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Renaissance and Baroque Art: Books

Finding Books in the Lee Library & in Other Libraries

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Subject Headings for Art Books

  

Art books are cataloged according to the following subject patterns:

MEDIUM | ex: painting, sculpture, architecture

NATIONALITY | ex: Art, French; Painting, Italian

GENRE | ex: landscape painting; portrait painting

TIME PERIOD (century) | ex: art, Italian--16th century

STYLE/MOVEMENT | ex: baroque; rococo

Corpora

Museum and Exhibition Catalogs

Exhibition Catalogs have subject headings for the name of the artist, subject of the exhibition, and name of the museum or gallery. To find exhibition catalogs, use the keyword "exhibitions" and the artist's name or topic. 
Ex: Caravaggio AND exhibitions

Museum Catalogs are catalogs of a museum's permanent collection, and are cataloged by the name of the museum and the subdivision "catalogs" in the subject. To find museum catalogs, use the keyword "catalogs" and the name of the museum.
Ex: Rijksmuseum AND catalogs; Museo del Prado AND catalogs