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Art History
Websites
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art HistoryChronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of history of art from around the world, as illustrated by Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
SmarthistoryInteractive art history website -- browse by time, style, artist, or theme. Includes video files. Smarthistory is the result of a collaboration of more than 300 art historians, archaeologists, curators and academics who want to make the highest-quality art history resources freely available to a global audience.
Books
These are just a few of the books on art history topics available in print and online through Plough Library.
The Art Atlas by John OniansAn invaluable guide to world art from prehistory to the present, complete with over 600 maps and illustrations and a searchable CD.The Art Atlas is the first work to present the art of the entire world from ancient to modern times through extensive use of specially commissioned maps.
Critical Terms for Art History by Robert S. Nelson (Editor); Richard Shiff (Editor)(Credo eBook) Consists of essays that cover a wide variety of "loaded" terms in the history of art, from sign to meaning, ritual to commodity. Each essay explains and comments on a single term, discussing the issues the term raises and putting the term into practice as an interpretive framework for a specific work of art.
ISBN: 9780226571683
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
World Art History and Its Objects by David Carrier(EBSCO eBook) David Carrier, a philosopher and art historian, does not attempt to write a world art history himself. Rather, he asks the question of how an art history of all cultures could be written—or whether it is even possible to do so. He also engages the political and moral issues raised by the idea of a multicultural art history.