The Renaissance:The Renaissance: Art & ArchitectureArt & Architecture
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ProfessorProfessor
Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani)
Leonardo da Vinci, Oil on wood, 1483-90
Library ResourcesLibrary Resources
•Find books, videos…– Library Catalog– http://library.scad.edu
•Find articles (Databases by Title)– Art Fulltext*– JSTOR*– Project Muse– Bibliography of History of Art
Italian Renaissance Sculpture Italian Renaissance Sculpture
David by Verrocchio
David by Donatello
Pietà by Michelangelo
Virgin and Child by Della Robbia
SuggestedSuggested Search Terms Search Terms• Sculpture, Renaissance
• Sculpture, Italian (geography)
• Material used: terracotta, marble, bronze…– Bronzes, Renaissance
– Bronzes, Italian
– Marble sculpture
• Artist name– Verrocchio, Andrea del
– Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Time period: Sculpture, Italian/15th century
• Christian art and symbolism
• Iconography, Renaissance
• Artists and patrons
witches in the North Renaissancewitches in the North Renaissance
3. Search the Research Databases for a more detailed search. (Ex: Dürer and Witches)In JSTOR: “The Witches of Dürer and Hans Baldung Grien” by Margaret A. Sullivan in Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 2 (Summer, 2000), pp. 333-401
1. You come across an image searching Google & want to find out more. The Four Witches (1497) by Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
2. Enter Dürer as a keyword search in the Library Catalog.
Find Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528: The Genius of the German Renaissance by Norbert Wolf (Köln; London: Taschen, 2006)
Women in Portrait PaintingsWomen in Portrait Paintings
A Young Lady of Fashion, Paolo Uccello Early 1460s, Oil on wood
Ginevra de' Benci Leonardo da Vinci c. 1474/1478
Side ProfileThree-Quarter Profile
Search terms:
Portrait painting
15th Century
Profile
Women in art Italy Three-quarter
Renaissance Artist name Oil painting
Looking at Just One Painting?Looking at Just One Painting?
Search terms:
The Magdalene Reading By Rogier van der Weyden Before 1438, Oil on mahogany
Saints in art
Mary Magdalene
Northern Renaissance
Iconography
Jar or Ointment
Netherlandish
Symbolism Altarpiece Rogier van der Weyden
You won’t always be able to search by the name of the artwork. Think of different ways to approach the search
Selected BooksSelected Books
Italian Renaissance:•Art in Renaissance Italy REF N6915 .P26 2002
•Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance REF DG 445 .T43 1995
•Encyclopedia of the Renaissance REF CB 361 .E52 1999
•History of Italian Renaissance Art (Hartt) REF N6915 . H37
2003
•The Art of the Italian Renaissance (Toman) REF N 6915 .A735 1995b
•Renaissance Artists & Antique Sculpture REF NB 85 .B63 1991
•The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection REF ND611 .W44 2007
•The Fifteenth Century Italian Paintings REF ND 615 .G67 2003
*Books provide a great overview of a subject. They often include high-quality images & a glossary of key terms. Books are a great
place to start your research.
Northern Renaissance:• Bruegel to Rembrandt… REF NC 261 .R649 2002
• Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts… REF N6370 .S6 2005
• Early Netherlandish Painting REF ND 635 .F681
• Robert Campin: A Monographic Study with Critical Catalogue REF ND 673 .C274 T45 2002
• Rogier van der Weyden: The Complete Works REF ND 673 .W4 A4 1999
• Jan van Eyck: The Play of Realism REF ND 673 .E9
H37 1995
• Early Netherlandish Paintings NetLibrary E-Book
• Albrecht Dürer: A Guide to Research NetLibrary
E-Book
More Selected BooksMore Selected Books
Other Selections:• Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance:
Italy, France, and England REF HQ1148 .W67 2007
• Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620: A
Biographical Dictionary REF CT 759 .R46 2001
• Encyclopedia of the Renaissance REF CB 361 .E52
1999 (vol. 1-6)
• Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle
Ages and Renaissance… REF PN 669 .B78 1998
& More Selected Books& More Selected Books
Find BooksFind BooksSubject Subject Search:Search:
Art, Renaissance – ItalyArt, Renaissance – Europe, Northern
Narrow your Narrow your searchsearch→→
Examples:Examples:
Medium:Medium: Drawing, Flemish Tapestry, RenaissancePainting, Italian
Geography:Geography: Art, Renaissance – Germany Art, Italian
Time Time Period:Period:
Painting, French - 15th centuryItaly – history – 15th century
Artist:Artist: Bruegel, Pieter OR Uccello, Paolo (Last name, 1st name)
*Known by 1st name → Michelangelo Buonarroti OR Leonardo, da Vinci
Related Related topics:topics:
IconographyChristian Saints in ArtReligious Art
Christian art and symbolism Art Patronage Art and society
Suggested JournalsSuggested JournalsPrint Only Online OnlyArt Journal Renaissance News (JSTOR)
Print & Online Renaissance Quarterly (JSTOR)
Renaissance Studies
Studies in the Renaissance (JSTOR)
Speculum Sixteenth Century Journal (JSTOR)
Journal of the Warburg & Courtauld Institutes
Journal of Medieval & Early Modern Studies (Project Muse)
Artibus et Historiae Sixteenth Century Journal (Art Fulltext)
*Articles allow for more detailed searching. They also don’t take as long to publish as books
WebsitesWebsites• The Art of Renaissance Europe (from Metropolitan Museum of
Art )
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/publications/renaissance.htm
Can view entire book as part of museum’s teacher-training program
• A Journey through the Renaissance (from Think Quest)
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005356/index2.htm
• Christian Iconography (from Augusta State University)
http://www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography
• European Art in the Renaissance (from Metropolitan Museum of Art )
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/st_european_art.htm
• Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe (from The Getty Museum)
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/flemish/home.html
• Investigating the Renaissance (from Harvard University)
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/Renaissance Examines material aspects of 3 Netherlandish paintings using digital
imaging
• Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist (from Museum of Science, Boston)
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/index.html
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (from PBS Channel)
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/renaissance/index.html
Northern European Painting in the 15th-16th Century (from National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/euro15.shtm
Picture Gallery, Kunsthistorisches Museum (from Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria)
http://www.khm.at/homeE3.html Covers 15th & 16th century Netherlands
Renaissance Art (from Sweet Briar College)
…in Italy http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceitaly.html …in Northern Europe and Spain http://
witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrenaissanceeurope.html
More WebsitesMore Websites
Still more Websites• Italian Painting of the 15th Century
(from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/ita15.shtm
Online Tours—Painting in Siena in the 14th & Early 15th Centuries
The Early Renaissance in Florence Portrait Painting in Florence in the Later 1400s
Patrons and Artists in Late 15th-Century Florence Siena in the 1400s Venetian Painting in the Early Renaissance
In-Depth Studies—Revelations from Reproductions: Fifteenth-century Italian Paintings
Streaming Slideshow—Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi: The Adoration of the Magi
Tips for searching Tips for searching (for books, Articles, websites…)(for books, Articles, websites…)
Start with a general keyword search to see which subject headings work best.
Try to think of different terms to describe your topic.
Subject headings in the catalog are also links. Click on them to see what else you get.
Other Helpful HintsSee “Research” at http://www.scad.edu.library for
suggestions: • Evaluating Information Resources• Distinguishing between Scholarly & Popular
Journals• Researching a Topic
See writing guides for art history:• Writing the Art History Paper (Dartmouth College)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/humanities/arthistory.shtml
• Art History Writing Guide (Wesleyan University)
http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/departments/arha.html
• Writing for Art History (Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.html