Art History 494 Paris: Architecture & Urbanism
prepared by
Alan Michelson, Head
Architecture & Urban Planning Library
alanmich@u.washington.edu
AND
Anne Zald, Head
Map Collection & Cartographic Information Services
zald@u.washington.edu
Resources marked UW restricted can be accessed by UW-students, staff and faculty from off-campus - see Connecting From Home.
Jump Start Your Research
The sources listed below will be useful for most topics in this course. However, additional resources are listed at an
expanded resource page that will be helpful for topics addressing literature, cinema, medieval history, etc.
Find Books
- UW Libraries Catalog
- Find books available in any UW Library. Use the Search Summit button to find books available in college libraries in Washington & Oregon. Books unavailable at UW can be delivered in 3-5 days using the REQUEST ITEM link. Try one or more of these subject terms.
Names, Dates, Definitions
- Oxford Art Online UW restricted
- Contains articles on most aspects of the visual arts, from prehistoric times to the present. Includes an art image database, the Bridgeman Library
- Oxford Reference Online UW restricted
- See especially the sections on Art & Architecture, History, and Literature
Find Articles
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals UW restricted
- Indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture; covers material published 1934 to the present.
- Art Index Retrospective UW restricted
- Covers journals published 1929-1984.
- Art Abstracts UW restricted
- Covers journals published 1984-present.
- Bibliography of the History of Art UW restricted
- This database covers visual arts in all media including traditional fine arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture); decorative and applied arts; material culture; photography and contemporary new media; visual arts aspects of performing arts. BHA includes European art from late Antiquity to the present; American art from the European arrival to the present and Christian and European art in Africa, Asia, and Australia. BHA includes references to both print and electronic journal articles, monographs, collections of essays, conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogues. Bilingual in French and English. Articles published 1973 to present.
- RIBA UW restricted
- The Royal Institute of British Architects' British Architectural Library (RIBA Library) is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the United Kingdom for research and information on all aspects of architecture. Their website provides access to their online catalogue (which includes references to articles in 300 architectural periodicals held in the RIBA Library), links to web resources, etc.
- Historical Abstracts UW restricted
- Search articles from approximately 2000 journals, dissertations, and selected books of interest to historians of all world regions (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for the period 1450-present . Material published 1954-present.
- Film Literature Index
- Find film and television articles from hundreds of journals published around the world between 1976 and 2001.
- FIAF international filmarchive database UW restricted
- Contains: International index to film periodicals, International index to television periodicals, List of periodicals indexed; Treasures from the film archives, a directory of film and TV documentation collections, and a bibliography of FIAF members' publications.
- MLA International Bibliography UW restricted
- Find articles, dissertations, book chapters about to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore; includes coverage from 1963 to the present.
- Expanded Academic Index UW restricted
- Search articles in 1,500 scholarly journals and general interest magazines, covering all major fields of study in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology. Full text for articles in 700 of the publications are included in the database.
- Proquest Databases UW restricted
- Covers a broad selection of subject areas and is heavy on business and newspaper sources. To customize the selection of databases use the link to Select Multiple Databases - this will increase the relevance of search results.
Web Sites
Image Databases
- Cities & Buildings Database
- Developed by Meredith Clausen.
- UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library Image Sources for the Built Environment
- Probably the best for Architecture.
- University of Delaware Library Links to Digital Image Collections
- Has links to image collections in the fine arts and other topics
- The Bluffton College Digital Image Project
- Excellent for architecture
French Architecture
- Catholic Encyclopedia
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- Collection of French architecture and topography documents
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- Medieval Architecture in France
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- French 19th Century Architecture
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- French Architecture
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- Archiseek
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- Le Cite de l'architecture et du patromaine
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French History
- French History Timeline
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- French Studies Web: History
- French History Bibliography
- Web Links: French History
- History of France: Primary Documents
- History of France
- French Medieval History & Culture
- French History
- France.com
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- Journal: French History
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Maps - Current & Historical
- The Perry-Castaneda Map Library, Univ of Texas, Austin provides many public domain map images.
- Maps of France, both modern and historical.
- The Library of Congress Geography & Map Division
- Provides digital images of selected maps from their enormous collection.
- David Rumsey Map Collection
- This private collector has digitized and made available maps from his extensive collection. Searchable.
- Mappy.com
- Provides street maps and aerial photographs of modern Paris. Easy to navigate through the city.
This longer page repeats many of the library resources listed above but adds additional databases for aspects of French culture (literature, music, cinema), medieval history, etc.
Image Credit: "The Louvre From Inside" from the WebMuseum, http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paris/tour/louvre.inside.html © 14 Oct 2002, Nicolas Pioch
updated June 19, 2008 by
Anne Zald, University Libraries
