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This "quick" list provides a glimpse of suggested reference works and web sites that can used to begin art research at Carnegie Mellon. Arts reference works in book form are physically separated from the circulating collections and located mainly in the Arts Reference Desk area on the 4th floor of Hunt Library (HUNT FA-REF-4) so that the art researcher can gain quick access to basic information on a particular topic.

Reference resources are commonly used to:

• identify an artist or topic
• get an overview of an artist or topic
• focus a broad topic
• formulate keywords and concepts for database searching
• find definitions of key words and concepts
• locate visual images
• learn about more in-depth resources on a topic
  
  

  Art Theory and Criticism
  Artist Biographies
  Dictionaries
  Encyclopedias
  International Exhibition Catalogs - Contemporary Art
  Museum Catalogs - Pittsburgh
  Surveys
  Surveys - 20th Century
  Surveys - Post-1945
  Timelines

Art Theory and Criticism

Alberro, Alexander and Stimson, Blake, eds. Conceptual Art : A Critical Anthology. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999.
FA-REF-4 N6494 .C63 C597 1999

Bicket, Douglas (University of Washington). k.i.s.s. of the Panopticon: Cultural Theory and New Media.
A personal and humorous web guide dedicated to making the language and the people of cultural theory intelligible. Learn how to pronounce Walter Benjamin's last name, find out "Why Does Cultural Theory Sometimes Suck?" and much more.

Gayford, Martin and Wright, Karen, eds. The Grove Book of Art Writing: Brilliant Writing on Art from Pliny the Elder to Damien Hirst. New York: Grove Press, 1998.
FA-REF-4 N7443 .G727 2000

Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul, eds. Art in Theory, 1900-1990. Oxford and Cambridge: Blackwell, 1993.

Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul, eds. Art in Theory, 1900-2000. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003
FA-REF-4 N6490 .A7167 1993

Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul eds. Art in Theory, 1815-1900: An Anthology of Changing Ideas. Oxford, UK; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1998.
FA-REF-4 N6450 .A779 1998

Hypermedia Research Centre: Theory Pages (School of Communication and Creative Industries at Westminster University)
Founded in 1995 forays in the fields of Interactive Music, Digital Economy and Open Source software development. Includes the ANTI-rom artists' statement, a critique on the mediocrity of contemporary multimedia; and the HRC manifesto.

Kelly, Michael, ed. Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
REF-1 BH56 .E53 1998 Volumes 1-4

Murray, Chris, ed. Key Writers on Art: The Twentieth Century. London and New York; Routledge, 2003.
FA-REF-4 N7475 .K49 2003

Naylor, Colin, ed. Contemporary Masterworks. Chicago : St. James Press, 1991.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .C65675 1991

Nelson, Robert S. and Richard Schiff. Critical Terms for Art History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
FA-REF-4 N34 .C75 2003

Prosyniuk, Joann et.al., ed. Modern Arts Criticism: a Biographical and Critical Guide to Painters, Sculptors, Photographers and Architects from the Beginning of the Modern Era to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991.
FA-REF-4 N6489 .M63 1991 3 Volumes.

Roberts, Helene E., ed. Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in Works of Art. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
FA-REF-4 N7565 .E53 1998

Robinson, Hilary, ed. Feminism-Art-Theory: An Anthology 1968-2000. Oxford, England and Malden, Massachusettes: Blackwell Publishers, 2001.
FA-REF-4 N72 .F45 F442 2001

Seigel, Judy. Mutiny and the Mainstream: Talk That Changed Art, 1975-1990. New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 1992.
FA-REF N6512 .M88

Routledge encyclopedia of Philosophy (Online) (accessible to Carnegie Mellon users)
also in print:
Craig, Edward, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London; New York: Routledge, 1998.
REF-1 B51 .R68 1998 Volumes 1-10

Stiles, Kristine and Selz, Peter, ed. Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: a Sourcebook of Artists' Writings. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .T492 1996

Barasch, Moshe. Theories of Art. New York and London: Routledge, 2001. Published by arrangement with New York University Press, c1985.
FA-REF-4 N70 .B2 2000
Volume 1: From Plato to Winckelmann; Vol 2: From Winckelmann to Baudelaire; Vol. 3: From Impressionism to Kandinsky.

Chipp, Herschel B., comp. Theories of Modern Art: a Source Book by Artists and Critics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968.
FA-REF-4 N6450 .C62

Robertson, Jack S. Twentieth-Century Artists on Art: an Index to Writings, Statements, and Interviews by Artists, Architects, and Designers. Second enlarged edition. New York : G.K. Hall ; London : Prentice Hall International, 1996.
FA-REF-4 NX456 .R59 1996

Robertson, Jack. Twentieth-Century Artists on Art : an Index to Artists' Writings, Statements, and Interviews. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1985.
FA-REF-4 NX456 .R59 1985




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Artist Biographies

McNeil, Barbara, ed. Artist Biographies Master Index. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1986.
FA-REF-4 N40 .A78 1986

Electronic Arts Intermix and Zippay, Lori, ed. Artists Video: An International Guide. New York: Cross River Press, 1991.
FA-REF-4 N6494 .V53 A78 1991

Watson-Jones, Virginia. Contemporary American Women Sculptors. Phoenix: Oryx, 1986.
FA-REF-4 NB212 .W37 1985

Emanuel, Muriel, et.al. Contemporary Architects. New York: St. James Press, 1994.
FA-REF-4 NA680 .C625 1994

Pendergast, Sara and Pendergast,Tom, eds. Contemporary Artists. Chicago: St. James Press, 2002.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .C6567 2002, 2 Vols.
Previous editions by various editors are shelved next to this current edition.

Pendergast, Sara. Contemporary Designers. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997.
FA-REF-4 NK1390 .C655 1997

Evans, Martin Marix ed., et.al. Contemporary Photographers. New York: St. James Press, 1995.
FA-REF-4 TR139 .C664 1995

Gaze, Delia, ed. Dictionary of Women Artists. London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.
FA-REF-4 N8354 .D53 1997

Riggs, Thomas,ed.St. St. James Guide to Black Artists. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997
FA-REF-4 N40 .S78 1997

Sitsky, Larry, ed. Music of the Twentieth Century Avant Garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook. Westport, Conn. and London: Greenwood Press, 2002.
FA-REF-4 ML390 .M9574 2002

the-artists.org
Major 20th-21st century artists biographies and photo portraits, selected images of artists works. Also includes images and links via art movements or medium. Site began in 1998, based in the Netherlands and is hosted at Hostmysite.com in the United States. Partners with the for-profit sector, so expect promos and advertisements that may not be related to your search. Artists and galleries can also pay to be listed.

Who Was Who in American Art. (Peter Hastings Falk, et.al., ed.) Madison, Conn. : Sound View Press, 1999.
FA-REF-4 N6536 .W56 1999 3 Vols.

Who Was Who in American Art. (Peter Hastings Falk,ed.) Madison, Conn. : Sound View Press, 1985.
FA-REF-4 N6512 .F26 1985

Who's Who in American Art. New York: R.R. Bowker. Annual.
FA-REF-4 N6536 .W5

Who's Who in Art. London: The Art Trade Press, Ltd. Annual.
FA-REF-4 N40 .W6

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Dictionaries

Atkins, Robert. ArtSpeak: a Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the present. New York: Abbeville, 1997.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .A87 1997

Atkins, Robert. ArtSpoke: a Guide to Modern Ideas, Movements and Buzzwords, 1848-1944. New York: Abbeville, 1993.
FA-REF-4 N6447 .A85 1993

Nelson, Robert S. and Richard Schiff. Critical Terms for Art History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
FA-REF-4 N34 .C75 2003

Cotton, Bob. Cyberspace Lexicon: an Illustrated Dictionary of Terms from Multimedia to Virtual Reality. London: Phaidon, 1994.
FA-REF-4 QA76.15 .C675 1994

Biederman, Hans. Dictionary of Symbolism. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
FA-REF-4 AZ108 .B5313 1992

Kostelanetz, Richard. Dictionary of the Avant Gardes. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2000.
FA-REF-4 NX456 .K67 2000
Expanded from the 1993 edition. Describes path-forging ideas, people, places and movements of the 20th century in the visual and performing arts. Each entry includes a bibliography or other works in various media. Some entries include web sites.

Moore, Frank Ledlie. Dictionary of the Performing Arts. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1999.
FA-REF-4 PN1579 .M66 1999

Walker, John A. Glossary of Art, Architecture and Design since 1945. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1992.
FA-REF-4 N34 .W34 1992

Browne, Steven E. Film-Video Terms and Concepts. Boston: Focal Press, 1992.
FA-REF-4 TR847 .B76 1992

Hall, James. Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art.. New York: Icon Editions, 1994.
FA-REF-4 N7740 .H53 1994

McAlister, Michael. Language of Visual Effects. (Cinematography). Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Co., 1993.
FA-REF-4 TR858 .M325 1992

Corbeil, Jean-Claude, et.al. Macmillan Visual Dictionary. New York: MacMillan Maxwell and Macmillan Intl., 1992.
FA-REF-4 PE1629 .C64 1992

Mora, Gilles. Photospeak: a Guide to Ideas, Movements and Techniques of Photography, 1839 to the Present. New York: Abbeville, 1998.
FA-REF-4 TR15 .M63 1998

Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms ONLINE (accessible to Carnegie Mellon users)
also in print:
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1984; 2004
FA-REF-4 N33 .L75

Werness, Hope B. The Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art: Worldview, Symbolism, and Culture in Arica, Oceania, and Native North America. New York; London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000.
FA-REF-4 E98 .A7 W49 2000

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Encyclopedias

Artcylopedia (John Malyon, Alberta, Canada)
Free-web encyclopedia of thousands of links to artists and their work with introductory biographies for each artist.
Includes a glossary and handy gateway to museum links worldwide.

Dictionary of Art. New York: Grove, 1996
FA-REF-4 N31 .D5 1996 (34 volumes)
Online version continually revised and expanded and available to Carnegie Mellon users: Grove Dictionary of Art

Kelly, Michael, ed. Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
HUNT REF-1 and FA-REF-4 Volumes 1-4
BH56 .E53 1998

Bostrom, Antonia, ed. The Encyclopedia of Sculpture. New York : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.
FA-REF-4 NB198 .E53 2004 (3 volumes)

Encyclopedia of World Art. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959.
FA-REF-4 N31 .E4833 (17 volumes)

Myers, Bernard S., ed. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1969.
FA-REF-4 N33 .M23 (5 volumes)

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International Exhibition Catalogs - Contemporary Art

Major Exhibition Catalogs

Carnegie International. Pittsburgh: Museum of Art.
HUNT-FA-REF 759.91 C28AA and other locations (check the library catalog)

Biennale di Venezia.
HUNT FA-REF NX430 .I82 V453A and other locations (check the library catalog)

Documenta. Kassel, Germany. Triennial.
FA-REF-4 N6488 .G3 and other locations (check the library catalog)

Johannesburg Biennale. Johannesburg: Greater Johannesburg Transitional Metropolitan Council.
FA-REF-4 N6488 .S6 J643 1995

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial. New York: Whitney Museum.
FA-REF-4 N6512 .W532A and various locations (check library catalog)

Online resources to information on exhibition catalogs

Contemporary Artists Index (Gund Library, Cleveland Institute of Art)
A free-web cross-index to over 15,000 artists in group exhibitions acquired by the Gund Library since 1991. Search by artist, artists group, title of exhibition, museum/gallery name or print year. No images.

Worldwide Books
The leading U.S. distributor of world exhibition catalogs; free-web searchable database covering all periods of art history and contemporary art for exhibition catalogs, books with bibliographic descriptions.

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Museum Catalogs - Pittsburgh: Contemporary Art

Strazdas, Diana J. American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art. New York: Hudson Hills Press/The Museum.
FA-REF-4 N6505 .S87 1991

Mattress Factory: Installation and Performance, 1982-89. Pittsburgh: Mattress Factory, 1991.
FA-REF-4 N6512 .I56 M38 1991

Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute Collection Handbook. Pittsburgh: The Museum, 1985.
FA-REF-4 N710 .A58 1985

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Surveys

Janson, H.W. and Rosenblum, Robert. 19th Century Art. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. and New York: Prentice-Hall and Abrams, 1984.
FA-REF-4 N6425 .N4 R65 1984B

Patton, Sharon, F. African-American Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
FA-REF-4 N6538 .N5 P38 1998

Stokstad, Marilyn, et.al. Art History. New York: Abrams, 2nd edition, 2002.
FA-REF-4 N5300 .S923 2002;2005. Earlier editions in other locations (check library catalog)

Whitcomb, Chris. Art History Resources on the Web.
Text and images from pre-history to the present. Very extensive free-web resource.

Vaughan, William and Cachin, Francois. Arts of the 19th Century. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998, 1999. First published as L'art du XIXe Siecle, Editions Citadelles & Mazenod, Paris.
FA-REF-4 N6757 .V38 1999
Vol. 1: 1780-1850 Vol. 2: 1850-1905

Janson, H.W. History of Art. New York: Abrams, 1997.
FA-REF-4 N5300 .J3 1997

Visona, Monica Blackmun et.al. A History of Art in Africa. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
FA-REF-4 N7380 .H54 2001

Meggs, Phillip B. History of Graphic Design. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1998.
FA-REF-4 Z244.5 .M42 1991

Thompson, Kristin and Bordwell, David. Film History: an Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
FA-REF-4 PN1993.5 .A1 T45 1994

Bearden, Romare. History of African-American Artists from 1792 to the Present. New York: Pantheon Books, 1993.
FA-REF-4 N6538 .N5 B38 1993

Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World: an Introductory History. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.
FA-REF-4 NE400 .H79 1996

Feldman, Edmund Burke. Varieties of Visual Experience. New York: Abrams, 1992.
FA-REF-4 N71 .F42 1992B

Fine, Elsa Honig. Women and Art: a History of Women Painters and Sculptors from the Renaissance to the 20th Century. Montclair, N.J.: Allanheld & Schram, 1978.
FA-REF-4 N43 .F56

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Surveys - 20th Century

Joachimides, Christos M. and Rosenthal, Norman, ed. The Age of Art: Modernism in the 20th Century. Berlin: Zeitgeitst-Geselschaft E.V.; Ostfildern-Ruit: G. Hatje, 1997.
FA-REF-4 N6494 .M64 A34 1997

Joachimides, Christos M. and Rosenthal, Norman, ed. American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture, 1913-1993. Munich: Prestel; New York: Te Neues, 1993.
FA-REF-4 ND212 .A45 1993

Walther, Ingo F. Art of the 20th Century. Koln and New York: Taschen, 1998. (2 Vols.)
FA-REF-4 N6490 .A717 1998

Arnason, H. Harvard. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. New York: Abrams, 1998. 4th edition.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .A713 1998

Curtis, Penelope. Sculpture 1900-1945: After Rodin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
FA-REF-4 735 C98s
Sculpture in Europe and the United States.

Barnitz, Jacqueline. Twentieth Century Art of Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001.
FA-REF-4 N6502.5 .B36 2001

Powell, Richard J. Black Art: A Cultural History. London: Thames and Hudson, 2002.
FA-REF-4 N6538 .N5 P64 2002

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Surveys - Post-1945

Fineberg, Jonathan David. Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being. New York: Abrams, 1995; 2000
HUNT-FA-REF M6512.5 .M63 F56 2000 (earlier edition in circulating stacks- check library catalog)

Weintraub, Linda, et.al. Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society, 1970s-1990s. Litchfield, CT: Art Insights, 1996.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .W45 1996


Heartney, Eleanor. Art and Today. New York: Phaidon, 2008
FA-REF-4 N6490 .H42

Lucie-Smith, Edward. Art Today. London: Phaidon, 1995.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .L7783 1995X

Blurring the Boundaries: Installation Art 1969-1996.
San Diego: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997.
FA-REF-4 N6512.5 .I56 M87 1997

Taylor, Brandon. Contemporary Art Since 1970. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .T36523 2005

Bell, Doris L. Contemporary Art Trends: 1960-1980. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1981.
FA-REF-4 Z593.5 .B44

Tallman, Susan. The Contemporary Print from Pre-Pop to Postmodern. London: Thames and Hudson, 1996.
FA-REF-4 NE490 .T35 1996

Hall, Doug and Fifer, Sally Jo, ed. Illuminating Video: an Essential Guide to Video Art. New York: Aperture/ Bay Area Video Coalition, 1990.
FA-REF-4 N6494 .V53 I4 1990

Green, Rachel. Internet Art. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 2004.
FA-REF-4 N7433.8 .G73 2004

Rosen, Randy, curator. Making Their Mark: Women Move Into the Mainstream, 1970-1985. New York: Abbeville, 1989.
FA-REF-4 N6512 .M27 1988

Marcoci, Roxana, ed., et.al. New Art. New York: Abrams, 1997.
FA-REF-4 709.04 N53232

Causey, Andrew. Sculpture Since 1945. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
FA-REF-4 NB198 .C38 1998

Lander, Dan and Lexier, Micah, ed. Sound by Artists. Toronto: Art Metropole; Banff: Walter Phillips Gallery, 1990.
FA-REF-4 NX650 .S68 S68 1990

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Timelines

Art of our Century: the Chronicle of Western Art, 1900 to the present.. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1989.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .A8913 1989

Wilkins, David G. et.al. Art Past and Present. New York: Abrams, 1997.
FA-REF-4 N5300 .W64 1997

Steer, John. Atlas of Western Art History: Artists, Sites and Movements from Ancient Greece to the Modern Age. New York; Oxford: Facts on File, 1994.
FA-REF-4 G1046 .E64 S7 1994

Paxton, John. Calendar of Creative Man. New York: Facts on File, 1980.
FA-REF-4 NX447.5 .P38

The Chronicle of Cinema, 1895-1995. London: British Film Institute/David Robinson, 1994.
FA-REF-4 791.43 C557

Lucie-Smith, Edward. Cultural Calendar of the 20th Century. Oxford: Phaidon, 1979.
FA-REF-4 NX456 .L74

Roslin, Mair. Key Dates in Art History from 600 B.C. to the Present. Oxford: Phaidon; New York: Dutton, 1979.
FA-REF-4 N5300 .M26 1979

The New York Times Guide to the Arts of the 20th Century. Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2002.
FA-REF NX456 .N49 2002 (4 volumes)

Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Chronological, geographical, and thematic concentrating on the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art pre-history to the present. Begun in 2000; researched and written by the museum's curatorial, conservation, and education staff.

Ochoa, George. Timeline Book of the Arts. New York: Ballantine, 1995
FA-REF-4 NX447.5 .O28 1995

Brownstone, David and Franck, Irene. Timelines of the Arts and Literature. New York: Harper Collins Pub., 1994.
FA-REF NX447.5 .B76 1994

Smith, Edward-Lucie. Visual Arts in the 20th Century. New York: Abrams, 1997.
FA-REF-4 N6490 .L792 1997

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