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Twentieth Century Art: VSA3672

 

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Finding Books

Visit the library's art collection on the third floor.
Fine Arts Call number range: N, Architecture NA, Sculpture NC, Painting ND. 

The following items are suggested for finding information about art movements, theories, and styles:

Theories of Modern Art N 6450 .C62 (Information Desk1)
Concepts of Modern Art N 6490 .C6x (Information Desk1)
Investigating Modern Art N 6490 .I55 (Information Desk1)
Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art N 6490 .O95x (Information Desk1)
Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art N 6490 .P46 (Information Desk1)
Roots and Routes of Art in the 20th Century N 6490 .C6563 (Information Desk1)
Encyclopedia of American art before 1914  N 6507 .E53 (Information Desk1)
Art in the modern era : a guide to styles, schools & movements 1860 to the present N 6490 .D415 (Information Desk1)

Use the online library catalog to find books and other library materials available at the Horn Library and the Bentley, Olin, Pine Manor, and Regis College libraries. You can use your Babson OneCard to check out materials at these libraries, or stop at the Information Desk and request that the books be delivered to Babson. It usually takes 2-3 business days to get books from other WEBnet libraries.

Try FirstSearch, the WorldCat database, or even bn.com or amazon.com to find out if there are any books that may be useful. If you find titles of interest and have a bit of time before your project is due, request them through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). 

Art Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

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Grove Dictionary of Art.
Excellent resource to get started with!

The-Artists - the major modern & contemporary visual artists
Search by artists or find by art movement, style or medium.

The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)®
Art & Architecture Thesaurus On Line ®
Artcyclopedia - Artists by Movement
CGFA - Carol Gerten's Fine Art - A Virtual Museum
Surprising number of artists and images of their works.

Additional Web Sites
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You may be able to find useful sites on a particular artist or style.
For instance, the Cubism site created by a professor at University of Southern California, or the University of Iowa Libraries have created an International Dada Archive

Art History Resources on the Web.
Art History Research Guide.
Web Gallery of Art.

 




 

 

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May 12, 2008

 

 

 

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