These "traditional" art databases cover selected journal articles, books, and exhibition catalogs on visual arts, primarily focused on the European and American traditions. They follow the editorial practices of the Répertoire d'art et d'archéologie (RAA), Répertoire de la Litterature de l'Art (RILA), and the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA).
For journal and encyclopedia articles on all areas of art, search Art and Architecture Complete, Humanities Full-Text, and Oxford Art Online linked under Art Databases.
Current Database Access to Traditional Art Indexes
The definitive resource for scholarly literature on Western art, IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA). The database includes records created by the Getty Research Institute in 2008-09, with new records created by ProQuest using BHA editorial policies, and the same thesaurus and authority files.
A significant bibliography on the history of Western art, it lists scholarly books, articles, and catalogs published from 1974 to 2007.
Indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, exhibition and dealers' catalogs and articles from thousands of periodicals in many languages. The subject scope is particularly strong in European art from the medieval through modern periods, and indexing of foreign language materials. This legacy database was compiled from 1970 to 2007, and does not list newer (post-2007) writings on these topics.
Single search for several traditional art indexes (BHA, RILA, RAA) covering the European tradition in visual arts, from antiquity to the 20th Century. Indexes selected journals, monographs, and catalogs published from 1910 to 2007.
Scholarly art indexing has traditionally started with the Répertoire d’art et d’archéologie (RAA, 1910-1989) and Répertoire de la Litterature de l'Art (RILA, 1974 - 1989). In 1990, these efforts were combined to from the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA, 1990 - 2007). ProQuest's International Bibliography of Art (IBA) continues the editorial practices of the BHA, and the IBA covers 2008 - present.
The definitive resource for scholarly literature on Western art, IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA). The database includes records created by the Getty Research Institute in 2008-09, with new records created by ProQuest using BHA editorial policies, and the same thesaurus and authority files.
Indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, exhibition and dealers' catalogs and articles from thousands of periodicals in many languages. The subject scope is particularly strong in European art from the medieval through modern periods, and indexing of foreign language materials. This legacy database was compiled from 1970 to 2007, and does not list newer (post-2007) writings on these topics.
Grove Art is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, offering global coverage of visual culture. Benezit offers unique information about the sale and collection of artists’ work, and has comprehensive and definitive resources of artists’ biographies available. In addition, users can search and access Oxford art reference titles including the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd edition), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.