Books About Image Research
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Basic Guides
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How to Research an Art Work (PDF) -- By the New York
Public Library.
Detailed guide includes search strategies, dictionaries, art histories, and appropriate catalog search terms. (Be sure to look up any books in HOMER, as the call numbers in this guide are for NYPL, not UConn.) - Art Research Guides at UConn (PDF) -- These list basic starting points.
Art & Architecture, Modern
Art Criticism, Contemporary
Art Reference Sources
Landscape Architecture Research (Selected Sources)
Latin American Art (Selected Sources)
Prints and Printmakers (Selected Resources)
Subject Resources for Art & Art History (UConn) — Web page about art resources.
Visual Images on the Web
Books about Image Research
These books (located in the Art & Design Library, in the Babbidge Library) teach you how to do image research, or point you to new resources, such as art indexes or Web sites.
Note: Art Ref = Art & Design Library Reference collection
- Evans, Hilary. The Picture Researcher's Handbook: An International Guide to Picture Sources and How to Use Them. Art Ref N 4000 E8 1996
- Heck, Thomas F. Picturing Performance: The Iconography of the Performing Arts in Concept and Practice. Music Lib N 8217 E55 H43 1999
- Chapter 5 lists "Selected Iconographic Research Resources," listing important pictorial research collections (museums, libraries, print rooms, and picture agencies) relevant to theater and music research.
- Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. Art Ref N 85 J64 1990
- Photographers: A Sourcebook for Historical Research. Art Ref TR 15 P477 2000
- Picture Librarianship. Art Ref Z 717 P52 1981
- Picture Sources 3: Collections of Prints & Photographs in the U.S. & Canada. Art Ref N 4000 S7 1975
- Schultz, John. Picture Research: A Practical Guide. Art Ref TR 147 S38 1991
- Sources in Iconography...: An Annotated Bibliography (comp. Kathryn Jackson). Art Ref N 7560 B58 1997
- Lists resources focusing on specific aspects of art (e.g., images in religious art, music, a particular country, real or imaginary animals, etc.). Has a subject index.
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