LibGuides: ARTH 221 H-E: Baroque Arts of Early Modern Europe (Topics in Art History): Background Information

Reference Sources

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Arts and Humanities Through the Eras: Age of the Baroque and Enlightenment by Philip Soergel
Call Number: Ref NX 440 .A787 2005, vol. 5
ISBN: 0787656976
Publication Date: 2005
Larousse Encyclopedia of Renaissance and Baroque Art by Rene Huyghe (Editor)
Call Number: Ref N6350 .H813
ISBN: 0896730816
Publication Date: 1981
Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture by Lilian H. Zirpolo
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Publication Date: 2010
A very basic dictionary relating to the Baroque.
Collecting Across Cultures by Daniela Bleichmar (Editor); Peter C. Mancall (Editor)
ISBN: 9780812243055
Publication Date: 2011
This is not strictly a reference book, but I couldn't resist mentioning it.
The Early Modern Italian Domestic Interior, 1400-1700 by Erin J. Campbell (Editor); Stephanie R. Miller (Editor); Elizabeth Carroll Consavari (Editor)
Publication Date: 2013

Oxford Art Online (Grove Art Online) This link opens in a new window
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Reference work for art; includes Grove Art Online; The Oxford Companion to Western Art; Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and others.
Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts This link opens in a new window
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Reference on decorative arts production throughout western and non-western cultures.
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art This link opens in a new window
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Full text of art technique/material reference.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "... pairs essays and works of art with chronologies..."

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) This link opens in a new window
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Current, online version of the definitive dictionary of the English language. Traces the evolution of a word over time.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Searchable online reference books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and quotation books in many subject areas.

The Longman Handbook of Early Modern Europe, 1453-1763 by Chris Cook; Philip Broadhead
Call Number: Ref D209 .C66 2001
ISBN: 0582382173
Publication Date: 2001

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