MICROFORMS FOR ART
HISTORIANS
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The
following titles are available for
library use only in the Art History/Classics Library (AH/C), Doe
Reference
(Doe Refe), the Environmental Design Library (ENVI), and Newspapers
&
Microforms (News/Micro). Reader-printers are available in Newpapers
and Microforms, 40 Doe and the Environmental Design Library, 210
Wurster Hall.
A.C.S.A.A. archive (American Committee for
South Asian Art).
AH/C,
Special Collections, MICROFICHE 873
The
collection is arranged alphabetically by geographic area or by the name of the
site, including views of the sites, architecture, sculpture, and painting. It
contains photographs of the art of ancient Gandhara and Bactria, from the
territories of Afghanistan (sites: Bamiyan; Begram; Fauladi; Fondukistan;
Hadda; Kakrak; Khair-Khaneh; Paitava; Shotorak; and Surkh-Kotal), Pakistan
(sites: Jamalghari; Loriyan Tangai; Mardan; Muhammad Nuri; Peshawar; Sari
Bahlol; Sikri; Swat; Takht-i-Bahi; Taxila; Dharmarajika; Jandial; Jaulian;
Mohra Moradu; and Sirkap), and India.
Alinari photo archive: being
the Alinari, Anderson, and Brogi photo collections of Italian and other art and
architecture reproduced on microfiches. Edited by L.D. Couprie. Zug: Inter Documentation Company AG, 1983,
c1982-. 1344 microfiches: vols. 1-8 +
guide.
AH/C,
Special Collections, MICROFICHE 5052
Contains
three photograph collections from the Alinari Photo Archive: the Alinari
Collection (66,444 photos); the Anderson Collection (27,244 photos); and the
Brogi Collection (25,382 photos). The Alinari collection includes photographs
from all of the regions of
America, 1935-1946: the
photographs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Security
Administration, and the U.S. Office of War Information, arranged by region and
by subject.
1,637 microfiches + index.
News/Micro,
MICROFICHE 28570 (For GUIDE see: MICROFICHE 28570.guide)
Microfiche shelved alphabetically by region: Farwest, General USA/Canada and
North America/Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands, Midwest, Northwest, Northeast,
South, Southwest. 87,677 selected
photographs reproduced from the collections of the Library of Congress Prints
and Photographs Division. The most famous are from the Farm Security
Administration project in the mid-1930s, representing some of the earliest and
best examples of the use of photography as social documentation. Includes work
by Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Marion Post Wolcott and Arthur
Rothstein.
American artists: microfiche
from the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art.
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 26974
There
are over 4,000 American (U.S.) artists in the Witt Library and about 70,000
photographs or reproductions of paintings, drawings and engravings by
them. The holdings of the Witt in this
area complement well-known American archives such as the Frick Art Reference
Library. The American section covers the
period from the early 18th century up to 1980; its coverage of 20th century art
is as strong as the earlier
periods. The accompanying guide contains
an alphabetical listing providing artists' names, dates and places of birth and
death (when known) plus the number of the first fiche where the artists' mounts
have been recorded to microfiche. The
first column of numbers refers to the original 1981 microfiche edition, the second column refers to American artists: microfiche from the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute
of Art, 10 year update 1981-1991 (see the next entry, below).
American artists: microfiche
from the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, 10-year update 1981-1991. Novato, Calif.: Emmett Publishing, 1991. 328 microfiches + guide.
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 26975
Note: See entry above for
description.
Art exhibition catalogs microform: indexes. Cambridge, England; Teaneck, N.J., 1982. 13 microfiches.
AH/C,
Special Collections, MICROFICHE 4226
Subject index to art exhibition catalogues published on microfiche by Chadwyck-Healey Ltd. Index divided into 4 parts: listing by author; title; agent of publication (i.e., museum or gallery); and subject, including artists’ names..
Author index of Byzantine
studies. Compiled by Dumbarton Oaks, Center for
Byzantine Studies,
AH/C,
Special Collections, DF503.A9 1986 (shelved with microfiche collection)
Cumulative
index of all annotated bibliographic entries published in the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift from 1892-1981
plus additional references.
Biographisches Archiv der Antike = Biographical archive of the classical world. München. K.G. Saur
Verlag, [1997?]-1999. 623 microfiches + guide.
AH/C, Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet & Doe Refe,
MICROFICHE 27170
Biographical entries compiled from
German, English, French, Italian, Latin and Greek works. Covers
approximately 150,000 individuals from the 8th century BC through
Bulletin Rubens: annales de la Commission Officielle
Institutée par le Conseil
Communal.
News/Micro,
MICROFILM 3439.ND
Bulletin Rubens was originally
published from 1882-1900, in 5 volumes, by P. Génard
and C. Ruelens. A primary source for archival
documents on Rubens and his family, specifically
created to illuminate Ruben's life as artist, scholar, diplomat, school
headmaster, family man and citizen. Includes documentation on
Ruben's art, correspondence, historical studies, unedited documents, political
activities, etc. In French, with illustrations.
California art & artists
information file: California art, a subject index. California sculptors, a
biographical index.
Doe
Refe, MICROFICHE 4173
Over
120 periodicals and newspapers as well as a few books have been selectively
indexed for material related to
Catalogue of French-language
medieval manuscripts in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and
News/Micro,
MICROFICHE 30350 (Guide under MICROFICHE 30350 Guide)
A
collection of 120 French-language manuscripts, mainly acquired between 1798 and
1840. Extensive
codicological descriptions are given for the majority of manuscripts; those not
described are included for a
complete overview. As a supplement, manuscript provenance is included.
Highlights of the collection are the Heures de la Passion by Christine de
Pisan, Cité de Dieu by
Catalogues of sales:
1734-1945. Sotheby & Co.
1734-1945. ca. 10,000 catalogs on microfilm.
Part I (Reels 1-71; 1734-1850); Part II (Reels 1-148; 1851-1900); Part
III (Reels 1-155; 1901-1945). News/Micro,
MICROFILM 16663.Z (Shelved at NRLF)
Covering
catalogues from the
Cicognara Library: literary
sources in the history of art and kindred subjects. Edited
by Philipp Fehl and Lizabeth Wilson.
ENVI, MICROFICHE 35834
The
Cicognara Library Collection contains approximately
five thousand books on art, archaeology, and allied subjects. Acquired by the
Collection de pièces
sur les beaux-arts (1673-1808): dite Collection
Deloynes.
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 5545
Microform of the 63 volume Deloynes collection in the Bibliothèque nationale. A panorama
of art criticism during the Old Regime, The Revolution and the Empire, this
collection includes over 2000 pamphlets, manuscripts, and salon and exhibition
catalogs. The Deloynes Collection was begun by the well-known merchant and
amateur artist Pierre-Jean Mariette, who was succeeded in 1774 by
Contemporary women artists:
pictures from the Women Artists Slide Library.
Haslemere,
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 27085 (Guide MICROFICHE 27085.guide)
This
volume lists 226 artists, arranged alphabetically. The entry for each artist
gives the artist's name and a reference indicating where images are to be found
on the microfiche.
Conway Library, the
Courtauld Institute of Art: microfiche copies of materials in the collection.
The
photographs, acquired from professional photographers as well as faculty and
staff, reflect
the teaching and research that has been
undertaken at the Courtauld Institute.
The photographs cover the following areas: Pt. 1. Architecture:
Conway Library 5 year
update, 1987-1992.
860 microfiches + guide.
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 28643
The
update follows the order of the original microfiche, except that the six parts
have been amalgamated into one. All
information about each photograph is annotated on the mount.
Courtauld Institute of Art
periodicals index.
Doe
Refe, MICROFICHE 28703
Reproduces the card index file to articles on the fine arts,
architecture, decorative arts and related subjects, which appeared in almost
200 art periodicals over a forty year period beginning in the mid 1930s. Subject headings serve to guide the users,
i.e. iconography, portraits, sculpture, etc.
Most cards include a brief summary of the article referred to, and each
subject is indexed in fine detail. Each
header strip includes details of the first and last subjects of the fiche.
Crace Collection of London
views in the British Museum.
News/Micro,
MICROFILM 20520 see DA677.A12.C7 (MICROFILM GUIDES) for index
to reels and catalog of the collection.
A comprehensive graphical representation of
Deloynes Collection; see entry: Collection de pièces sur les beaux-arts (1673-1808): dite Collection Deloynes
Dictionary catalog of the
Library of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution. Freer Gallery of Art, Library.
News/Micro,
MICROFICHE 30529 (Guide MICROFICHE 30529.guide)
This microfiche collection is the second, enlarged edition of the
reproduction of the card catalog of the Freer Gallery of Art Library,
Smithsonian. Half of the book collection is in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean,
and also includes numerous manuscripts, photographs, and slides. The guide
provides an introduction and a list of fiche headers arranged by sections: Asian language catalog, Western language catalog, Library of Congress classification catalog.
Early Alinari
photographic archive of art & architecture in Italy.
122 microfiches.
AH/C,
Special Collections, MICROFICHE 19162
This
collection reproduces photographs, mainly taken before the end of the 19th
century, in the collection of the
Early photographs from
News/Micro MICROFICHE 34156
Selected glass negatives
(some positive) made mainly in Egypt, some in Greece and Turkey, showing
Islamic and modern architecture, ancient Egyptian monuments, daily life in the
cities and countryside and flora and fauna of Egypt. Original photographer unknown, but many of
the negatives have exact dates. Includes printed guide.
Emblem books. Supplement 1: a microfiche project.
Edited by Wim van Dongen. Zug, Switzerland: Inter
Documentation, 198-?. 780 microfiches.
News/Micro, MICROFICHE 18001
Emblem
books. Supplement 2: a microfiche
project. Edited by Wim van Dongen.
News/Micro,
MICROFICHE 22725
Emblem
books are an invaluable source for historians of literature and the visual
arts. This collection includes rare and
important emblem books starting with the first published emblem book, Alciato's
Emblematum Liber (1531). Other authors
in this collection include Abraham a Sancta Clar, Camerarius, Drechsel,
Menestrier, and Ripa.
Exhibition catalogs of the
Hermitage from the Library of the State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg.
The
catalog collection traces in chronological order the Hermitage exhibition history
and covers the period immediately following the Revolution through the
1970s. The catalogs comprehend the
outstanding permanent collections of the Hermitage, covering areas such as
primitive culture, the culture and art of ancient Egypt, Russian culture, the
art of Italy, England and France, decorative silver, European wallpaper, etc.
Also includes guides and catalogs
covering collections on loan from other institutions that were temporarily
exhibited at the Hermitage. These catalogs comprise a large part of this
microfiche collection and include a great variety of subjects.
Frühwerk Gustav Klimts. Dobai, Johannes. Wien: Universität Wien,
1958.
News/Micro,
MICROFILM 12354.ND
Dissertation
based on Gustav Klimt’s early work.
Index iconologicus. Compiled
by the
Doe
Refe, MICROFICHE 1785 See N7420.A12.I6 (Doe Refe) for a guide to the microform edition.
Consists of more than 60,000 alphabetically filed entries. These entries contain, in addition to
photographic reproductions of art works, much literary, bibliographic, and
historical information. Although the bulk of the material comes from the 16th
and 17th centuries, entries are included from as early as A. D. 1250 to as
recently as 1940. The guide is also
issued on microfiche, together with the microform edition, filed at head of the
set.
Index of ancient art and
architecture: monuments of Greek and Roman cultural heritage in the
photographic collection of the German Archaeological Institute in
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 17031
A collection of over 300,000 photographs on ancient art from the German
Archaeological Institute in
Internationale Bibliographien zur
Kunstliteratur zwischen
1500 und 1850 = International bibliographies of art literature between 1500 and
1850. München. K.G. Saur, 1999. 167 microfiches + guide.
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 27938
Bibliographies
on architecture, painting, graphic art, sculpture and landscape gardening
published between 1500 and 1850. Covers Germany,
Kasimir Malevich archive, Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam.
Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935.
News/Micro,
MICROFICHE 19025
A collection of 35 handwritten texts, typewritten texts, notebooks, and
clippings from Kazimer Severinovich Malevich (1878-1935). The texts date from 1913 to 1927 and include
the complete manuscript for the proposed 1922 edition of the book
"Suprematism. Mir kak bespredmetnost." The archive also contains parts of Malevich'
main philosophical work "The World as Non-Objectivity."
M.C. Escher archive drawings: Haags Gemeentemuseum, mei 1980. [
106 fiches + guide.
News/Micro MICROFICHE 34158
The authentic collection of
all Escher drawings housed in the Haags Gemeentemuseum. Includes a printed guide listing the individual drawings
with specifications as to date, exact size, technique used and place in the
microfiche collection. Approximately 2,100 drawings.
Marburger
index: Inventar der Kunst in Deutschland. Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Deutsches
Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte, Philipps-Universität Marburg,
Ernst-von-Hulsen-Haus.
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 10704
The
930,000 photographs cover material from the Middle
Ages to the present. The western and
non-western art included covers architecture, painting, sculpture, prints, and
decorative arts and crafts. Organized
topographically, it begins with municipal architecture, followed by sacred and
secular architecture, and ends with museums and their individual works of
art. Within the frame of each microfiche
are names of artists, titles of works, dates, and dimensions. Provides extensive subject
index. The Marburger Index is
based on ICONCLASS : an iconographic classification system (AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, Z697.A8.W3 1973), a subject specific
international classification system for iconographic research and the
documentation of images covering the subjects of western art. Provides definitions,
including keywords, of objects, persons, events, situations and abstract ideas
that can be the subject of an image.
Mediaeval manuscript
collection, including some post-mediaeval manuscripts. Section
4, illuminated manuscripts.
News/Micro,
MICROFILM 19462 ND
This
collection covers the 10th-17th centuries and includes examples of most of the
Western European styles of illumination.
For contents see guide: ND2897.C3.T7 (in News/Micro)
Mediaeval manuscripts at Lambeth
Palace Library.
News/Micro,
MICROFILM 17738.BX
These
22 manuscripts (some in color) date from the 9th to the 15th centuries. The
collection includes a 12th-century Gregorii Homiliae, the Lambeth Bible, the
Lambeth Apocalypse, St. Alban's Chronicle, St. Neot's Psalter and the
9th-century Gospels of MacDurnan. For
contents list to reels, see MICROFILM 17738 BX guide (in News/Micro).
Modern Chinese pictorial
art, 1949-1979. Simon B. Heilesen. Zug, Switzerland: Inter Documentation Co., 1980? 3 microfiches.
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 6022
A sample
survey of modern Chinese art limited to the first three decades of the People's
Republic of China. The survey is based on Dutch, British, and German library
collections. Here pictorial art is defined by traditional Chinese painting, oil
painting, water-color, and drawings & graphics (distinguished as woodcuts, nianhua, posters and prints). The name of the artist, title
of painting (in Chinese if the original title was available; otherwise, in
English), date, place of publication and subject are provided. Searchable by alphabetical,
chronological, and subject indexes.
Contains announcements, newspaper clippings, press releases, reviews, and
other ephemera from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries relating to
more than 20,000 modern artists. Arranged
alphabetically by artist's name and includes material on all kinds of artists
from painters to performers. Includes bibliographical references.
642 microfiches.
News/Micro
MICROFICHE 33756
The
scrapbooks are arranged alphabetically by 44 individual artists with three
multi-artists collections at the end.
Photographs of Egyptian Art
and of
84 microfiches + guide.
News/Micro MICROFICHE 34157
Photographs, made between
1931 and 1975 by Egyptologist Hans Wolfgang Müller. Photos document objects d'art, sculptures, reliefs and smaller objects as well as other Egyptian
antiquities. Over 9,000
photographs. Includes
printed guide with list of places, sites and collections in alphabetical order;
list of fiches and their contents; and list of objects and negative numbers.
Recueil. Pièces sur les arts, 15è-20è siècles. 12 volumes on two microform reels.
News/Micro,
MICROFILM 79049
Collection of images--engravings,
caricatures, photographs, reproductions of paintings--that have as their
subject French artists and ateliers from the 15th to the 20th centuries, in the
Bibliothèque Nationale de
France, Estampes et Photographies
Department.
Sotheby sales catalogues see entry: Catalogues of sales: 1734-1945
Theateraffiches. Gemeentearchief
Rotterdam.
News/Micro,
MICROFICHE 27913
The
Municipal Archives of Rotterdam holds a remarkable collection of large-format
posters documenting theatre and some opera performances in the city's theatres
and in certain other Dutch cities in the second half of the 19th and first
quarter of the 20th centuries. Provides a significant resource for research for the history of the
theatre and performance but also for the wider study of European culture during
this crucial period of its history.
Theo
van Doesburg archive. Netherlands, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst.
441 microfiches + guide.
ENVI,
MICROFICHE 27915
As
writer, art theorist and art critic, van Doesburg was an untiring propagandist
of the new. This archive contains
correspondence with artists and magazine editors; Van Doesburg's published
works and many manuscripts; photos of his work and the exhibitions he took part
in; scrapbooks, notebooks, diaries and personal papers.
Women artists in the
Victoria & Albert Museum. Haslemere,
10 microfiche + guide.
AH/C,
Room 308J - Microfiche Cabinet, MICROFICHE 27089
Catalogue of women's art in the Collection of Prints, Drawings and
Paintings,
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