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Illustration Index
[more info]
Carrier Reference, N7525 .V3
A History of Private Life
A set of 5 volumes that tries to chronicle the history of private life. In the last volume, for example, there is a piece called "Myths and Realities of the American Family." Includes many illustrations. [more info]
Carrier Stacks, GT2400 .H5713 1987 (5 vols.)
American Decades (Gale)
Each volume has a section called "The Arts." Look here to find tredns and artists of the decade. [more info]
Campus/Remote
ARTstor
Image database containing images of architecture, painting, sculpture... [more info]
Campus/Remote
Beinecke Library Digital Images Online
[more info]
internet
GloPAC: Global performing Arts Consortium
[more info]
Internet
Great Events from History II
In each of 5 volumes, this source provides overviews of art, dance, fashion, music, etc. from 1897 to 1992. Unfortunately, no illustrations. [more info]
Carrier Reference, JC571 .G74 1992 (5 vols.)
Index to Illustrations
Very detailed subject headings. Also consult the earlier edition, General Index to Illustrations NC996 .E6 [more info]
Carrier Reference, NC996 .E62 1967
J. Willis Sayre Photographs
The collection consists of 9,856 images from more than 24,000 photographs of theatrical and vaudeville performers, musicians, and entertainers who played in Seattle between about 1900 and 1955 [more info]
Internet
Perseus Digital Library
Classical Greek, Roman, and English Renaissance texts, plays, architectural sources, photos, etc [more info]
Internet
Photography Books Index: A Subject Guide to Photo Anthologies
[more info]
Carrier Reference, TR199 .M67
Timetables of History
Here you can look up a specific year throughout history and be informed of the artists working at the time. Then look up the artist you find in LEO or The Dictionary of Art (see above). [more info]
Carrier Reference, D11 .G78
Web Gallery of Art
Virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture... [more info]
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