Keeley Library Student Pages:
Art & Music -
Fine Arts
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "Fine Arts" or "Arts." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- Aesthetics
- Art
- Art, Abstract
- Art, American
- Art appreciation
- Art criticism
- Art, Gothic
- Art, Medieval
- Art, Mexican
- Art, Modern
- Art, Renaissance
- Art, Romanesque
- Ceramics
- Color in art
- Composition (Art)
- Decorative arts
- Drawing
- Etching
- Ethnic arts
- Expressionism (Art)
- Folk art
- Form (Aesthetics)
- Humanities
- Impressionism (Art)
- Mural painting and decoration
- Neoclassicism (Art)
- Painting
- Photography, Artistic
- Portraits
- Posters
- Realism in art
- Sculpture
- Video art
- Visual arts
- and names of artists, museums, and art movements and styles
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
- The color encyclopedia of world art
- Dictionary of art terms
- Dictionary of subjects and symbols in arts
- Glossary of art, architecture, and design since 1945
- Great events from history II. Arts and culture series
- The illustrated biographical encyclopedia of artists of the American West
- The Illustrated reference book of art
- Lincoln library of the arts
- McGraw-Hill dictionary of art
- New international illustrated encyclopedia of art
- Oxford companion to art
- Wilson chronology of the arts
- World artists
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