ENCYCLOPEDIAS and DICTIONARIES GROVE DICTIONARY OF ART - Jane Turner, ed. New York: Grove’s, 1996 [34 vols.] The Dictionary of Art is the most up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary of art available. This is an excellent place to begin your search for information on art topics or artists.
AAM guide to provenance research / Nancy H. Yeide, Konstantin Akinsha, Amy L. Walsh. Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, c2001. -Basic to provenance research, particularly WWII. Includes appendices on collecting, dealers, auction sales, collectors and lists of art libraries, photographic archives and other repositories.
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Also serves as an online fine arts search engineArchitecture in the United States
Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art., Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica Ed. Corp., 1973.
Dictionary of Art Historians - Duke University site containing lists of historians, museum staff, and art scholars.
Encyclopedia of World Art, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959-87. 15 vols. [Ref R 703 E56]
Hall, James. Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, rev. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
Lugt, Frits, 1884-1970. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes; marques estampillies et écrites de collections particuliéres et publiques. Amsterdam, Vereenigde drukkerijen, 1921. 1 vol. and supp. [ILL only]
________.Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, intéressant l'art ou la curiosité, tableaux, dessins, estampes, miniatures, sculptures. La Haye, M. Nijhoff, 1938-1987. 4 vols. [ILL only]
Murray, Peter. The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists. 1997
New Encyclopedia Britannica See also the Britannica online. Particularly the e-Blast menu which allows searching by topic.
Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art (Oxford Series title.
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts - 1300-1990's
The Photograph (Oxford Series title)
Sculpture Since 1945 (Oxford History of Art series)
Banister-Fletcher , Sir - A History of Architecture