AR+253+Survey+of+Art+History

= AR 253 - Survey of Art History: 1750-1900 = = = = Resources =


 * Reference Books:**
 * ~ Title ||~ Call Number ||~ Location ||
 * The dictionary of art || N 31 .D5 1996 ||= Reference ||
 * The Oxford dictionary of art || N 33 .O93 2004 ||= Reference ||
 * The art atlas || N 5300 .A77 2008 || Reference ||
 * -isms : understanding art || N 5302 .L585 2004 || Reference ||
 * Encyclopaedia of Impressionism || N 6465 .I4 D4 1990 || Reference ||
 * Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art || N 7560 .H34 1979 ||= Reference ||


 * Circulating Books:**
 * ~ Title ||~ Call Number ||~ Location ||
 * Nineteenth-century American art || N 6507 .G76 2000 ||= Second Floor ||
 * Nineteenth century art : a critical history || N 6450 .E374 1994 ||= Second Floor ||

Western art and the wider world A companion to American art The Grove encyclopedia of materials and techniques in art The concise Oxford dictionary of art and artists Cézanne and modernism : the poetics of painting
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