Resources - ART103:002 Core Concepts: Space (Bauguss) - Guides at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Writing About Art

Rachel Whiteread's Vienna Holocaust memorial
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2005/oct/07/art

Find Images

Images of some of the objects in the Ackland study gallery are available through the Ackland website.

ARTstor
A digital library of over 1 million images available for non-commercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use.

Find Background Info

Oxford Art Online
Includes the Grove Art Online, an encyclopedia of art, with general introductions to a variety of topics related to this course.
Heilburnn Timeline of Art
Compiled by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's curatorial, conservation, and education staff, covers pre-history to the present day. Contents arranged chronologically, geographically, and thematically.

Find Articles

Art Full Text
A core database for art and art historical research, covering almost 400 publications. International in scope.
JSTOR
Provides good cross-disciplinary coverage of art related topics. Please note that this database does not typically include articles published within the last few years.
Art and Architecture Complete
Another index/full text database covering art and related publications, with slightly more emphasis on the decorative arts and design than Art Full Text.

Evaluating Sources

Here are a few criteria that you could consider in order to determine whether or not an article, book, or website is of a quality worthy of inclusion in your research assignment (e.g., paper, presentation, etc.).