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Research Help : Subject Guides : Fine Arts
Reference Books
| Title | Call Number |
| A guide to ancient Greek drama | PA 3131 .S83 2005 |
| Anthology of living theater | PN 6112 .A58 1998 |
| Art : a history of painting, sculpture, and architecture | N 5300 .H28 1976 |
| Art in Renaissance Italy | WO 142 .P7 2006 REF |
| Baker's dictionary of music | ML 100 .S635 1997 REF |
| Film writing and selected journalism | PS 3501 .G35 A6 2005 |
| Gardner's art through the ages | N 5300 .G25 1996 |
| History of modern art : painting, sculpture, architecture, photography | N 6490 .A713 1986 RES |
| New Dictionary of the History of Ideas | CB 5 .D5 2005 |
| The A-Z of art : the world's greatest and most popular artists and their works | N 40 .H63 1996 |
| The Cambridge companion to Greek tragedy | PA 3131 .C29 1997 |
| The encyclopedia of the musical theatre | ML 102 M88 .G368 2001 REF |
| The world of music | MT 6 W533 .W7 1999 |
| Western architecture : from Ancient Greece to the present | NA 200 .S93 1999 |
| Why a painting is like a pizza: a guide to understanding and enjoying modern art | N 6490 .H42 2002 |
| World music: a global journey | |
To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.
E-Books
| Title | Description |
| Art and Architecture Thesaurus | Created by the Getty, this structured vocabulary includes more than 133,000 terms, descriptions, bibliographic citations, and other information relating to fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture. |
| ArtLex: Visual Arts Dictionary | A cross-referenced guide to the terminology of the visual arts |
| Arts and Humanities Through the Eras | This searchable, full-text 5 volume set profiles milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music, and religion from specific periods. An overview of each period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume. |
| Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture | Medieval art and architecture terms compiled by Jane Vadnal of the University of Pittsburg. Includes supporting images and cross references. |
| netLibrary | A comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks)including such books as, Out of Sight : The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895, Writing About Visual Art. |
| New Dictionary of the History of Ideas | Full text six volume set providing over 700 articles focused on the ideas that make up Western culture, including entries on feminism and antifeminism, and nongender topics like diversity and social capital. Each entry explores origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes. |
| Oxford Reference Online | A cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes such books as, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Oxford Dictionary of Art, A Dictionary of Architecture, The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theater, and The Oxford Companion to Music. |
To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.
To find more books search WebCat the online catalog of print resources in the collections of ACP and AMC.
Research Databases
| Title | Description |
| Academic Search Elite | Full text of nearly 1,850 scholarly journals in a wide variety of academic subject areas. |
| American Film Scripts Online (Alexander Street Press) | Searchable full-text database of American feature film film screenplays (1903-2002) |
| Asian American Drama (Alexander Street Press) | Database contains the full text of 186 plays by 35 playwrights from the 19th-21st centuries. |
| Black Drama - 1850 to Present (Alexander Street Press) | A collection of Black drama from Africa, North America, the Caribbean, and other African Diaspora countries. |
| CaDiLaC on-line * | Catalog of the Capital District Library Council's member library holdings. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica Online | Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | This database includes encyclopedias and specialized reference sources in history and fine arts, including the full text of the multi-volume, New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, Arts and Humanities through the Eras, and the American Civil War Reference Library. |
| Naxos Music Library | Comprehensive collection of Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. |
| Oxford Art Online | Includes over 45,000 articles on art, architecture, photography, and sculpture as well as links to over 40,000 images from museum and gallery websites all over the world. |
| Oxford Reference Online | A cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes a wide range of dictionaries and the Oxford Companion series. |
WWW Resources
| Title | Description |
| American Museum of Photography | Virtual museum dedicated to educating, informing, and sharing photographs. Site includes over 5,000 images. |
| Art History | From BUBL LINK Catalogue of selected Internet resources |
| Art History Resources on the Web | Provides a gateway to resources on art history from ancient times to the present day. |
| History of Art Virtual Library | Comprehensive general art history site. Includes conference information, and links to university art history departments, online teaching resources, research tools, and libraries. |
| Literature, Arts, & Medicine Database | An annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video and art created and maintained by New York University School of Medicine. |
| Mother of All Art History Resources | An annotated collection of links to art history sites compiled by the Department of the History of Art at the University of Michigan. |
| Visual Collections | Visual Collections is a new digital image collection portal that includes more than 300,000 works from museums, universities and private collections throughout the world sponsored by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates |
| Title | Description |
| American Music Resource | A multi-dimensional source of reference information about all styles of music indigenous to the Western Hemisphere. |
| Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music | Searchable collection of digital images of all the existing fragments of medieval music |
| Ethnomusicology Online | Includes on-line journal, some reviews and selected links |
| Musicals.net | Includes songlist, lyrics, synopses, and discussions on dozens of musicals as well as current news from Playbill On-line. |
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