ARH101: Approaches to Visual Representation
Sculpture in Western Traditions
Spring 2004 - Valija Evalds
Reference Contact: Barbara Polowy x2941

GETTING STARTED

Art & Archaeology Library Subject Page
Provides links to resources covering a wide variety of art and architecture topics (some resources are available only to members of the Smith College community).

Hillyer Art Library
Website provides information about art library collections and services. Includes lists of new books and a browsing guide to the collections.

Art Reference N31.D5 1996 and Groveart.com, the online version
The Dictionary of Art. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 1996.
Includes 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day and links to 130,000 images and 1,000 Web sites. The dictionary does not have a comprehensive survey article about sculpture but addresses sculpture in sections of more general articles about the arts of civilizations, regions, peoples, and countries; artistic movements and styles; historical periods; sculpture materials and techniques. The dictionary also includes excellent articles on more than 20,000 individual artists. Entries for individuals include biographical, critical, and contextual information. Each article is supplemented by a bibliography of major primary and secondary sources.

Art Reference NB198 .E53 2004
The Encyclopedia of Sculpture, edited by Antonia Boström. 3 vols. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.
"Explore[s] the subject of sculpture from the viewpoints of history, criticism, theory, production, training, and conservation, as well as ... biography and critical analysis of works of art." Comprehensive geographical and chronological scope.

Art Reference N85.J64 1990
Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1990.
Covers basic and advanced art research methodology, search strategies, and the use of specific types of art research tools.

Five College Library Catalog
The online catalog provides access to the combined library holdings of Smith, Amherst, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Art Library Reserve List: An up-to-date list of readings and references selected by Professor Evalds for ARH101.
Useful Library of Congress subject headings for topics addressed by this course are:
[artist's name] | [artist's name] -- Catalogues raisonnes
Sculptors | Women sculptors
Sculpture [subdivided by place, historical period, other topics]
Bas relief | Bronzes | Mobiles (sculpture) | Relief (sculpture) | Small sculpture
Bronze sculpture | Ceramic sculpture | Ivory carving | Marble sculpture | Metal sculpture | Plaster sculpture | Steel sculpture | Stone sculpture | Terra-cotta sculpture
Busts | Effigies | Figure sculpture | Masks (sculpture) | Portrait sculpture
Monuments | Outdoor sculpture | Public sculpture | Statues

Published Museum Catalogs

Use these subject headings in the library catalog to find museum publications:

• Collection Catalogs
  [museum name]--Catalogs
  For example: Smith College. Museum of Art -- Catalogs;
  Metropolitan Museum Of Art (New York N. Y.) -- Catalogs;
  National Gallery of Art (U.S.) -- Catalogs
  
• Exhibition Catalogs
  [museum name]--Exhibitions
  For example: Smith College. Museum of Art -- Exhibitions;
  Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions;
  National Gallery of Art (U.S.) -- Exhibitions

Online Collection Catalogs

Smith College Museum of Art. "Permanent Collection." Online.
Available: http://www.smith.edu/artmuseum/collections/index.htm
Includes collection highlights with excellent digital reproductions (including a selection of sculpture) and a link to the Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield Collections Database, a record of over 6,000 objects in these local collections. March 17, 2004.

Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Collection." Online.
Available: http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/index.asp. March 17, 2004.
Brief descriptive records and images for about 3,500 objects in the museum's collections."

National Gallery of Art. "The Collection." Online.
Available: http://www.nga.gov/collection/srchart.htm. March 17, 2004.
Text and/or descriptive data for the over 100,000 objects in the gallery's collection.

FINDING PERIODICAL ARTICLES

Art Abstracts
Covers all aspects of the visual arts, providing access to articles, exhibition reviews, and reproductions published in over 400 art magazines, journals, and museum newsletters and bulletins published throughout the world. Updated monthly, abstracts are provided for records added after 1994. Useful "Subject" terms are:
[artist's name]
Sculptors | Sculptors, Women
Sculpture [subdivided by place, historical period, other topics]
Bronzes | Mobiles | Reliefs
Ceramic sculpture | Marble sculpture | Metal sculpture | Stone sculpture | Wood sculpture Busts | Effigies | Portrait sculpture
Sculpture, outdoor | Garden sculpture and ornaments

BHA: Bibliography of the History of Art
Provides access to literature on the post-classical western visual arts published in over 3,000 periodicals and in books, exhibition catalogues, doctoral dissertations, Festschriften and other collected essays, and conference publications. Incorporates RILA (1975-1989) and volumes for 1973 to 1989 of RAA. Abstracts are provided for most records. Useful "subject terms" are:
[artist's name]
Sculptors
Sculpture [combine with place, range of dates]
Bronzes | Mobiles | Relief Sculpture
Bronze Casting | Carving |Casting
Ceramic Sculpture
Ivory | Marble | Metals | Steel | Stone | Terra Cotta | Wood
Busts | Effigies | Portraits
Openair Sculpture | Public Art

CITATION FORMATS FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIES & FOOTNOTES

Style Manuals & Citation Guides. Smith College Libraries.
Links to online versions MLA, Chicago, APA, and other popular manuals for writing papers and preparing manuscripts. All include instructions and examples of footnote and bibliography formats

Art Reference PN171.D37 L5 1996
Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. 2nd ed. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 1996.
Includes citation formats for full-text databases (individual works, books, monographs or full-length works, periodicals), bibliographic databases, electronic conferences (Interest Groups) or bulletin board services (BBS), electronic mail (personal), computer programs.

Art Reference PN171.F56 W35 1998
Walker, Janice R., and Taylor, Todd. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
"Presents a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources." An abbreviated guide, Basic CGOS, is available online.

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Barbara Polowy, the instructor for your library session: bpolowy@email.smith.edu,
121 Hillyer Art Library, X2941.

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