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Art Periodical Indexes and Abstracts

  • Art Abstracts (1984- ) and Art Index Retrospective (1929-1984)
    Indexes the major visual arts periodicals. Art Index Retrospective covers the years 1929-1984; Art Abstracts 1984 to present, with abstracts beginning in 1995. Search both at once by clicking the appropriate boxes at the top of the search page.
  • Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) (1990- ), International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA) (1975-1989), and Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie (RAA) (1973-1989). Bilingual bibliographic database on the history of post-classical Western art including: fine arts; decorative and applied arts; industrial design and architecture; popular and folk art; and material culture.
  • ARTbibliographies modern (ABM) (1999- )
    ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, PhD dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. ABM covers art from the late nineteenth century to the present, with entries dating back to the late 1960's.
  • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
    Indexes more than 1,000 periodicals on architecture, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, with coverage beginning in 1934
  • Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts
    Abstracts 400 leading journals relevant to the international conservation field and heritage management
    Other Art Databases

  • Camio (trial basis until August 2008)
    CAMIO (Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) presents high-quality digital images, text and multimedia to document works of art from around the world. Contains about 90,000 artworks from the collections of prominent museums. A wide range of media are included: painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and the decorative arts.
  • Grove Art Online
    Over 45,000 signed articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day. Covers both the fine arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) and the decorative arts (ceramics, textiles, jewellery, interior design, furniture, glass, metalwork, and more). Includes bibliographical citations, art images, and links to images on other art sites.
  • Index of Christian Art
    An index to artworks produced in the western world from late antiquity up to A.D. 1400. Includes over 20,000 work of art records with images in color and black/white, representing a wide range of media.
  • Rhizome.org
    An online platform for the global new media art community. Programs support the creation, presentation, discussion and preservation of contemporary art that uses new technologies in significant ways.

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