieth Century: A Critical Dictionary
- The Montias Database of 17th Century Dutch Art Inventories

Encyclopedia of Asian American Artists by Kara Kelley Hallmark
Call Number: N6538.A83 H35 2007
ISBN: 9780313334511
Publication Date: 2007
Dictionary of Women Artists by Delia Gaze (Editor)
Call Number: N 8354 .D53 1997
ISBN: 1884964214
Publication Date: 1997
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists by Ann Lee Morgan
Call Number: N6505 .M59 2007
ISBN: 9780195128789
Publication Date: 2007