Try searching the OneSearch by choosing "Keyword in Subject" with the search terms "Art AND Renaissance" [you could also add a country if applicable to your research]
Here's a selection of books available from the Library
Charles, Victoria (2012) Renaissance Art. - Available as an e-book
Hendrix, John. (2010) Renaissance theories of vision. Available as an e-book
A companion to Renaissance and Baroque art. - Available as an e-book
Merback, Mitchell B. (1999) The thief, the Cross, and the wheel: pain and the spectacle of punishment in medieval and Renaissance Europe. Stacks - N8257 .M47 1999
Panofsky, Erwin. (1972 [1960]) Renaissance and renascences in Western art. Available as an e-book
Re-thinking Renaissance Objects. Available as an e-book
Try searching the following library databases - you may need to click on the icon:
to find the actual article - we might not have access to all journals indexed in these databases.
Journal Article Indexes
Academic Search Complete Access to articles from magazines and peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, conference papers and proceedings, and educational reports from almost all academic areas of study. Alternate access via library barcode Access: CUNY.
Art Abstracts Index to articles in leading periodicals in the Arts from 1984 to the present. Alternate access via library barcode Access: CUNY
Humanities Source Articles in all aspects of the humanities including art, literature, music and philosophy, with access dating back to 1907. Alternate access via library barcode Access: CUNY
JSTOR A searchable collection of the complete runs (minus the most recent 2 to 5 years) of hundreds of the most significant scholarly journals. To focus on a discipline, select Narrow by Discipline -- e.g., (252 titles). Alternate access via library barcode Access: CUNY
Specialized Encyclopedia Articles
Gale Virtual Reference Library Hundreds of specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical directories and other reference books in a wide variety of subject fields including art, music and world cultures.Alternate access via library barcode Access: CUNY
Oxford Art Online Access to the entire text of the 34 vol. Dictionary of Art from Grove, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, with updates and links to images. Alternate access via library barcode Access: CUNY
Oxford Reference Online Premium Over 200 reference books from Oxford University Press, including language dictionaries, and reference works in art, science, classics, business, history, law, literature, medicine, geography, performing arts, philosophy, and social science. Alternate access via library barcode Access: CUNY
Very Short Introductions Short but authoritative introductions to topics written by authors who are experts in their field. These short introductions cover a range of subjects in the arts and humanities, law, medicine and health, science and mathematics and the social sciences. Access: John Jay
The Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance is an interdisciplinary research project centering on the classical tradition, a focus of Renaissance studies. The core of the project is the database registering antique monuments known in the Renaissance together with the related Renaissance documents in form of texts and images.
The Getty Research Portal™ is an online search platform providing global access to digitized art history texts.
To search through the EbscoHost Academic Search Complete for articles, simply enter in a keyword into the search box below.
