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- The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Pre-Historic to Post-Modern (2nd edition) (2007)
- The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Pre-Historic to Post-Modern (1992)
- Art History (1995)
- Baroque & Rococo Art & Culture (1999)
- The Dictionary of Art (1996, volumes 1-34)
- Frames of Reference: Art, History, and the World (2003)
- Gardner's Art Through the Ages (13th edition - volumes 1 & 2)
- Gardner's Art Through the Ages (12th edition - volumes 1 & 2)
- Gardner's Art Through the Ages (11th edition - volumes 1 & 2)
- History of Art (1986)

- History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture (6th edition)
- History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture (5th edition)
- Italian Renaissance Art (2001)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Art (1997)
- The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Art History (1999)
- Seventeenth-Century Art & Architecture (2008)
- The Visual Arts: A History (1986)
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Browse Books by Call Number
| Topic | Call Number Area |
| Art history | N5300-N7418 |
| History of architecture | NA190-NA1555.5 |
| History of sculpture | NB60-NB1115 |
| History of drawings | NC50-NC266 |
| History of painting | ND49-ND813 |
- Apollo
- Art Bulletin, The
- Art Journal
- ARTnews
- Master Drawings
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
- Smithsonian

- Academy of Art University Collection - available through LUNA
- Contains over 7,000 images that reflect the Gardner’s Art Through the Ages textbook as well as images that support the fashion, photography, illustration, MPT, and fine arts departments.
- The Amica Library Collection - available through LUNA
- Contains over 108,000 images that support the liberal arts, fashion, photography, illustration, MPT, and fine arts departments.
- LA 120, 121, & 127 Study Guides
- These study guides are password protected. Ask your teachers for the usernames and passwords of these study guides.
- Art Images for College Teaching (AICT)
- Images are arranged by Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque, 18th-20th Centuries, and Non-Western periods and regions.
- San Jose State University: WorldImages
- Contains almost 75,000 images. Search images by subject, keywords, or browse by "portfolios" (broad topics).
- Web Gallery of Art
- Contains almost 23,000 images reflecting European art from the 12th to mid-19th centuries. Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Mannerist, Neoclassical, and Romantic works of art are explored.
- Other Digital Image Resources
Films about art history and art movements:
- Art of the Western World
- Art on Film, Film on Art
- Birth of the Renaissance: Giotto to Masaccio
- A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape (1984)
- The Feast of the Gods
- The French Impressionists: An Accessible Paradise
- The French Impressionists: Modern Art and Modern Manners, 1860-1874
- The French Impressionists: Paris by Day and by Night
- The French Impressionists: The Cast of Characters
- The Hague School: Touched by Nature
- How Art Made the World: How Humans Made Art and Art Made Us Human (2006)
- The Hudson River and Its Painters
- Light of the Gods
- Millennium: The Art of Living
- The Old Testament in Art
- The Pre-Raphaelite Revolt (1996)
- The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2008)
- Sacred Space: Art, Architecture, and the Role of the State
- Simon Schama's Power of Art (2007)
- Two Faces of the Seventeenth Century
Films about museum collections:
- The Grand Museum Series: A Tour of the Prado
- The Grand Museum Series: A Tour of the Vatican Museums
- Hermitage Masterpieces (2004)
- The Louvre
- Louvre 200: A Museum in Time vol 1-3
- Masterpieces of the Met
- The Metropolitan Museum Seminars in Art: Composition
- The Metropolitan Museum Seminars in Art: Techniques
- The Metropolitan Museum Seminars in Art: The Artist as a Social Critic, Visionary
- Sister Wendy's American Collection (2001)
- Uffizi
- Art History Resources on the Web
- Art Images for College Teaching
- ART-Guide: Collection of Art History Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- Smarthistory
- The Getty: Explore Art
- University of California, Los Angeles Library Art & Art History: Selected Internet Resources
- University of Michigan School of Art and Design: Mother of All Art & Art History Links Page
- Web Gallery of Art
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