Books are an important resource for art historical research. While some are available as ebooks, many are only available in physical form. To search for books, use the following:
*If you search for a book and find that the BYU Library doesn't have it, we'll get it for you free of charge from another library through Interlibrary Loan!*
Art books are cataloged by artist's name, artistic style, time period, country, nationality, museum name, or any combination of keywords. They have general subject headings according to:
medium. ex: painting, sculpture, installation
nationality. ex: art, English; sculpture, American; painting, French
genre. ex: landscape painting; portrait painting
time period (century). ex: art, modern--21st century
style or movement. ex: Baroque; Symbolism