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

 

Background Information Sources

Available in the Library's reference area:

Grove Dictionary of Art (34 volumes)	REF N31.D5 1996
A History of Art	REF N5300.J3 2001
Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art	REF N6502.E53 1999
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975	REF N6536.W56 1999
Latin American Women Artists of the United States	REF N6538.H58 H46 1999

 

Books

Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers N6502 (Latin American Art) and ND259 (paintings Rivera and Kahlo).

Latin American art Latin American History specific artist names, i.e. Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Tina Mondotti, Fernando Botero

combine specific countries with history, art, and politics; i.e. Argentina, Chile, and Mexico combine time periods with Latin American history or art; i.e. 19th Century or 20th Century

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

• Biography Resource Center/InfoTrac: biographies and full-text articles.
• Expanded Academic InfoTrac: scholarly articles from journals, magazines and newspapers.
• General Reference Center Gold/InfoTrac: full-text articles from journals, magazines and newspapers.
• LexisNexis: Newspaper Index: Search by artist name, specific work or period. Use to access newspaper articles on recent exhibitions and restorations.
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Internet Resources

Several Internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available on Web Resources page; follow link for Art/Performing Art.

• Artcyclopedia http://artcyclopedia.com/
  Acomprehensive index to artists and works
• Diego Rivera Virtual Web Museum http://www.diegorivera.com/index.php
  Links to murals and biography of Diego Rivera
• Diego Rivera Mural Project http://www.riveramural.com/
  City College of San Francisco site devoted to Rivera’s mural Pan American Unity.
• Frida Kahlo's House Museum http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/grandall/grfridamuseo.html
  Site is in Spanish, about Frida’s home.
• Frida Kahlo http://www.aaa.si.edu/exhibits/pastexhibits/kahlo/hispanic2001.htm
  Notes on a Life: archives of American Art at the Smithsonian
• Museum of Latin American Art http://www.molaa.com
  Website for the MoLAA in Long Beach, CA
• South America, 1900 A.D. to Present http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/11/sa/ht11sa.htm
  Metropolitan Museum of Art Time Line