Here are some direct links to library databases you can use in your research project. Log in for off campus access.
Quick Search tips
Try searching for the exact title of a work of art, and put parantheses around it, for example: "Two Men Contemplating the Moon." Use AND to add the artist's last name, if necessary. (Use AND in general to join two or more search terms.) Use OR if search terms are very similar; use NOT to exclude. Some examples:
"Two Men Contemplating the Moon" AND Friedrich
Manet AND criticism
drawing OR illustration
Expressionism NOT abstract
Surrealists AND (drawing OR illustration)
Put quotation marks around phrases and names, e.g.: “landscape painting”; “historical context” "self-portrait" "women artists"
Ebook Central (Books)
JSTOR (Journal Articles):
Fine Arts & Music (Journal Articles)
Bibliography of the History of Art
What are scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles in art history?
Scholarly articles are those that are reviewed by peers of the author. The "peers" who decide whether or not an article should be published are typically experts on the topic--usually other art historians who have published in the field. For this class, most authors and peer reviewers are art history professors or independent researchers and scholars.
When searching for books, notice that your initial results are limited to just the Pace Libraries:
Using the menu on the left side of the page, under HELD BY MY LIBRARY, change to Libraries Worldwide to search all over the region, nation, and world. (This search type includes Pace.) You may request books that Pace Libraries do not own. Follow the links to InterLibrary Loan. The con to this is that the search is huge and may return more results than you want, including some that will not seem to be best matches.
Important details to remember from your assignment:
Each topic will suggest its own emphasis, but in most cases you will want to devote special attention to the analysis of style and to placing the work into its original cultural and historical context. How is it expressive of the time in which it was created? To what tradition, school, or movement does it belong? Where does it fit in the career of its author (if known)? To what extent was it influenced by specific works of preceding or contemporary artists?
Click on the CITING SOURCES tab on the left menu of this page (scroll up a bit and look on left side) for more resources to help you follow the Notes and Bibliography format in the Chicago Style.
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