Renaissance Art
A Carolina Day School Library Helpsheet
For in-depth discussions of your artist and his works, enter his name as a keyword in the library catalogue. There are numerous books on individual artists in the 700s.
You will also find information in the following reference sources (some of the art reference sources are on the reserve cart and are listed below):
General encyclopedias:
Encyclopedia Britannica . REF 031 Bri
Also online !: Encyclopedia Britannica Online . Ask at the library for the user name and password.
World Book Encyclopedia . REF 031 Wol
Online database:
You may find a reference or journal article here. Ask at the library for the user name and password.
Biographical reference:
Encyclopedia of World Biography . REF 920 ENC
Online! Biography Resource Center . Ask at the library for the user name and password.
On the reserve cart:
Artists:
Best bet: Encyclopedia of Artists (6 volumes). REF 709.2 Enc 2000
Each artist's life and works receive a two-page spread. Vol. 6 contains discussions of art movements, a glossary, and an index.
Renaissance art:
Best bet: Renaissance Art . 709.02 Ren 2007
If your painting shows up in this work (check the table of contents for names of works or the artist index in the back), expect a detailed analysis of the work and its historical and cultural climate.
Best bet: Italian Renaissance Art . 709 Ada 2001
History of Art: Renaissance Art . 709 FAU
Eyewitness Art: The Renaissance . 709.02 COL
Renaissance Art & Architecture . REF 709.024 Cam 2004
The Art of the Renaissance in Northern Europe . 709.03 BEN
Renaissance . 720.945 GRA 1999
General art history:
Best bet: The Great Masters of European Art . 759.94 2006
Interprets paintings through societal and historical norms of the time.
Encyclopedia of Art (5 volumes). REF 703 PRA
History of Art . 709 JAN
History of Art . 709 Jan 1986
The Story of Art . 709 GOM
The Encyclopedia of Art . OV 709 Mun 1977
Oxford Companion to Western Art . REF 709 Oxf 2001
Gardner's Art through the Ages . Perm. Reserve
General Renaissance:
A Concise Encyclopedia of the Italian Renaissance . REF 940.2 Con 1981
World Eras: European Renaissance and Reformation . REF 940.2 Eur
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance . REF 940.2 Oxf 2003
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