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.
Downloadable magazines covering arts and crafts, photography, and literature include American Craft, ARTNews, Bead&Button, Cloth Paper Scissors, Dwell, Harper's, The Oxford American, The Paris Review, PieceWork, Quilting Arts Magazine, The New Yorker, Woodcraft Magazine, Woodworker's Journal.
A collection of hundreds of images of the decorative designs of many periods and cultures, all of which are in the public domain and may be used without permission.
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.
Regional inspiration for designing a sustainable home and environment.
Heavily illustrated with log houses, cantilever barns and other buildings with distinctive and exceptional construction details.
Architectural restoration or preservation requires a deep level of historical research. This portal to image collections and preservation resources is an excellent starting place.
A thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects selected by the editors of ArchitectureWeek.
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.
A multi-media art history textbook featuring videos, essays and a timeline. Award-winning excellence.
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.
