This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of Baroque Art topics.

 

Background Information Sources

The Dictionary of Art	REF N31.D5 1996
Gardner’s Art Through the Ages	REF N5300.G25 1996
A History of Art	REF N5300.J3 2001
The Grove Dictionary of Art: From Renaissance to Impressionism	REF N6370.G76 2000
Baroque Art: a topical dictionary	REF N6415.B3 E18 1996

 

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or phrases below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers ND653 (Rembrandt) and ND673 (Rubens) and NB623.B5 (Bernini) and NC248 (Poussin and Watteau).

baroque art architecture painting sculpture

artists: Bernini, David, Dauffmann, Pousisin, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Watteau

combine periods such as 17th or 18th century with subjects such as history, politics and art

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

• Biography Resource Center/InfoTrac: Search for artists by name.
• Expanded Academic InfoTrac: Journal articles, search by artist name, period, genre. For specific works as an example use: Rembrandt, works.
• LexisNexis: Newspaper Index: Search by artist name, specific work or period. Use to access newspaper articles on recent exhibitions and restorations.
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online and World Book Online Reference Center
• FirstSearch (password required; see librarian): Use Art Index from pull down menu for articles within journals (all art specific; citations only).

Internet Resources

Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Arts/Performing Arts.

• Artcyclopedia Baroque Art http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/baroque.html
  Includes links to baroque artist names
• Art History Resources on the Web http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHbaroque.html#Baroque
  Links to sites about 17th Century Baroque Art
• Art on the Web http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb_frames.html
  See section on Baroque Art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art: Baroque Rome http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/baro/hd_baro.htm
  Overview of the Baroque period in the city of Rome
• Rembrandt House http://www.channels.nl/amsterdam/remhuis.html
  Rembrandt’s house in Amsterdam, includes virtual tour and collection overview