Catalogs
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- WorldCat Identify items not held by the University of Chicago and place Interlibrary Loan requests by using the FindIt button.
Related Library Guides
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Guides
- Artspeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords, 1945 to the PresentArtspeak includes more than 115 entries explain the who, what, when, and where of art since 1945. Entries discuss specific art movements, concepts, as well as describing various media and approaches to art-making.
Not online - Twentieth-century Artists on Art: An Index to Artists' Writings, Statements, and InterviewsAn international index to artists' writings covering 5,000 artists
Not online - Oxford Art Online The best modern encyclopedia of world art, searchable by concepts as well as by artists' and architects' names. The bibliographies are a worthwhile starting point for further research. Also search the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics from within this interface.
- Oxford Reference Online--Art & Architecture Full-text version of Dictionary of Art Terms, and several other reference books.
- Dictionary of Art HistoriansFrom Duke University, a guide to the writings, methodologies and backgrounds of leading art historians.
Biographical Sources
For background information on collectors, artists and sitters.
- World Biographical Information System (WBIS)Comprehensive biographical database.
- Benezit's Dictionary of ArtistsThe new English-language edition of the 14-volume set.
Not online - Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Onlinecoming soon
Subject Specialist |
 Nancy Spiegel Contact Info Bibliographer for Art and Cinema Bibliographer for History Regenstein Library Room 463 773-702-5193 Send Email Links: Profile & Guides |
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