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Library Intensive Web PagePrepared by Darwin F. ScottCreative Arts Librarianfor Professor Nancy Scott, Fine Arts DepartmentMarch 2006 |
| Georgia O'Keeffe and the Stieglitz Circle (FA 173a), taught by Professor Nancy Scott, focuses on the art of Georgia O'Keeffe, her stylistic evolution, sources, and collaborations with contemporaries, especially Stieglitz, Strand, Dove, Demuth, Marin, and Hartley. Their collective aesthetic aspirations are set against early 20th-century Modernism and important recent trends from Europe. |
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
O'Keeffe and Stieglitz Group Articles (among many):
And often outstanding articles under terms and styles, and countries and regions
Key Concept Articles for American Modernism (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.
For keyword searches, search both the noun and adjective or use the truncation (or wildcard) sign (? or *) for geographical terms (when possible).
Always put an "or" search in parentheses:
(american or "united states")
Use an "or" or a truncation search for plurals, variant spellings, or for expressing time periods:
(modern or 20th) shorten "20th century" to just 20th
For geographical searches, consider both broad and narrower regional areas
For the various mediums and styles of art, consider both broad and specific subject terms within the hierarchy of possibilities that could include classifications, movements, styles, and even specific exhibitions:
Consider the specific artist not just individually but within various groupings, classifications, movements, styles, and even specific exhibitions:
Subject words for Native Americans very considerably in different online resources
Library of Congress (LOUIS, WorldCat, Art Abstracts, Academic Search Premier, etc.):Â Indians of North America (and similarly, Indians of Mexico,Indians of Central America, etc.); specific tribes follow the pattern:Â Navajo Indians
When in doubt, first perform a keyword search with:Â ("native americans" or indians)
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 -- Exhibitions
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946 -- Exhibitions
Stieglitz Circle (Group of artists) -- Exhibitions
Modernism (art) -- United States -- Exhibitions
New Mexico in art -- Exhibitions
Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
Symbolism (Art movement) -- Exhibitions
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, June 11-Sept. 12, 2004, the Columbus Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2004-Jan. 16, 2005, and the Delaware Art Museum, Feb. 17-May 15, 2005.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe : the poetry of things; April 17-July 18, 1999, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; August 7-October 17, 1999, The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico; November 7, 1999-January 30, 2000, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; February 19-May 14, 2000, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California.
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 Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition catalogs at Brandeis, perform this LOUIS keyword search:
georgia o'keeffe exhibition?
To find all the exhibition catalogs on Modernism held by Brandeis, perform this LOUIS keyword search:
modernism art exhibition?
To find all the exhibition catalogs of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum held by Brandeis, perform this LOUIS keyword search:
georgia o'keeffe museum 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. If the library name is in blue, there will be an active link right into the selected library's online catalog for you to check the status of the book there.
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 full text articles available for Brandeis users).
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.
JSTOR (full text articles from academic journals)
Indexes and provides full-text to the older issues of over 100 scholarly journal titles from most disciplines, 1800s to the recent 2-5 years. Art journals relevant to O'Keeffe, Stieglitz, and American Modernism include:
Before searching, be sure to check Art & Art History under SELECT DISCIPLINES OR JOURNALS. (This includes the architecture titles as well.) To include art-related articles in history journals, you may also want to check off History.
- American Art (and earlier title), 1987-2003
- Art Bulletin (and earlier titles), 1913-2002
- Art Journal (and earlier titles), 1929-2002
- Artibus et Historiae, 1980-2002
- Burlington Magazine (and earlier title), 1903-2000
- Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (and earlier title), 1941-2002
- Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 1937-2000
- Leonardo, 1968-2000
- Master Drawings, 1963-2000
- Metropolitan Museum Journal, 1968-2001
- October, 1976-2000
- Oxford Art Journal, 1978-1999
- Winterthur Portfolio, 1964-2001
- Woman's Art Journal, 1980-2003
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) (citations, abstracts, and links to articles)
links to available full text articles), for articles within collections of essays (conference proceedings, festschrifts, etc.), and for academic books covering topics in art history.America: History and Life (citations, abstracts, and links to articles)
links to available full text articles). Also includes dissertations and books.A vast collection of images and related data covering many time periods and cultures. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Sources include museums, archaeological teams, photo archives, slide collections, and art reference publishers. You must turn off pop-up blockers for image zooming to work.
See also Grove Art Online above.
Art History Resources on the Web - Sweet Briar College
Includes subdivisions for Early 20th-century art.
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe, NM)
Alfred Stieglitz Photographs in the National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
Charles Demuth Museum (Lancaster, PA)
Thomas Moran (American Visionaries, sponsored by the National Park Service)
Edward Steichen: Le Tournesol (The Sunflower) (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)
African-American Portraits by Carl Van Vechten (Brandeis University)
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. Some examples are given at the Chicago Manual of Style Web site.
You will also find some 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 15 February 2006). [Note: unrevised article.]
Franklin Kelly, "Hudson River School" (rev. 27 September 1999), Grove Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 15 February 2006). [Note: revised article]
Peters, Sarah Whitaker. " O'Keeffe, Georgia ." Grove Art Online (2004), http://www.groveart.com (accessed accessed 15 February 2006). [Note: unrevised article]
Kelly, Franklin. " Hudson River School" (rev. 27 September 1999). Grove Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed accessed 15 February 2006). [Note: revised article]
Wicks, Ann Barrott, " Literati" (1 December 2004), sec. V ("Painting), 4 ("Painters and Institutions"), ii of "China." Grove Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 15 February 2006). [Note: revised article]
Example:
Shackelford, George T. M. and Claire Fréches-Thory. Gauguin Tahiti. Boston, MA: MFA Publications, 2004. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Gauguin Tahiti," organized by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux, the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Exhibition held September 30 2003-January 19, 2004 at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on February 29-June 20, 2004. (based on the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. [2003])
Example for a footnote:
George T. M. Shackelford and Claire Fréches-Thory, Gauguin Tahiti (Boston, MA: MFA Publications, 2004), p. 43 . [Note: this truncated bibliographic data is only possible if you have a full citation in the bibliography at the end of your paper.]
