History of Art

An overview of the History of Art

The history of art focuses on objects made by humans in visual form for aesthetic purposes. Visual art can be classified in diverse ways, such as separating fine arts from applied arts; inclusively focusing on human creativity; or focusing on different media such as architecture, sculpture, painting, film, photography, and graphic arts. In recent years, technological advances have led to video art, computer art, performance art, animation, television, and videogames. The history of art is often told as a chronology of masterpieces created during each civilization. It can thus be framed as a story of high culture, epitomized by the Wonders of the World. On the other hand, vernacular art expressions can also be integrated into art historical narratives, referred to as folk arts or craft. The more closely that an art historian engages with these latter forms of low culture, the more likely it is that they will identify their work as examining visual culture or material culture, or as contributing to fields related to art history, such as anthropology or archaeology. In the latter cases, art objects may be referred to as archeological artifacts.( Source : Wikipedia)

Books

S.N.	Title	Bibliographical’s Details	Link
1	Indian Art	Agrawal, V.S. Indian Art. Prithvi Prakashan, 1965.	Click here
2	The Art Book	Butler, Adam et al. The Art Book. Phaidon, 1994.	Click here
3	Art Through The Ages	Kleiner, Fred S. Gardners Art Through The Ages Wadsworth, 2015.	Click here
4	50 Artists You Should Know.	Köster, Thomas. 50 Artists You Should Know. Prestel, 2016.	Click here
5	The Collins Big Book Of Art	Wilkins, David G. The Collins Big Book Of Art. Harper Design, 2005.	Click here

 Journals

S.N.	Title	Link
1	Arts Illustrated	Click here
2	Artem : Celebrating Art , culture & life	Click here
3	Kala : Journal of Indian Art History Congress	Click here
4	International Journal of art and art history	Click here
5	Art history Journal Association for art history	Click here
6	Oxford Art Journal	Click here

 

Articles

S.N.	Title	Bibliographical’s Details	Link
1	Art and History , 1969 to 2019	Burke, Peter. "Art And History, 1969–2019". The Journal Of Interdisciplinary History, vol 50, no. 4, 2020, pp. 567-586. MIT Press - Journals, doi:10.1162/jinh_a_01486. Accessed 29 May 2021.	Click here
2	History of art paintings through the lens of entropy and complexity	Sigaki, Higor Y. D. et al. "History Of Art Paintings Through The Lens Of Entropy And Complexity". Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, vol 115, no. 37, 2018, pp. E8585-E8594. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, doi:10.1073/pnas.1800083115. Accessed 29 May 2021.	Click here
3	The subject in/of Art history	Davis, Whitney et al. "The Subject In/Of Art History". The Art Bulletin, vol 76, no. 4, 1994, p. 570. JSTOR, doi:10.2307/3046057. Accessed 29 May 2021.	Click here
4	The feminist critique of Art History	Gouma-Peterson, Thalia, and Patricia Mathews. "The Feminist Critique Of Art History". The Art Bulletin, vol 69, no. 3, 1987, p. 326. JSTOR, doi:10.2307/3051059. Accessed 29 May 2021.	Click here
5	Art in an age of Revolution 1750 to 1800	Day, B. "Art In An Age Of Revolution, 1750-1800, By Albert Boime (Chicago, Illinois: University Of Chicago Press, 1988. Xxviii Plus 521 Pp. $35.00)". Journal Of Social History, vol 24, no. 1, 1990, pp. 174-175. Oxford University Press (OUP), doi:10.1353/jsh/24.1.174. Accessed 28 May 2021.	Click here

Online Databases

S.N.	Database	Subscription based / Open access	Link
1	Art full Text (Art Full Text is a foundational art research database providing full-text art journals and books. It covers fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, film and architecture.)	Subscription based	Click here
2	Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals (Featuring complete indexing for 42 art journals published in the United States during the 19th century, the Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals offers unmatched coverage of available content from the period.)	Subscription based	Click here
3	Web of Science: Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Discover the world’s most influential arts & humanities journals with Arts & Humanities Citation Index)	Subscription based	Click here
3	Project MUSE (Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.)	Subscription based	Click here
4	JSTOR (JSTOR Archive provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals, it offers both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections)	Subscription based	Click here
5	Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts / Architecture Library/ Cultural History	Subscription based	Click here
6	Art & Architecture in OhioLINK's DRC (Digital Resource Commons)	Open Access	Click here
7	Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).	Open Access	Click here
8	Open Access in history of art	Open Access	Click here

 

Magazines

S.N.	Title	Link
1	Daily art magazines	Click here
2	Apollo International Art Magazines	Click here
3	Arts Magazines	Click here
4	ArtNexus Magazine	Click here
5	Aesthetica Magazine	Click here
6	Marg Since 1946 Magazines	Click here

 Newspaper

S.N.	Title	Link
1	The Art Newspaper	Click here
2	BBC Culture	Click here
3	Art daily	Click here
4	Asian Art The Newspaper	Click here
5	Art Affairs Indian Art Newspaper	Click here

 

Useful Web Resources On History of Art

S.N.	Title	Link
1	Art History Resources	Click here
2	Art History Teaching Resources	Click here
3	Art Cyclopedia	Click here
4	Ask Art	Click here
5	Electronic Arts Intermix	Click here
6	The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)	Click here

 Encyclopedia

S.N.	Encyclopedia	Link
1.	Encyclopedia   A History of Art (The Encyclopedia of Visual Art, Volume 1)	Click here
2.	Encyclopedic History of Indian Art	Click here

 Dictionaries

S.N.	Dictionaries	Link
1.	Art & Architecture Thesaurus	Click here
2	ArtLex Art Dictionary	Click here
3	Art Terms Glossary	Click here
4	Art Terms Glossary	Click here
5.	Glossary of Fine Art Terms	Click here
6.	Dictionary of Art Historians	Click here

                                                                

Directories

S.N.	Directories	Link
1.	Association of Art Museum Directors	Click here
2	Google Art Collections (beta)	Click here
3	National Museum of American Illustration	Click here
4	UMAC Worldwide Database	Click here
5.	World Art Museums	Click here

 

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)

Search the Bibliography of the History of Art, now hosted by the Getty Research Institute.  Find here catalog information for books, journal articles and book reviews (both European and American) published between 1975 and 2007.  Includes abstracts. Click here

 

Biographies

Ask Art Academic Contains good biographies and is always adding new artists. Approximately 300,000 artists profiled, from the famous and historical, to the contemporary and lesser known. Free site also includes some selected works images, signatures, and "for sale" listings, as well as bibliographic references. Subscription required for additional content, such as auction records and full image library. Click here

Blogs

S.N.	Blogs	Link
1.	Art21 Blog	Click here
2	Art History Ramblings	Click here
3	Art History Today	Click here
4	Design Arts Daily (DART)	Click here
5.	Museums and Museum Sites	Click here

e Learning

S.N.	Course’s Title	Online Platform	Link
1.	Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization	Coursera	Click here
2.	Arts and Heritage Management	Coursera	Click here
3.	Arts and Culture Strategy	Coursera	Click here
4.	Indian Art: A History (Online)	University of Oxford Continuing Education	Click here
5.	History of art and architecture	University of Oxford Continuing Education	Click here
6.	Art History Courses	edX	Click here

 Institutions

S.N.	National Institutions	International Institutions
1	NATIONAL  MUSEUM  INSTITUTE of History of Art, Conservation and Museology (Deemed to be University) Ministry of Culture, Government of India click here	The Department of History of Art and Centre for Visual Studies University of Oxford Click here
2	Department of Art History & Art Appreciation Jamia Millia Islamia click here	Department of Art History and Architecture Harvard University click here
3	The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum Click here	Department of Art & Art History Stanford University Click here
4	Department of Art History & Visual Arts  Panjab University Click here	Department of History of Art Yale University Click here
5	Department of History of Art Banaras Hindu University Click here	Department of History of Art University of Cambridge Click here

 

Famous Association of History of Arts

S.N.	Association	Link
1	Association for Art History U.K.	Click here
2	International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art,	Click here
3	Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA)	Clik here
4	Asia Art Archive in India	Click here

Conferences

S.N.	National Conferences /Seminars/Syposium	Past events/ upcoming	International Conferences	Past events/ upcoming
1	National Seminar on the 23rd Session of Indian Art History Congress Click here	11th – 13th November 2014	ICAHAH 2021: 15. International Conference on Arts, Humanities and Art History Click here	June 21-22, 2021(upcoming)
2	National Symposium on Return of the Yogini: Art and Crime Click here	10th  October, 2013	ICAHT 2021: 15. International Conference on Art History and Theories in Paris, France Click here	June 24-25, 2021(upcoming)
3	National webinar on Reorganization of Museum Storage in India Click here	03/06/2020	ICAHVC 2021 : International Conference on Art History and Visual Culture Toronto, Canada Click here	July 19 - 20, 2021 (upcoming)
4	International Webinar on Ananda K. Coomaraswamy: Reconstructing Post- Independence Indian Art-history Click here	09/09/2020	ICCSA 2021 : International Conference on Classical Studies and Archaeology Moscow, Russia Click here	August 30 - 31, 2021 (upcoming)