Art & Architecture Collections

General Information

• About the Art & Architecture Collections at Stanford
• Historical Notes about the Collections
• Collection Development Policy Statement [under construction]
• How to Find Information about the Art & Architecture Collections at Stanford -- This is the site of the Art & Architecture Library home page, with information on hours, location, holdings, etc.
• Curatorial Staff [under construction]

Special Collections and Collecting Projects

• Categories of Rare Art & Architecture Materials Collected Regularly by Stanford University Libraries -- A brief listing by subject area of some of the unique materials collected by Stanford. Examples of holdings are drawn from Special Collections, Green Library and the Art & Architecture Library.
• Illuminated Manuscript and other Facsimiles -- The Art & Architecture Library regularly collects manuscript facsimiles, especially facs. of Medieval manuscripts. Other subject areas are discussed, with examples from Special Collections, Green Library and the Art & Architecture Library.

Timely Features and Special Items

• Art 236. Art History Bibliography and Library Methods -- This course, taught by the Art & Architecture Librarians, is designed primarily for art history graduate students; upper-class undergraduate majors who plan to continue in art history on the graduate level may enroll with the consent of the instructor. The class provides an introduction to reference works and research strategies essential to architectural and art history. Electronic and print sources of artistic, historical, and cultural information are presented in groupings based on resource types and topics. Several of these lists are reproduced here and may serve as research guides to the reference literature.
• Notable Acquisitions:
  • 1993-1994
  • 1994-1995
• Art & Architecture on the Internet -- This listing of selected sites is designed to serve as an aid for your net surfing. For specific sites not listed, use the Internet search capability of your Web browser.
• Bibliographic Tips and Recommended Publications [under construction]
• Notable Architecture on the Stanford Campus [under construction]

Studying Art & Architecture at Stanford

• Art Department