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HUM 101 - Introduction to Humanities - Rose

Visual Arts Keywords

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

Performing Arts Keywords

Start with What You Know

  • If you have the artist's name and/or the name of a specific work, then enter these as keywords and phrases.
  • You can also search by Genre and a particular culture. See the table below for more information and examples.
Table showing options for combining keywords. Do a search using a word/phrase from the Genre column and a word/phrase from the Culture/Home of the Culture column.
 Genre Culture/Home of the Culture
  • Music
  • Theatre
  • Opera
  • Musical Theatre
  • Recitation
  • Oral History
  • Mime
  • Pantomime
  • Magic
  • Ritual
Western
  • European
  • United States
  • France
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • Italy

 

Non-western
  • African
  • Asian
  • Arabic
  • Japanese
  • Native American
  • China
  • Aboriginal Australia