For each of the six regions below there are three or four timelines, each covering a specific era. This section contains a list of books and articles relevant both to this project and to those interested in historiography in general. This bibliography centers on research on human behavior based on biological models, methodologies, or findings. History of art graduate courses university of oxford. Buy the art of art history a critical anthology ne oxford history of art new, updated, expanded ed. Have questions about how to use the redesigned website. For material published after 2007 see the international bibliography of art. It is very good indeed, but, unlike the oxford history of greece a superior volume, the pure history stops about midway through the book and is replaced with more specific chapters dealing with literature, philosophy, religion, art and architecture. Suite 9, littlegate house, st ebbes street, oxford ox1 1pt. Oxford bibliographies your best research starts here obo. Jan 16, 2020 humanities commons art history section scholarly opensource materials for the humanities.
Resources include grove art online, the benezit dictionary of artists, and other oxford art reference resources. Suggested reading and resources university of oxford. Life of the day now available by email or rss feed have questions about how to use the redesigned website. Although art history has traditionally concentrated on the fine arts of painting, sculpture and architecture, it shares many of its fundamental questions and methods with related disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, literary studies, and political, social and cultural history. Art and society in an age of uncertainty overlook, 1993. Contemporary art art history oxford bibliographies. Bha indexes and abstracts art related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealers catalogs, and articles from more than 1200 periodicals. The oxford history of art is a major series of authoritative and beautifully illustrated books by art historians. He is the author of many books, including in the aftermath of art and rethinking art history.
The oxford dictionary of art is the unrivalled onevolume guide to the art. A critical introduction to its methods by hatt and klonk which makes it easier to understand and presents the ways the theories are applied in contemporary art history it is a very useful way of learning about methods in art history. Art history authoritative research guide oxford bibliographies. Snyder, james, larry silver and henry luttikhuizen. French history is an international forum for major new articles on the entire range of french history from the early middle ages to the twentyfirst century. A beautifully illustrated, new edition of this pioneering study of art since 1945. Much of his work concentrates on the ming period 681644, with additional interests in the art of 20th century and contemporary china. The art and architecture of greece and rome lie at the heart of the classical tradition of the western world and their legacy is so familiar as to have become commonplace. Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. The history is divided into histories of western art, western architecture, world art, western design, photography, western sculpture, themes and genres, and a critical anthology of art.
European architecture 17501890 oxford history of art pdf. Donald preziosi is a member of the history faculty at oxford university and emeritus professor of art history and critical theory at ucla. The arts library contains approximately 150,000 onsite volumes including important reference works, monographs, exhibition catalogs, and print periodicals, as well as. Includes over 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures.
Berlin, ira generations of captivity, a history of african american slaves. The timelines feature brief summaries of important events in the visual arts. Slave labor in the capital building washingtons iconic federal landmarks the history press, 2014. This article does not include any of the many thousands of books, catalogues, and essays that are monographic studies of individual contemporary artists, because it would be invidious to select a small number. Apr 01, 2020 yales arts library, linking rudolph hall and the loria center at 180 and 190 york street, serves as the primary collection for the study of art, architecture, and drama at yale. It furthers the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. For information about history, including interviews with featured authors, sample content, and more, please visit the history subject page. A pioneering volume, the books that shaped art history.
Bibliography department of art and art history san. Bibliography of british and irish history and historical abstracts oxford art online contains the online version of the grove dictionary of art. Oxford is an outstandingly exciting setting for the study of the history of art. Broad in scope, bha and rila encompasses fine artspainting, sculpture, drawing, prints, and architectureas well as decorative and applied artscrafts, graphic arts, folk, and. These citation databases, searchable together, cover material published between 1975 and 2007. Capitalism and representation oxford history of art richard r. It consists of currents, tendencies, relationships, concerns, and interests and is the product of a complex condition in which different senses of history are coming into play. Bha bibliography of the history of art this site is available free, courtesy of the getty institute. Oxford university press is a department of the university of oxford. It combines volumes covering specific periods with thematic volumes. Books on art movements are not to be found because contemporary art, unlike modern art, has no movements in the same art historical sense. Buy the oxford illustrated history of the book 9780198702986.
Contemporary art s deep immersion in the art market and auction system is profiled in the separate oxford bibliographies article art markets and auction. Bha bibliography of the history of art getty the courtauld. Focussing mainly on the relationship between american and european art, this book offers an uptodate introduction to the major artists and movements of recent years. Context, connoisseurship and the history of roman art. The following bibliography was assembled for and appears as part of technology in world history, a 7 volume set, edited by w.
It provides a detailed roadmap of the field by analyzing the importance of several of the most important works of art history. As well as individual submissions, we welcome suggestions for special issues on important themes. Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, oxford bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides across a wide variety of. Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, oxford bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. None of the currently available general histories of art offers the wealth of perspectives and. Art index an index of over 200 art journals and magazines. Pelican history of art series, lilly reference room, n5300. The courtauld institute of art a college of the university of london. Mar 20, 2020 oxford bibliography online is a tool designed to help busy researchers find reliable sources of information by directing them to an indepth bibliography. The oxford history of world cinema tells the story of the major inventions and developments in the cinema business, its institutions, genres, and personnel, and they outline the evolution of national cinemas round the worldthe varied and distinctive film traditions that have developed alongside hollywood. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter. Whether an expert in contemporary european art needs to read up on the art of ancient china for a book project or an undergraduate student needs to start a research paper on iconography in renaissance art, oxford bibliographies in art history will provide a trusted source of selective bibliographic guidance.
Sep 26, 20 the oxford dictionary of christian art and architecture explains a wide range of terms used in the study of the history of christian art and architecture including subjects, topics, themes, artists, works, movements, and buildings. It is full of information as well as beautiful prints and information explaining all phases of art history. The library is the journal of the bibliographical society. It includes an extensive list of references, each presented in a standard format, with titles, dates and ordering codes based upon the holdings of the. A series that looks at lifewriting, from autobiographies to diaries, in different eras.
For current news on africa and more web sites with countrybycountry information go to the link section and click on africa. Craig clunas held the chair of art history at oxford from 2007 to 2018, the first scholar of asian art to do so. This database can be accessed with assistance in the museum library. It consists of currents, tendencies, relationships, concerns, and interests and is the product of a complex condition in which different senses of history. Image result for oxford art online art full text image result for artbibliographies. The oxford history of western art is an innovative and challenging reappraisal of how the history of art can be presented and understood. For more than a hundred years it has been the preeminent uk scholarly journal for the study of bibliography and of the role of the book in history. Lavishly illustrated and masterfully prepared under the editorships of john boardman, one of the worlds preeminent classicists, the oxford history of classical art offers readers the definitive companion to the artistic and architectural achievements of the grecoroman world, from the rise of the greek citystates to the fall of the roman empire. History on the academic oxford university press website. Oxford scholarship online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. The oxford history of art is a major series of groundbreaking, authoritative, and beautifully illustrated books by art historians and forefront of new thinking score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Books on art movements are not to be found because contemporary art, unlike modern art, has no movements in the same arthistorical sense.
The ten books on architecture illustrated vitruvius. Ongoing american project, belonging to the getty art history information program ahip, intended as the first comprehensive thesaurus for the fields of art and architecture. A comprehensive and uptodate art history bibliography, covering european and american art from late antiquity to the present. Review significant moments in art history from all over the globe. The best way to prepare for a history degree is to read the history books which interest you, either related to your school work or ranging beyond it and be prepared to discuss your views of those books and their arguments. This new history of over 5,000 years of african art reveals its true diversity for the first time. A basic bibliography of works in the field society for the. Survey of world history bibliography and references from mahdavi, farid 2012.
Ohwa is an innovative and challenging reappraisal of how the history of art can be presented and understood. It is intended as a research tool for finding sets of information. Her books include chagall bison, 1990, the image of the actor. History of art aims to arrive at a historical understanding of the origins, meaning and purpose of art and artefacts from a wide range of world cultures, asking about the circumstances of their making, their makers, the media used, the functions of the images and objects, their critical reception and not least their subsequent history. This book is a good collection of original sources. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, and decorative arts, yet today, art history examines broader aspects of visual culture, including the various visual and conceptual outcomes related to an everevolving definition. The art of art history a critical anthology ne oxford. Shearer west is professor of art history at the university of birmingham. It ran from near abstraction in eighthcentury bc greece, through years of observation and learning from the. A guide to research art and art history research guides at. Bibliography of the history of art getty research institute.
Oxford bibliographies in art history thomas dacosta kaufmann. Twentiethcentury american art oxford history of art. Dress and fashion online, ebooks, reference works, images, and much more. Please, subscribe or login to access full text content. The legacy may appear simple, but the development of classical art in antiquity was complex and remarkably swift. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a highlevel encyclopedia, this cuttingedge resource directs researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of su. Art history research at yale home yale university library. History on oxford reference is continually expanding, created under the authorship or editorship of recognised experts.
Over 60,000 biographies, 72 million words, 11,000 portraits of significant, influential or notorious figures who shaped british history perform advanced search. Oxford bibliographies in art history responds to these needs and offers a trustworthy pathway through the thicket of information overload. Mar 26, 2020 a firstclass or strong upper secondclass undergraduate degree with honours in a relevant discipline in the humanities or social sciences most successful applicants have a degree in a humanities subject such as history of art, history, english, modern languages, classics, theology, philosophy, archaeology or anthropology. Bibliography for history of art synoptic oxford brookes. Pdf the art of art history a critical anthology n e. African online specializes in all categories of books from nigeria. Its aims are to promote consistency and compatibility among art historical databases by providing a standardized, controlled vocabulary for use in bibliographic and visual. The oxford dictionary of christian art and architecture. Life of the day now available by email or rss feed. Oxford bibliographies online, atlantic history oxford university. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. There is a useful bibliography at the end of each chapter.
Oxford bibliographies in art history offers exclusive, authoritative research. Being the oxford history of the roman world, one logically starts with the pure historiography. Art history provides annotated bibliographies by topic to important and recent. This page is a space for a list of bibliographies, or, more properly, links to those bibliographies. It is divided into chapters about specific themes, with a short introduction, and bibliography. Over 6,700 entries from journals, monographs, and books have been selected for inclusion in concert with a worldwide network of learned societies and scholars. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a highlevel encyclopedia, this cuttingedge resource directs researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects. A critical anthology oxford history of art is a wonderful book for the novice and the advanced art historian. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of african art, garlake focuses on seven key regionssouthern africa, nubia, aksum, the niger river, west africa, great zimbabwe, and the east african coasttreating each in detail and setting them in their. The oxford history of western art is the new authority on the development of visual culture in the west over the last 2700 years, from the classical period to the end of the twentieth century.
Mst in history of art and visual culture university of oxford. Offers annotated listings of books on american culture published. Oxford dictionary of national biography useful for information about british artists, patrons etc. Professor craig clunas the department of history of art. Bibliography published on by oxford university press. The recent crisis in the world of antiquities collecting has prompted scholars and the general public to pay more attention than ever before to the archaeological findspots and collecting histories of ancient artworks. Through a carefully devised modular structure, readers are given insights not only into how and why works of art were created, but also how works in different media relate to each other across time. Bibliography department of art and art history san jose. Home art and art history research guides at ucla library.
The oxford history of classical art by john boardman. Encyclopedia of world art hardcopy older, but longer essays on art topics and issue, half of every volume is plates, may in color. This resource focuses on atlantic history bibliography. The oxford history of art is a monographic series about the history of art, design and architecture published by oxford university press. I would recommend preziosis own book rethinking art history as a. The oxford illustrated history of the book nhbs academic.
Apr 17, 2020 use oxford art online to search for background, context, and general bibliography. The database includes records created by the getty research institute in 200809, with new. The oxford art journal has an international reputation for publishing innovative critical work in art history, and has played a major role in recent rethinking of the discipline. It therefore allows the scholar to be led to exactly the right chapter, book, website, archive, data set they need for their research. Welcome to oxford dictionary of national biography. It includes works dealing with particular historians and with the history of various organisations, projects and journals, as well as those detailing the current and past states of a variety of. Each chapter, with writers including john elderfield, boris groys, susie nash and richard verdi. Innovative in its advocacy of buildingaframe of reference to understand real art and art history through the classroom media experiences. It is committed to the political analysis of visual art and material representation from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and has carried work addressing themes from antiquity to contemporary. Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations, and exhibition. From gombrich and greenberg to alpers and krauss is a concise and brilliant study of the discipline of art history.