To find books and exhibition catalogs, search by artist's name, style, time period, nationality, museum, or keywords. Art books are cataloged according to:
MEDIUM | ex: painting, sculpture, installations (art), video art
NATIONALITY | ex: sculpture, British; installations (art), Japanese
GENRE | Ex: Earthworks (art)
TIME PERIOD (century) | Ex: Art, modern--21st century
STYLE/MOVEMENT | Ex: modernism (art); symbolism
Exhibition Catalogs are found by name of the artist, subject of the exhibition, and the keyword "exhibitions." Ex.: k= Eliasson AND exhibitions
Museum Catalogs are catalogs of the permanent collection of a museum, cataloged by the name of the museum and the keyword "catalogs." Ex.: k= Whitney Museum AND catalogs
Catalogues raisonnés are complete compilations of an artist's body of works, usually containing images and provenance of all works. Search the phrase "catalogues raisonnés" and the artist's name. Ex.: John Baldessari AND catalogues raisonnés
These are a few examples of subject headings for art books:
N visual arts in general
NA architecture
NB sculpture
NC drawing, design, illustration
ND painting
NE prints
NK design, decorative arts
NX visual and performing arts
TR photography
TS industrial design (level 2)
Z 40-286 typography
* Williams. How to Write About Contemporary Art. HumRef N 7476 .W544x 2014
Barnet. A Short Guide to Writing about Art. HumRef N 7476 .B37 2015
Sayre. Writing About Art. HumRef N 7476 .S29 2009
