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Reference Sources

Reference Sources for art are very useful for quickly gathering information on the amount of information available on an artist, artwork, or timeperiod. Reference Sources will frequently included recommended readings for your topic.

Grove Art Online
Provides access to Grove Art Online, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships with ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Traces the evolution of the English language over the last millennium and includes definitions, history, and pronunciation of over half a million English words, present and past. Also known as OED.
Oxford Reference
Contains the searchable full text of these sources:
Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
Oxford Dictionary of Art
A Dictionary of Modern Design
Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Also see the Timelines section of this resource.

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