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Library Intensive Web PagePrepared by Darwin F. ScottCreative Arts Librarianfor Professor Nancy Scott, Fine Arts DepartmentOctober 2005 |
| Impressionism: Avant-Garde Rebellion in Context (FA 171a), taught by Professor Nancy Scott, focuses on the major artists from the period 1863-86, from the time of Manet and the Salon des Refusés, through the eight group exhibitions of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Pissarro, Morisot, and Cassatt and company. This course addresses the antithesis of Impressionism, its academic rivals, the backdrop of the sociopolitical context, the Second Empire, and the Third Republic, as well as the roots of the movement's dissolution. |
Provides links to the most commonly used resources for art history research, both electronic and print.
More extensive guide to the best resources to use for art history research, both electronic and print, divided by topics.
Electronic, full-text version of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, with continuous updating of content and thousands of image links to art works.
Provides detailed and often extremely important articles for artists
Key Impressionist Artist Articles (among many):
And often outstanding articles under terms and styles, and countries and regions
Key Concept Articles for Impressionism (among many):
Enter artist's name or term into search box -- click go.
Select article on artist or term from the results list.
After article appears, click on Image Links at the left of the task bar (under Grove Art Online).
Links to individual artworks are found under Works, arranged in alphabetical order by the holding institution (use "find in this page" [ctrl+F] to search).
Note: when clicked, the links connect directly with the museum or image site in a new window.
Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919 -- Exhibitions
Sisley, Alfred, 1839-1899 -- Exhibitions
Caillebotte, Gustave, 1848-1894 -- Exhibitions
Impressionism (Art) -- France -- Exhibitions
Still-life painting -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
Published in conjunction with the exhibition held Sept. 16, 1994-Jan. 9, 1995 at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Feb. 18-May 28, 1995 at the Art Institute of Chicago, and June 22-Sept. 10, 1995 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, Oct. 10, 2002-Jan. 6, 2003.
To find an exhibition catalog focused on an artist or a particular topic, perform a keyword search that includes the artist's name (last is usually sufficient) or the topic word or words and the search word exhibition? -- this truncation (symbol: ? or *) will search for both the descriptive word exhibition and the subject word exhibitions.
Caveat: do not use the word exhibit (or exhibits) in your search--you might get a few results, but exhibit or exhibits is not used consistently in bibliographic records for exhibition catalogs.
So, to find all the Renoir exhibition catalogs at Brandeis, perform this LOUIS keyword search:
renoir exhibition?
To find all the exhibition catalogs on Impressionism held by Brandeis, perform this LOUIS keyword search:
impressionism exhibition?
To find all the exhibition catalogs of Impressionism at Metropolitan Museum of Art held by Brandeis, perform this LOUIS keyword search:
impressionism metropolitan exhibition?
WorldCat is a combined (union) catalog for most of the libraries in the United States and many foreign libraries as well.
This is the best way to find books and journals not at Brandeis.
Search for exhibition catalogs in the same manner as for LOUIS.
Use the "Libraries" button in the full record of a particular item to locate libraries in the Boston area that have the book or journal.
Brandeis icons will indicate which of the catalogs are held by Brandeis.
button.Use this citation / abstract database to search art periodicals (includes 
links to available full text articles).
Format searches as for LOUIS and WorldCat.
Use this resource to locate the full-text of reviews in newspapers, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, or Boston Globe.
Coverage is extremely current.
Fill in the required boxes as follows:
Step 1 -- News category: Arts & Sports News
Step 2 -- Select a news source: Entertainment news. Click the Source List link if you want to pick specific sources, such as the New York Times or Boston Globe, and check the box next to the title (you can select multiple sources) . Note that the selected sources automatically appear in the Step 5 box for your search.
Step 3 -- Enter search terms: select Full Text
For searches, use key terms from the title of the exhibition and the museum holding the exhibition.
In searches, put quotes around expressions such as "Museum of Modern Art" or "New York".
Step 4 -- If known, select the appropriate date range based on when the exhibition was held. If you aren't quite sure, search a broad range of years.
Use this resource to search for full-text and/or citations for articles in a wide range of journals -- coverage can be very current. Note that numerous art journals are not included in this resource, however. Use this resource to search interdisciplinary or intradisciplinary periodicals.
Format searches as for LOUIS and WorldCat.
In searches, put quotes around expressions such as "Museum of Modern Art" or "New York".
Full text articles available directly from this resource have 
HTML Full Text and/or 
PDF Full Text under the citation.
For citations only, use the button to locate an electronic or print copy of an article.
For all standard footnote and bibliography forms according to four different style manuals, see Duke University's Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources within Your Paper. Use the Chicago Manual of Style formats. A copy of the Chicago Manual of Style is in Creative Arts Reference: Z 253 .U69 2003.
You will also find many useful citation and other style guidelines in the Submission and Style Guidelines for The Art Bulletin published by the College Art Association.
There are numerous ways to cite an online encyclopedia, and specifically, an article in Grove Art Online. Here are the forms I recommend.
Sarah Whitaker Peters, "O'Keeffe, Georgia," Grove Art Online (2004), http://www.groveart.com (accessed 7 September 2004). [Note: unrevised article.]
Franklin Kelly, "Hudson River School" (rev. 27 September 1999), Grove Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 7 September 2004). [Note: revised article]
Peters, Sarah Whitaker. " O'Keeffe, Georgia ." Grove Art Online (2004), http://www.groveart.com (accessed 7 September 2005). [Note: unrevised article]
Kelly, Franklin. " Hudson River School" (rev. 27 September 1999). Grove Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 7 September 2005). [Note: revised article]
Wicks, Ann Barrott, " Literati" (rev. 30 April 2002), sec. V ("Painting), 4 ("Painters and Institutions"), ii of "China." Grove Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 7 September 2005). [Note: revised article]
Example:
Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman. Edited by Judith A. Barter. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1998. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman" shown at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery in Washington, DC, and the Art Institute of Chicago. (based on the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. [2003])
