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Art 316 - Asian Art History

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The following resources have been compiled by a librarian to help in the research process regarding Asian Art History.


Reference Books

  • Credo Reference (online reference sources with images)

  • Encyclopedia of Asian history. 1988. REF 950 En19

  • Encyclopedia of modern Asia. 2002. REF 950 E19m

  • The Dictionary of art. 34 volumes. REF 703 D56G

  • The Oxford companion to Christian art and architecture. REF 704.948 M96, also as eBook through NetLibrary


Finding Articles


Web Resources

Quality of information varies from site to site.

  • Artcyclopedia
    A well rounded site that includes a good representation of international art. Searchable by artist’s name or museum. Some articles are included (most are written by Joseph Phelan).

  • Art History Research Center
    Indexes articles, universities with art history programs, collections, other resources, citing sources. (Compare the citing sources with The Citation Machine)

  • Art History Resources on the Web
    Created by Christopher Witcombe, professor, Sweet Briar College. Covers prehistoric to contemporary world art.

  • ArtLex
    A substantial art dictionary compare with Credo Reference (Zondervan Library Resource).

  • Art Museum Network
    Links to member museum sites; membership is by invitation only. Includes current news. Good to locate websites for most of the larger, quality museums.

  • Asian Art
    Calls itself an online journal for Asian art. Includes associations, articles, exhibitions and galleries. There are some useful scholarly articles included on specific elements of Asian art.

  • BUBL
    BUBL is a “portal” of generally scholarly websites created by Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. A useful list of art resources.

  • The Getty: Conducting Research
    Includes Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), a tool for subjects in art, which gives context and definitions. Also has a Union List of Artist Names (ULAN).

  • World Wide Art Resources
    Includes an index of over 22,000 artists and 200,000 images. Compiles online art by artist, museum. Searchable database (artists, art movements, biographies, artwork).

  • WWW Virtual Library
    Designed for scholarly audiences, this is a portal site of a wide variety of information: museums, research and reference, images, libraries, organizations, etc.


Key Museum Sites


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Created by Linda Lambert, Instructional Services Librarian

Last revised October 30, 2009 - 09:36 AM