Encyclopedias / Reference Books

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Provides web access to the entire text of Grove Art Online, The Dictionary of Art, (34 vols.), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics; contains over 5,000 searchable and embedded art images, maps, and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
Oxford Companion to the Photograph This link opens in a new window
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture 2nd ed., 6v, 2008 This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History This link opens in a new window
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Full text to online collection of premier reference eBooks.
Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art This link opens in a new window

The Printed Picture

The Printed Picture by Richard Benson
Call Number: TR15 .B46 2008
ISBN: 0870707213

Richard Benson discussing "The Printed Picture"
This site explores "the Printed Picture" a 2008-09 Museum of Modern Art exhibition on the history of the printing of pictures. The exhibition and book trace the dominant technologies used for printing pictures throughout the modern era.

Richard Benson, who wrote the book and co-curated the exhibition, was videotaped in the Museum galleries. This site gives access to the entire talk with additional images and details