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Contains reference books covering various aspects of art and architecture including design, landscape and garden, and photography. Titles include Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture, The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art plus several more. This is a subcollection of Oxford Reference.
An essential resource for finding experts on any sort of art, antique, or collectible item from James Bond memorabilia to Zsolnay tiles. Includes thousands of specialist dealers, appraisers, clubs, periodicals, repair and restoration services, museums and libraries, Internet resources, matching services, grading services, authenticators, pricing and auction services.
Explores the evolution of architectural ideas, discusses the relation of theory to the practice of building, and considers the words of the architects themselves as they shaped Western architecture.
Architectural restoration or preservation requires a deep level of historical research. This portal to image collections and preservation resources is an excellent starting place.
Pays loving attention to animation history.
A joint project of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago featuring images, sound, and other media from the special collections of both institutions.
Conversational videos and essays covering art and cultural heritage from the paleolithic to the present.
An online catalog containing most of Smithsonian major collections from museums, archives, libraries, and research units, with over 1.3 million images, videos, audio files, podcasts, blog posts and electronic journals.
