Keeley Library Student Pages:
Art & Music -
Painting
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "Painting." 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:
- Abstract expressionism
- Acrylic painting
- Cubism
- Expressionism (Art)
- Figure painting
- Genre painting
- Gouache painting
- Impressionism (Art)
- Landscape painting
- Marine painting
- Mural painting and decoration
- Narrative painting
- Painting
- Painting, Modern
- Painting--Technique
- Panel painting
- Portrait painting
- Post-Impressionism (Art)
- Scene painting
- Still-life painting
- Tempera painting
- Watercolor painting
- Wildlife painting
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
- 50 of the world's most beautiful paintings
- American wildlife painting
- A concise history of painting, from Giotto to Cezanne
- Index to reproductions of American paintings
- Masterpieces of painting from the National Gallery of Art
- Metropolitan seminars in art
- Western European painting of the Renaissance
- World-famous paintings
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