Research Guides: Reference e-books: Art (Fine Arts)

Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Arts

Arts and Humanities Through the Eras by Edward Bleiberg
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2004

Art eReference in EBSCO eBooks

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Thousands of digital books, including academic titles and popular fiction, for reading online. Most of these titles are currently NOT available in OneSearch; please search through the database here to locate titles.

A few examples below:

Titian and Venetian Painting, 1450-1590 by Bruce Cole
Call Number: Online
Animal Anatomy for Artists by Eliot Goldfinger
Call Number: Online
The Drawings of Michelangelo and His Followers in the Ashmolean Museum by Paul Joannides
Call Number: Online

ARTSTOR

ArtSTOR (new platform) This link opens in a new window
A digital library of art images and descriptive information for students and instructors. Create a personal account to access more features and to login directly from the artstor.org website. The previous version of ArtSTOR platform (retiring at the end of 2023) is still available at https://libguides.collegeofsanmateo.edu/artstor_retired

You can access ARTSTOR off campus after you created an account using an on campus computer.

Browse Art eBooks in Ebook Central (ProQuest)

Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Over 140,000 easy to access online books. Browse by subjects - literature, social sciences, life sciences, engineering and technology - or use the search box.

Browse the "Fine Arts" category - or search, in the titles, for terms like "Temptis", "great masters", "best of", "Temporis" or simply the artist's name or period/style. Use drop-down menus in the "advanced search". A few examples below: