Library Instruction for Renaissance Art

Slide 1: Renaissance Art Lady with an Ermine (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani) Leonardo da Vinci, Oil on wood, 1483-90 Wednesday 8AM January 9, 2008 Dr. Janson

Slide 2: Library 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

Slide 3: Women in Portrait Paintings Side Profile Three-Quarter Profile Ginevra de' Benci A Young Lady of Fashion, Paolo Uccello Leonardo da Vinci Early 1460s, Oil on wood c. 1474/1478 15th Century Profile Portrait painting Three-quarter Search terms: Women in art Italy Artist name Oil painting Renaissance

Slide 4: Looking at Just One Painting? You won’t always be able to search by the name of the artwork. Think of different ways to approach the search The Magdalene Reading By Rogier van der Weyden Before 1438, Oil on mahogany Mary Magdalene Northern Renaissance Saints in art Netherlandish Search terms: Iconography Jar or Ointment Altarpiece Rogier van der Symbolism Weyden

Slide 5: Selected Books Italian Renaissance: • 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 REF N6915 . H37 2003 • The Art of the Italian Renaissance 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 

Slide 6: More Selected Books 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

Slide 7: Find Books Art, Renaissance – Italy Subject Search: Art, Renaissance – Europe, Northern Narrow your search→ Examples: Drawing, Flemish Tapestry, Renaissance Medium: Painting, Italian Art, Renaissance – Germany Art, Italian Geography: Painting, French - 15th century Time Period: Italy – history – 15th century Bruegel, Pieter OR Uccello, Paolo (Last name, 1st name) Artist: *Known by 1st name → Michelangelo Buonarroti OR Leonardo, da Vinci Iconography Christian art and symbolism Related topics: Christian Saints in Art Art Patronage Religious Art Art and society

Slide 8: Suggested Journals Print Only Online Only Art 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 & Journal of Medieval & Early Courtauld Institutes Modern Studies (Project Muse) Sixteenth Century Journal (Art Artibus et Historiae Fulltext)

Slide 9: Tips for searching (for books, Articles, websites…) 1. Start with a general keyword search to see which subject headings work best. 3. Try to think of different terms to describe your topic. 5. Subject headings in the catalog are also links. Click on them to see what else you get.

Slide 10: Other Helpful Hints See “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/human • Art History Writing Guide (Wesleyan University) http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop/departments/arha • Writing for Art History (Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)