• Renaissance Artists

    Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

    Humanities V Renaissance Artists Research Guide


    Reference Books

    The list below identifies Reference Books recommended for those beginning the Humanities V Renaissance Art research paper.  You may find other useful Reference materials during your research process.

    The Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art REF 704.9 C23
    Encyclopedia Britannica REF 032 En2
    Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography REF 704.9 R54
    Encyclopedia of the Renaissance REF 940.2 G86
    Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages REF 909 St8
    Encyclopedia of women in religious art 704.9424 AP4W
    Encyclopedia of World Biography REF 920 M17
    The Grove Dictionary of Art REF 703 G91
    International Dictionary of Art and Artists REF 703
    World Book Encyclopedia REF 031 W89

    The Library also subscribes to online versions of: Encyclopedia Britannica (Britannica Online), Oxford Art Online (which contains the Grove Dictionary of Art and three additional texts published by Oxford U. Press). Click HERE to utilize these online resources and to see the full list of online databases available.

    Other Books

    Try the following terms as subject searches in the Library’s online catalog. If your subject search reveals books located in the Fine Arts room or in the stacks, you should be able to check them out. Also consider browsing the items placed on reserve at the circulation desk for this assignment.

    • Renaissance Art
    • Renaissance Art, Italy
    • Michelangelo (or Raphael, or Titian, or Leonardo etc.)
    • Titian, Criticism and Interpretation (or Raphael, or Michelangelo, or Leonardo etc.)
    • Artists, Italy, Biography
    • Painters, Italy, Biography
    • Art History

    Databases

    The Library subscribes to several online databases that may be useful for your research project. Click HERE and select the appropriate database from the Database list. The following databases are recommended for the Renaissance Artist project:

    • Oxford Art Online – Use this database to search the full-text of The Grove Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms and image files.
    • ProQuest Direct – Use this database to locate journal, magazine and newspaper articles printed within the last 25 years.
    • JSTOR – Use this database to locate scholarly journal articles printed within the last 100+ years.
    • ARTStor – Use this database to locate images.
      • ARTstor Tip:  After opening an image, use the magnifying glass tool to enlarge any given section of an image.  To save the enlargement detail, click on the floppy disc icon and save as a jpg.

    Download a PDF version of this research guide by clicking HERE.

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