Art History Bibliography and Library Methods

Catalogs of Paintings in a Geographic Region

Art 600

1. Cantelli, Giuseppe. Repertorio della pittura fiorentina del seicento (1983)

ND621.F5C36 Art stacks

Catalog of 17th-century Florentine painting;organized by artist, with works grouped by collection; many are illustrated.

2. Fredericksen, Burton B. Census of pre-nineteenth-century Italian paintings in North American public collections (1972)

ND611.F73 Art reference

Brief information, organized by artist, subject and collection; includes bibliographic references.

3. Morse, John D. Old master paintings in North America (new ed., 1979)

N510.M63 1979 Art reference

Index of paintings by forty "old masters" in American collections; includes illustrations of some works.

4. National Collection of Fine Arts. Directory to the Bicentennial Inventory of American Paintings Executed before1914 (1976)

ND205.S6 1976 Art reference

Lists artists covered in the Inventory, a reference file housed at what is now the National Museum of American Art; also includes list of collections it covers.

5. Repertori fotografici (1982-)

Call number varies

Supplies full-page b & w illustrations of works of art, mostly Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings now in collections all over the world. Each volume covers a different region. Works arranged alphabetically by artist.
(Stanford has:

v.1, La pittura emiliana del 600 (1982)ND619.E5C41;

v.2, La pittura del 700 a Roma (1983) ND620.P58 1983;

v.3, La pittura napoletana del 600 (1984) ND616.S16 1984;

v.4, La pittura lombarda del 600 (1985) ND619.L64P58 1985;

v.5, La pittura lombarda del 700 (1986) ND619.L7P5 1986;

v.6, La pittura neoclassica italiana (1987) ND616.5.N45P51987;

v.7, La pittura del 600 a Genoa (1988) ND621.G4P57 1988;

v.8, Scultura greca del IV secolo (1993) NB90.T63 1993)

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6. Schweers, Hans F. Gemälde in Deutschen Museen (2d ed., 1994) 3 v. in 10

N2210.S27 1994 Art reference

Brief physical description of each work, arranged by artist; has classified iconographical index and museum index.

7. Wright, Christopher Old master paintings in Britain (1976)

ND450.W74 1976 Art reference

European works, executed before 1800, in British public collections.

8. ----------. Paintings in Dutch museums(1980)

N2450.W8 Art reference

European paintings in Dutch public collections by artists born before 1870; organized by artist.

9. ----------. The world's master paintings from the early Renaissance to the present day (1992) 2 v.

ND40.W75 1992 Art reference

Gives locations and basic information on works by about 1300 European and American painters; museum section supplies brief surveys of the paintings collections of several hundred museums.

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