Art History - Oxford Bibliographies
Courbet, Gustave
Petra Chu
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2015-09-29
Gustave Courbet Introduction Gustave Courbet (b. 1819–d. 1877) occupies an important place in 19th-century art history. Citing the necessity f...
Czech Modern and Contemporary Art
Vojtěch Lahoda
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2017-09-27
Czech Modern and Contemporary ArtIntroductionThe term “Czech Republic,” although officially valid since 1993, is used to describe the region of the Cz...
Daumier, Honoré
Judith Glatzer Wechsler
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Honoré DaumierIntroductionHonoré Daumier (b. 1808–d. 1879), the foremost French 19th-century caricaturist, lived in a time of radical change: three re...
David, Jacques-Louis
Dorothy Johnson
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Jacques-Louis David Introduction Jacques-Louis David (b. 1748–d. 1825) was the most famous and influential artist of his time in France and on...
Delacroix, Eugène
Nina M. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2016-11-28
Eugène DelacroixIntroductionIn the history of 19th-century painting, Eugène Delacroix (b. 1798–d. 1863) is a pivotal presence, extolled by art-histori...
Design, Garden and Landscape
John Dixon Hunt
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Garden and Landscape DesignIntroductionAt first hand, little is known about gardens and landscapes in ancient times. Writing about them came much late...
Destruction in Art
Kristine Stiles
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2019-10-30
Destruction in ArtIntroduction“Destruction in art” is not destruction of art, neither is it iconoclasm. The term “destruction in art” refers to a wide...
Dürer, Albrecht
Jane C. Hutchison
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Albrecht Dürer Introduction Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471–6 April 1528) was a German painter, graphic artist, author, publisher, and mathematici...
Early Christian Art
Katherine Marsengill
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Early Christian ArtIntroductionEarly Christian art history encompasses a range of material loosely dated from the first known appearances of Christian...
Early Medieval Architecture in Western Europe
Charles McClendon
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Early Medieval Architecture in Western EuropeIntroductionThe precise definition of the early Middle Ages as a historical period is far from clear, as ...
Eighteenth-Century Europe
Michael Yonan
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2016-02-25
Eighteenth-Century EuropeIntroduction18th-century art has until recently occupied a curiously neglected position in art history. Sandwiched between th...
Ephemeral Art and Performance in Africa
Aimée Bessire
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2021-01-12
Ephemeral Art and Performance in AfricaIntroductionEphemeral art presents an interesting and not often covered lens in the field of African studies. I...
Ethiopia, Art History of
Claire Bosc-Tiessé
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2017-11-29
Art History of EthiopiaIntroductionThis bibliography focuses on visual arts, namely painting, architecture, sculpture, engravings, and, to a degree, t...
European Art, Historiography of
Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Historiography of European Art Introduction The visual arts and architecture have been discussed in Europe since classical Antiquity. While se...
European Medieval Art, Otherness in
Pamela A. Patton
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2018-11-29
Otherness in European Medieval ArtIntroductionThe utility of visual images in articulating social, cultural, religious, and ethnic difference strongly...
Expressionism
Reinhold Heller
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Expressionism Introduction Like many period and movement designations, expressionism lacks a consistent set of identifying criteria. Unlike te...
Eyck, Jan van
Linda Seidel
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Jan van Eyck Introduction Jan van Eyck (b. c. 1380–d. 1441) is universally recognized as the legendary inventor of oil painting and is widely ...
Festivals in West Africa
Gitti Salami
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2018-08-28
Festivals in West AfricaIntroductionHistorically, many Africans have solidified their bonds by celebrating spectacular festivals. Prior to and during ...
French Impressionism
Jane M. Roos
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2017-01-11
French ImpressionismIntroductionImpressionnisme (and its Anglophone cognate, “Impressionism”) was coined in 1874 to designate a group of painters who ...
Gender and Art in the 17th Century
Frima Fox Hofrichter
Subject: Art History »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Gender and Art in the 17th CenturyIntroductionGender and Art in the 17th Century is a large and growing theme in art historical research, as aspects o...
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