Jesse Maack, CAS '21, sculpture outside Fields Center for the Visual Arts.
Using this Guide
Welcome to the guide for Professor Dann Disciglio's ART 112. Referring to the Art History research guide may also be helpful in some cases. If you have any questions, please ask Erica!
Starting Places for Research
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Grove Art Online This link opens in a new windowA searchable, regularly updated electronic version of Grove's Dictionary of Art, this is the key electronic reference source for visual art.
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Artstor This link opens in a new windowA digital library of more than 3 million images across a variety of subjects, contributed by museums, artist estates, and a variety of institutions. As of 2024, Artstor is hosted on the JSTOR platform.
Old School Starting Places
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Contemporary Artists
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This title, along with Contemporary Designers and Contemporary Photographers, has been awarded the honour of Outstanding Reference Source by the American Library Association. This volume contains biographical and bibliographical data, along with an extended critical essay on contemporary artists and their work.
Call Number: Reference ; N6490 .C6567 1996Publication Date: 1995 -
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
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A reference source for biographical information on women artists from Canada, Mexico, and the USA. The 1,500 entries cover those artists that were born before 1960, and who have worked in a wide range of arts from painting and sculpture to performance art.
Call Number: N6503 .N67 1995Publication Date: 1995
