Created: September 2006

ARTH 324: Sixteenth-Century Italian Renaissance Art

Tutorial and Web page created by Joan Stahl, Branch Manager, Art and Architecture Libraries

Joan Stahl, M.A., M.L.S.
Office Phone: (301) 405-9065
Office: Art Library
Office Hours: by appointment
Email: jstahl@umd.edu

Course Instructor: Dr. Meredith J. Gill

The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with research for ARTH 324. If you need additional information, please contact Joan Stahl or speak with a Reference Librarian at the Art Library's Reference Desk.

Because of licensing agreements, access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals is restricted to UM faculty, staff, and students. These may be accessed from off campus; consult Remote access for further information. For a complete list of electronic resources available to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students, as well as information about the full range of library materials and services, consult the UM Libraries' home page.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OVERVIEW We will examine the history of painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts in Italy from the late fifteenth through the sixteenth centuries. We will consider themes such as the social function and domestic role of the art object; the investigations of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo and others into the human body, science, and nature; women in the visual arts; the revival of classical style and its flourishing in Mannerist art; and the ways in which artists expressed their patrons’ wishes for commemoration after death.

SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION CLASS Library research is a key component in learning. This class will provide students with an understanding of key research tools and teach basic skills for searching the Library's online catalog for books and exhibition catalogs, subject-specific electronic databases for journal articles and images, and significant and substantive Web sites.

UM LIBRARIES CATALOG


Suggested Subject Headings:
Art, Italian -- 16th century
Art, Renaissance -- Italy
Painting, Renaissance -- Italy
Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance
Drawing, Italian -- 16th century
Arts, Renaissance -- Italy
Sculpture, Renaissance -- Italy
[names of individual artists or buildings]
Architecture, Renaissance

Tips:
1. Exhibition catalogs, as well as books, are included in the library catalog
2. To check on the availability of a title, click "Availability--All Locations"
3. Use Find It

Databases

• Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective 1929-1984 /
  An index to English and foreign-language (French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch) periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins; indexes selected book reviews and reproductions of works of art; limited full-text.
  
  
• ARTstor
  Repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images, from across many periods and cultures. Architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, design, and other forms of visual culture are represented. Provides tools to actively use images for scholarship, teaching, and learning. Remember to enable pop-ups.
  
  
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
  This database offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design;limited full-text.
  
  
• Bibliography of the History of Art
  An index to periodical articles 1973 to present, covering art of Late Antiquity to the present; European focus. Citations, but not full-text.
  
  
• Digital Dissertations
  The authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Includes authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities. Full text is available from 1997 to the present.
  
  
• Grove Art
  Includes the full-text of the 34-volume 1996 print edition of the Dictionary of Art, withonline updates and links to images in museum collections worldwide. Providesaccess to 45,000+ scholarly articles and links to 40,000+ images (Art Resource; Bridgman Art Library; Art Image Collections)
  
  
• Historical Abstracts
  Information on articles, books, and dissertations about non-U.S. and non-Canadian history from 1450 to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals in 50 languages. Includes links to full text of selected journal articles.
  
  
• JSTOR
  Electronic archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes complete runs of journals with full-text of all articles published prior to the most current five years.

WEB SITES

• Artcyclopedia
  
• Art History Resources on the Web
  
• The Art of Renaissance Europe /(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
  
• Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur
  
• The British Museum: Michelangelo: Money and Medals (exhibit)
  
• Google Images
  
• Learner.org: Renaissance [Annenberg Media]
  
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Renaissance Europe: Timelines / Special Topics
• National Gallery of Art: Italian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century
  
• Stanford University: The Digital Michelangelo Project
  
• University of Virginia: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102