Art Reproduction

To locate a reproduction of a particular work of art, try the following strategies:

Books

1. Search by the artist’s name as AUTHOR or SUBJECT in the library catalog.

2. Do a SUBJECT search by the name of the art movement with which the artist is associated (e.g. Surrealism, Impressionism) or art genre and nationality (e.g. Sculpture--Greek, Painting--French).

3. If you know the museum in which the artwork is displayed, do a KEYWORD search in the catalog by name of museum to see if the library owns a book with reproductions of the museum’s holdings.

Encyclopedias

1. Art encyclopedias, such as the Encyclopedia of World Art (REF N31.E533), contain thousands of reproductions. Look up the artist or artwork in the index. Note that the reproductions in this work appear in the second half of each volume.

2. Check the following titles, as well as other books in the N call number section downstairs and upstairs:

The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art	REF N6505.B73
Encyclopedia of Art	REF N5300.M865
Encyclopedia of Painting	REF ND30.E5
Praeger Picture Encyclopedia of Art	N5300.P773
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Art	REF N31.L3 2002

3. General encyclopedias such as The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (REF AE5.E363 2007) also contain a limited number of art reproductions. Look up the artist or artwork in the index.

Internet Searches

On a search engine such as Google or Yahoo!, do an IMAGE search using the name of the artist, artwork, movement or genre. Put quotation marks around the title of the artwork if it is more than one word.

Example:
“Peaceable Kingdom” Hicks
“Soup Cans” Warhol
“German Expressionism”

Online library Databases

ARTstor
A digital library of art images and descriptive information for students and instructors.

SIRS: Renaissance
[on-campus login] [off-campus login]
Reference and periodical articles on the arts and humanities, organized by topic and selected by educators.

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