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FA 240 Introduction to Art and Architecture

Introduces students to the various media and values of the visual and plastic arts

Getting Started

For background information, start with an exhaustive reference work such as  Grove Art Online.  Both the 'Guided Tour' and 'Tips for Users' (available from the Home page) provide useful information on searching Grove/Oxford Art Online. The Oxford Companion to Western Art  edited by Hugh Brigstocke is also part of Oxford Art Online.

To place art and architecture in context, consult Art and Humanities Through the Eras

Bibliographies located in books or at the end of journal articles can be very helpful.  To learn if Pepperdine has access to a particular journal, search for the name of the journal in the library catalog, or use the 'Access Databases and E-Journals' search feature on the Library's Web site.

Scholarly Databases

Specialized Online Encyclopedias

ARTstor Images

 

Traitor's gate Tower of London

Tower of London; view of the Traitor's Gate, c. 1275-1279. Image and original data provided by SCALA, Florence/ART RESOURCE, N.Y. 

The best place to find images for your presentation or paper is the database, ARTstor which is being incorporated into JSTOR> Log on to ARTstor, create a personal account and create an image group.  Then view information on how to Export to Power Point


You can search ARTstor by the name of an art work, by geography, by classification (for example, architecture), or by collection (for example, Beyond the Taj).  Use the Advanced Search to limit by date.