Visual arts
what are these?
Databases
Art Index
Covers more than 500 art publications from around the world. Full-text of articles from nearly 200 journals as far back as 1997. Over 100,000 images are available through the Art Museum Image Gallery.
Academic Search Premier
An interdisciplinary database that provides full text articles. ASP includes and indexes 122 art journals with full text available for many of these art journals.
JSTOR Arts and Sciences III Collection
The Arts & Sciences III Collection includes journals in language and literature, as well as important titles in the fields of music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.
Masterfile Premier
Access to information on a broad range of topics including general interest, business, health, and multicultural. Designed specifically for public libraries, it provides indexing/abstracting for over 2,600 journals/magazines, with full text for 1,749. The database also includes over 96,600 full-text biographies, approximately 130,250 full-text primary source documents, and 495 full-text reference books.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
Access the content of more than 100 Oxford reference books online with a single search. Includes the Oxford art and architecture dictionaries and a timeline.
Web resources
GFU Art History Research Tutorial
A brief research guide made especially for the Baroque and Rococo class.
Art History Resources on the Web
A very comprehensive gateway to art history resources on the Internet. Well organized and easy to navigate.
Timeline of Art History
An excellent site from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Superb text supported by images of pieces in the museum's collection.
Web Gallery of Art
This site provides easily available digital reproductions of 8500 paintings and sculptures from 1150-1800. Also included are 13 "Tours" on topics such as basic introductions to Italian painters to specialized topics like the Sistine Chapel. A companion website gives information on more recent Hungarian artists to the mid 20th century. Easy to search and navigate.
Web Museum Network
Includes a compendium of artists' biographies with numerous examples of their work
Includes more than 3,000 categorized art resources
Dictionaries
General
International dictionary of art and artists
The Prestel dictionary of art and artists of the 20th century
Oxford dictionary of art (e-book)
Graphic Design
The Thames & Hudson dictionary of graphic design and designers
Graphic artists guild handbook : pricing & ethical guidelines
The designer's lexicon : the illustrated dictionary of design, printing, and computer terms
Professional organizations
General
College Art Association (CAA - for post secondary art educators)
National Art Education Association (NAEA - any art educator)
Ceramics
National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
Oregon Potters Association (OPA)
Graphic design
Finding books
By subject search
Below are some links to various subject searches in the catalog that apply to your area of study. The subject search is a specific and helpful way to find materials about your area of interest. Explore these or try some of your own subject searches using the “Subject” tab in Foxtrax. For more information on “power searching” by subject, ask your reference librarian.
By call number
If you want to browse for books in the library, use the call numbers below to find the subject areas that are of interest to you. You can use them to browse the reference section or the main stacks. The Library of Congress website may have a more detailed outline of call numbers for your subject area.
| CLASS N - FINE ARTS | |
| Subclass N | |
| N1-(9211) | Visual arts |
| N1-58 | General |
| N61-72 | Theory. Philosophy. Aesthetics of the visual arts |
| N81-390 | Study and teaching. Research |
| N400-3990 | Art museums, galleries, etc. |
| N4390-5098 | Exhibitions |
| N5198-5299 | Private collections and collectors |
| N5300-7418 | History |
| N7420-7525.8 | General works |
| N7560-8266 | Special subjects of art |
| N8350-8356 | Art as a profession. Artists |
| N8510-8553 | Art studios, materials, etc. |
| N8554-8585 | Examination and conservation of works of art |
| N8600-8675 | Economics of art |
| N8700-9165 | Art and the state. Public art |
| Subclass NA | |
| NA1-9428 | Architecture |
| NA1-60 | General |
| NA100-130 | Architecture and the state |
| NA190-1555.5 | History |
| NA1995 | Architecture as a profession |
| NA2000-2320 | Study and teaching. Research |
| NA2335-2360 | Competitions |
| NA2400-2460 | Museums. Exhibitions |
| NA2500-2599 | General works |
| NA 2599.5-2599.9 | Architectural criticism |
| NA2695-2793 | Architectural drawing and design |
| NA2835-4050 | Details and decoration |
| NA4100-8480 | Special classes of buildings |
| NA4100-4145 | Classed by material |
| NA4150-4160 | Classed by form |
| NA4170-8480 | Classed by use |
| NA4170-(7020) | Public buildings |
| NA4590-5621 | Religious architecture |
| NA7100-7884 | Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings |
| NA7910-8125 | Clubhouses, guild houses, etc. |
| NA8200-8260 | Farm architecture |
| NA8300-8480 | Outbuildings, gates, fences, etc. |
| NA9000-9428 | Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying |
| Subclass NB | |
| NB1-1952 | Sculpture |
| NB1-50 | General |
| NB60-1115 | History Including collective biography |
| NB1120-1133 | Study and teaching |
| NB1134-1134.4 | Competitions |
| NB1135-1150 | General works |
| NB1160-1195 | Designs and technique |
| NB1199-1200 | Restoration of sculptures |
| NB1203-1270 | Special materials |
| NB1272-1291 | Mobiles, color, sculpture gardens, etc. |
| NB1293-1895 | Special forms |
| NB1293-1310 | Portrait sculpture |
| NB1312-1313 | Equestrian statues |
| NB1330-1685 | Sculptural monuments |
| NB1750-1793 | Religious monuments and shrines |
| NB1800-1880 | Sepulchral monuments |
| NB1910-1952 | Special subjects |
| Subclass NC | |
| NC1-1940 | Drawing. Design. Illustration |
| NC1-45 | General |
| NC50-266 | History of drawing |
| NC390-670 | Study and teaching |
| NC673-677 | Competitions |
| NC703-725 | General works |
| NC730-758 | Technique |
| NC760-825 | Special subjects |
| NC845-915 | Graphic art materials |
| NC930 | Conservation and restoration of drawings |
| NC950-(996) | Illustration |
| NC997-1003 | Commercial art. Advertising art |
| NC1280-1284 | Printed ephemera. Imagerie populaire |
| NC1300-1766 | Pictorial humor, caricature, etc. |
| NC1800-1850 | Posters |
| NC1860-1896 | Greeting cards, postcards, invitations, book jackets, etc. |
| NC1920-1940 | Copying, enlarging, and reduction of drawings |
| Subclass ND | |
| ND25-3416 | Painting |
| ND25-(48) | General |
| ND49-813 | History |
| ND1115-1120 | Study and teaching |
| ND1130-1156 | General works |
| ND1288-1460 | Special subjects |
| ND1290-1293 | Human figure |
| ND1300-1337 | Portraits |
| ND1340-1367 | Landscape painting |
| ND1370-1375 | Marine painting |
| ND1380-1383 | Animals. Birds |
| ND1385-1388 | Sports. Hunting, fishing, etc. |
| ND1390-1393 | Still life |
| ND1400-1403 | Flowers. Fruit. Trees |
| ND1410-1460 | Other subjects |
| ND1470-1625 | Technique and materials |
| ND1630-1662 | Examination and conservation of paintings |
| ND1700-2495 | Watercolor painting |
| ND2550-2733 | Mural painting |
| ND2889-3416 | Illuminating of manuscripts and books |
| Subclass NE | |
| NE1-3002 | Print media |
| NE1-978 | Printmaking and engraving |
| NE1-90 | General |
| NE 218-(330) | Engraved portraits. Self-portraits |
| NE380 | Conservation and restoration of prints |
| NE390-395 | Collected works |
| NE400-773 | History of printmaking |
| NE830-898 | General works |
| NE951-962 | Special subjects |
| NE965-965.3 | Tradesmen's cards |
| NE970-973 | Study and teaching |
| NE975-975.4 | Competitions |
| NE977-978 | Equipment |
| NE1000-1352 | Wood engraving |
| NE1000-1027 | General |
| NE1030-1196.3 | History |
| NE1220-1233 | General works |
| NE1310-1326.5 | Japanese prints |
| NE1330-1336 | Linoleum block prints |
| NE1340 | Fish prints |
| NE1344-1345 | Potato prints |
| NE1350-1352 | Other materials used in relief printing |
| NE1400-1879 | Metal engraving |
| NE1400-1422 | General |
| NE1620-1630 | General works |
| NE1634-1749 | History |
| NE1750-1775 | Copper engraving |
| NE1850-1879 | Color prints |
| NE1940-2232.5 | Etching and aquatint |
| NE1940-1975 | General |
| NE1980-2055.5 | History |
| NE2120-2140 | General works |
| NE2141-2149 | Special subjects |
| NE2220-2225 | Dry point |
| NE2236-2240.6 | Serigraphy |
| NE2242-2246 | Monotype (Printmaking) |
| NE2250-2570 | Lithography |
| NE2685-2685.8 | Lumiprints |
| NE2690 | Engraving on glass |
| NE2800-2880 | Printing of engravings |
| NE3000-3002 | Copying art. Copying machine art |
| Subclass NX | |
| NX1-820 | Arts in general |
| NX1-260 | General |
| NX280-410 | Study and teaching. Research |
| NX411-415 | Competitions |
| NX420-430 | Exhibitions |
| NX440-632 | History of the arts |
| NX650-694 | Special subjects, characters, persons, religious arts, etc. |
| NX700-750 | Patronage of the arts |
| NX760-770 | Administration of the arts |
| NX775-777 | Voluntarism in the arts |
| NX798-820 | Arts centers and facilities |
| CLASS T - TECHNOLOGY | |
| Subclass TR | |
| TR1-1050 | Photography |
| TR250-265 | Cameras |
| TR287-500 | Photographic processing. Darkroom technique |
| TR504-508 | Transparencies. Diapositives |
| TR510-545 | Color photography |
| TR550-581 | Studio and laboratory |
| TR590-620 | Lighting |
| TR624-835 | Applied photography Including artistic, commercial, medical photography, photocopying processes |
| TR845-899 | Cinematography. Motion pictures |
| TR925-1050 | Photomechanical processes |
Customized search engine
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