Art/Art History: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides

Here's a few new books recently added to the Art collection. Check 'em out!

These books will help you find introductory information, definitions, terminology, and biographies of art and artists.

• Art speak: A guide to contemporary ideas, movements, and buzzwords - REF N6490 .A87 2013
• Artists in California, 1786-1940 - REF N6530 .C2 H8 2002
• Artwords: A glossary of contemporary art theory - N71 .P32 1997
• Contemporary artists - N6490 .C6567 2002 
• Dictionary of women artists - N8354 .D53 1997
• Encyclopedia of world art - REF N31 .E533
• The Focal encyclopedia of photography: Digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science - REF TR9 .F6 
• Index to artistic biography - REF N40 .H38
• North American women artists of the twentieth century: A biographical dictionary - REF N6503 . N67 1995
• Oxford companion to Christian art and architecture - REF N7830 .M87 2001
• Oxford dictionary of art - online
• St. James guide to black artists - REF N40 .S78 1997
• St. James guide to native North American artists - E98 .A7 S8 1998
• Twentieth-century artists on art: An index to writings, statements, and interviews by artists, architects, and designers -
  REF NX456 .R59 1996
• Who was who in American art, 1564-1975: 400 years of artists in America - N6536 .W56 1999
• Who's who in American art - N6536 W5
• Women artists in the United States: A selective bibliography and resource guide on the fine and decorative arts, 1750-1986 -
  REF N6536 .C342 1990