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Starry Night Over the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh

General Art History

Adeline Art Dictionary, including Terms in Architecture, Heraldry and Archaeology by Jules Adeline (Editor)
Call Number: N33 .A223 1966
Publication Date: 1966
Art in the Modern Era by Amy Dempsey
Call Number: N6490 .D415 2002 (Oversized Books)
Publication Date: 2002
Art of the Western World by Bruce Cole; Adelheid M. Gealt
Call Number: N5300 .C715 1989
Publication Date: 1989
A Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945 by Amelia Jones (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
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The Dictionary of Art by Jane Turner (Editor)
Call Number: N31 .D5 1996, VOL. 1-34
Publication Date: 2003
A Dictionary of Art Terms: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Engraving and Etching, Lithography and Other Art Processes, Heraldry by Reginald George Haggar
Call Number: N33 .H25
Publication Date: 1962
A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques by Ralph Mayer
Call Number: N33 .M36 1975
Publication Date: 1975
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art by James A. Hall; Kenneth Clark (Introduction by)
Call Number: N7560 .H34 1979B
Publication Date: 1979
From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History by James Pierce
Call Number: N33 .P5 1998
Publication Date: 1997
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts by Gordon Campbell
Publication Date: 2006
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Hutchinson Dictionary of the Arts
Publication Date: 2008
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The Oxford Companion to Art by Harold Osborne (Editor)
Call Number: N33 .09
Publication Date: 1970
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Art by Harold Osborne (Editor)
Call Number: N6490 .094
Publication Date: 1982
The Oxford Dictionary of Art by Ian Chilvers (Editor)
Call Number: N33 0.93 2004
Publication Date: 2004
The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists by Ian Chilvers
Call Number: N33 .093 2009
Publication Date: 2009

Artists - Biography

Dictionary of British Women Artists by Sara Gray
Publication Date: 2009
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Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists by Paul Cummings (Editor)
Call Number: N6536 .C8 1977
Publication Date: 1977
Dictionary of Japanese Artists by Laurence P. Roberts
Call Number: N7358 .R6
Publication Date: 1977
Concise Dictionary of Women Artists by Delia Gaze (Editor)
Publication Date: 2001
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African Art

African Art by Bargna, Ivan
Call Number: N7380 .B3413 2010X
Publication Date: 2013
Handbook of West African Art by William Russell Bascom
Call Number: N7397 .W4 B3
Publication Date: 1953

American Art

Encyclopedia of American Folk Art by Gerard C. Wertkin (Editor)
Publication Date: 2003
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Ancient Art

Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period: A Handbook by John Boardman
Call Number: NK4649 .B62 1979
Publication Date: 1975
Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period: A Handbook by John Boardman
Call Number: NB90 .B62
Publication Date: 1978
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture by Gordon Campbell
Publication Date: 2007
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The Handbook of Greek Art by Gisela Richter
Call Number: N5630 .R49 1967X
Publication Date: 1967
A Handbook of Roman Art by Martin Henig
Call Number: N5760 .H36 1983x
Publication Date: 1983
The New Century Handbook of Greek Art and Architecture by Catherine B. Avery (Editor)
Call Number: N5633 .N39
Publication Date: 1972

Asian Art

Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese Art by Hugo Münsterberg
Call Number: N7340 .M78 1981
Publication Date: 1981
Handbook of Japanese Art by Noritake Tsuda
Call Number: N7350 .T73 1976
Publication Date: 1975
Japanese Art by Alain Lemiere
Call Number: Gumberg 2nd Floor (N7350 .L4X VOL. 4)
Publication Date: 1958

European Art

A Companion to Medieval Art by Conrad Rudolph (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
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Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art by Rene Huyghe (Editor)
Call Number: N5970 .H813 1981X - Oversized Books
Publication Date: 1981
Medieval Art: A Topical Dictionary by Leslie Ross
Call Number: N7850 .R67 1996
Publication Date: 1996
Renaissance Art: A Topical Dictionary by Irene Earls
Call Number: N6370 .E27 1987
Publication Date: 1987

Religious Art

The Art of Hajj by Venetia Porter
Call Number: N6269 .P67 2012AX
Publication Date: 2012
Art of the Christian World, A.D. 200-1500: A Handbook of Styles and Forms by Yves Christie
Call Number: N7832 .A72 1982
Publication Date: 1982
The Dictionary of Christian Art by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Call Number: BV150 .A66 1994
Publication Date: 1994
Dictionary of Women in Religious Art by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Call Number: N7793. W65 A66 1998
Publication Date: 1998
Early Christian Art by Eduard Syndicus
Call Number: N7832 .S953 1962X
Publication Date: 1962
Early Christian Art in Ireland by Margaret Stokes
Call Number: N7946 .S85 1928
Publication Date: 1928
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture by Jonathan M. Bloom (Editor)
Publication Date: 2009
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Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art by Gertrude Grace Sill
Call Number: N8010 .S54 1975
Publication Date: 1975
Modern Christian Art by Winefride Wilson
Call Number: N7830 .W54 1965X
Publication Date: 1965
The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture by Peter Murray
Publication Date: 1996
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The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Art and Architecture by Tom Devonshire Jones
Call Number: N7830 .095 2013x
Publication Date: 2013

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