Art History 450:
Colonization and Cross-Cultural Encounters
Compiled by Margaret Fast, Librarian for Art
Professor: Julia Sapin
Selected Reference Works in Art/Art History:
Dictionary of Art.
New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996. 34 vols.
Ref. N31.D5 1996
and Oxford
Art Online
Encyclopedia of World Art.
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1959-1968. 17 vols.
Ref. N 31.E533
This is one of the most
complete encyclopedias of art. The contributors are art specialists from
many parts of the world. The subject matter covers architecture, sculpture,
painting and other man-made objects that enters the field of aesthetic
judgment. The articles include extensive bibliographies, and approximately
the last half of each volume consists of plates arranged to illustrate the
articles. Volumes 16 and 17 are supplements
Art Books. New York: Bowker, 1985. Ref. N7425 .A73
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. Edited by Helene E. Roberts. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998. Ref. N7560 .E53 1998
Arntzen,Etta, and Robert Rainwater. Guide to the Literature of Art History. Chicago: American Library Association, 1980. Ref. N380.A7
Auboyer, Jeaqnnine, and Michel Beurdeley, Jean Boisselier, et al. Oriental Art: A Handbook of Styles and Forms. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. , 1980. Ref. N7260.G6713 1980
Hansford, S. Howard. A Glossary of Chinese Art and Archaeology. London: The China Society, 1972. Ref. N7340.H3 1972
Igoe, Lynn. 250 Years of Afro-American Art: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Bowker, 1981. Ref. N6538.N5 I38
Joly, Henri L. Legend in Japanese Art: a description of historical episodes, legendary characters, folk-lore, myths, religious symbolism illustrated in the arts of old Japan. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1967. Ref. N7350.J75 1976
Medley, Margaret. A Handbook of Chinese Art for Collectors and Students. New York: Horizon Press Publishers, 1964. Ref. N7340.M4 1965
The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture. Edited by Sylvia Kleinert and Margo Neale. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. Ref. N7401.O96 2000
Race-ing Art History: critical readings in race and art history. Edited by Kymberly N. Pinder. New York: Routledge, 2002. Wilson 6 N5303 .R27 2002
Roberts, Laurance P. A dictionary of Japanese Artists: painting, sculpture, ceramics, prints, lacquer. New York: Weatherhill, 1976. Ref. N7358.R6
St. James Guide to Black Artists. Edited by Thomas Riggs. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997. Ref. N40 .S78 1997
Tsuda, Noritake. Handbook of Japanese Art. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1976. Ref. N7530.T73 1976
Selected Reference Works in Cultural Anthropology:
Burger, Julian. The Gaia Atlas of First Peoples: A Future for the Indigenous World. Gaia Books Ltd, 1990. Ref. GN380.B85 1990
Cashmore, Ernest. Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations. New York: Routledge, 1984. Ref. DA125.A1.C35 1984
Kibbee, Josephine Z. Cultural Anthropology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. Englewood, Colo., Libraries Unlimited, 1991. Ref. GN42.K53 1991
Edward Curtis' North American Indian
Encyclopedia of Asian History. 4 vols. Edited by Ainslee T. Embree. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Ref. DS31 .E53 1988
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. 4 vols. Ed. by David Levinson & Melvin Ember. New York: Henry Holt, 1996. Ref. GN307.E52 1996
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. 6 vols. Edited by David Levinson, Karen Christensen, et al. New York: Thomson Gale, 2002. Ref. DSE53 2002
Encyclopedia of World Cultures. 10 vols. David Levinson, ed. in chief. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991. Ref. GN 550.E53 1991
Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. 9 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha Inc., 1983. Ref. DS805 +K633 1983
LaFleur, Robert André, Warren Palmer, et al. China: A Global Studies Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2003. Ref. DS706.C4893 2003
Levinson, David. Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook. Phoenix, Ariz : Oryx Press, 1998. Ref. GN325 .L46 1998
Modern China: An Encylopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Ke-wen Wang, editor. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998. Ref. DS755.2.M63 1998
Papinot, E. Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. 2 vols. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1910, reprinted 1968. Ref. DS833.P3 1968.
Perkins, Dorothy. Encyclopedia of China: the essential reference to China, its history and culture. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1999. Ref. DS705.P47 1999
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. Timothy L. Gall, editor. Detroit : Gale, 1998. Ref. GN333 .W67 1998 4 vols.
Selected Databases:
Art Index online 1984- .
Art Index provides international indexing for contemporary art, art history, architecture,
archaeology, computers in art, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design,
landscape architecture, motion pictures, museology, photography, textiles, and related fields.
Coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as a
selection of periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and
Swedish. Reproductions of works of art appearing in periodicals are also indexed.
Print Index
(1929-1994) located in Periodicals Wilson 1E N1.A59.
ARTstor
ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of
art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to
view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.
BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art
The Bibliography of the History
of Art covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present,
indexing and abstracting art-related books, conference proceedings and
dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than
2,500 periodicals. Updated quarterly.
Oxford Art Online
Includes full-text of Grove Art Online with linked images, The
Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Databases for broader topics: History, Anthropology
America: History and Life (1964 - ) is a bibliographic database indexing scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. The scope includes citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, as well as book and media reviews. It also often cites primary sources within the abstract, including personal journals, letters, memoirs, etc.
Anthropology Plus
Anthropology Plus combines
Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index
from the Royal Anthropological Institute (UK), providing international indexing
of journal articles, reports, commentaries, and edited works from the fields of
social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology,
archaeology, material culture, folklore and interdisciplinary studies.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Provides full-text access to
global, interdisciplinary information on women, located within journals,
newsletters, and research reports from non-profit, governmental, and
international agencies.
EBSCO - Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database,
with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600
peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing
and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals and a total of more than 10,000
publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The
database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of
full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
Ethnic NewsWatch
A full-text collection of the
newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Searchable in English or Spanish.
Global NewsBank
News articles covering
politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology and the environment
from Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and
South America, and the Middle East. All articles are in English and are from
over 1000 translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, wire services,
newspapers, magazines and government documents."
JSTOR
Digitized complete full-text
backfiles of core scholarly journals across the disciplines.
Primary Sources:
Primary Sources: American & British Magazines & Newspapers from the 1800's to
the Early 1900's
Includes indexes to primary sources, newspapers and magazines,
databases, and microform collections at the WWU Libraries.
Life / Wilson 1West Oversize AP2.L54715
New York Times help guide / Wilson 2W - Microfilm AN2 .N44 1857-
Times (London)(1785- ) help guide / Wilson 2W - Microfilm AN4 .T54
Children's Literature / Wilson 4E
Newspapers Before 1900; a guide to the WWU Library's
Microform holdings
Newspapers 1900 +: a guide to the WWU Library's Microform holdings
Pacific
Studies WWW Virtual Library
Helpful Sites:
Berkeley Primary Sources Website
Evaluating Internet Resources: A Checklist
Quick Reference Guide to the Chicago Manual of Style
Page created:
09.01.04 Updated: 10.02.08
Margaret Fast,
Librarian for Art,
WWU Libraries
Assisted by R. Adcox