The Renaissance:The Renaissance: Art & ArchitectureArt & Architecture

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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