When conducting research in the visual arts, if you don't already know the artist or name of the artwork you are researching, try combining the particular genre of visual arts you are searching for with the associated culture you are interested in.
Examples:
Genre |
Culture |
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Scultpure
- Decorative Arts
- Architecture
- Photography
|
Western
- Europe
- United States
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
Non-western
- Asian
- African
- Arabic
- Native American
- Aboriginal Australian
- China
- Japan
|
You may also try combining a particular artist or movement of art with what kind of information you are looking for.
Examples:
Artist/Movement |
Desired Information |
- Van Gogh
- Cezanne
- Michelangelo
- Cubism
- Impressionism
- Romanticism
- Renaissance
|
- History
- Interpretation
- Criticism
- Critical Analysis
|