Non-Western Art
This guide lists selected resources for art in areas outside the traditional canon of European and North American art.
African | Asian | Latin American
Resources for getting started with non-Western art:
Encyclopedia:
Dictionary of Art
Periodical Index:
Art Abstracts
(BHA, the other major index for art, includes materials on non-Western art only insofar as its influence on Western art.)
Survey:
Art Beyond the West: The Art of Africa, India and Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Korea, the Pacific, and the Americas.
N5300.K292 2002 (Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor)
African Art
Bibliographies | Encyclopedias | Biographical Sources
Bibliographies
African Art: A Bibliographic Guide.
Z5961.A35S7 1985 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
African Art: Five-Year Cumulative Bibliography, Mid-1983 through 1988.
N7391.65.B87 1990 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
An Annotated Bibliography of the Visual Arts of East Africa.
Z5961.A38B87 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
The Arts of Africa: An Annotated Bibliography.
N7380.A783 v.1 1986/87 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
The Arts of Central Africa: An Annotated Bibliography.
Z5961.Z28B53 1987 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
A Bibliography of African Art.
Z5938.A3I5 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
A Bibliography of the Arts of Africa.
Z5961.S85W47 1975 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Modern African Art: A Basic Reading List
Encyclopedias
The Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art: Worldview, Symbolism, and Culture in Africa, Oceania, and North America.
E98.A7W49 2000 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Biographical Sources
Art in East Africa: A Guide to Contemporary Art.
N7397.M54 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Nigerian Artists: A Who's Who & Bibliography.
N7399.N5K46 1993 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Additional resources:
St. James Guide to Black Artists.
N40.S78 1997 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Asian Art
Bibliographies and Indexes | Dictionaries | Biographical Sources |
Iconography Resources | Indexes to Reproductions
Bibliographies and Indexes
ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index
N7260.A25 v.1-2 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Dictionary Catalog of the Library of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Z5939.F74 Q (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
A Reader's Guide to the Arts of Japan
Additional resources:
Chinese and Japanese Art History WWW Virtual Library
Dictionaries
Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese Art.
N7340.M78 1981 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
A Glossary of Chinese Art and Archaeology. N7340.H3 1961 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
A Handbook of Chinese Art for Collectors and Students.
N7340.M4 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Additional resources:
Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print: Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e.
NE1310.L35 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Oriental Art: A Handbook of Styles and Forms.
N7260.G6713 1980 (Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor)
The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India.
NA1501.P45 1989 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Biographical Sources
Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art.
N7350.B448 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer.
N7358.R6 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
An Index-Dictionary of Chinese Artists, Collectors, and Connoisseurs... .
N7348.S48 1988 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Additional resources:
Sung Biographies.
DS751.5.S96 Bd.4 (Pattee - Stacks 1)
Iconography Resources
Buddhism.
N8193.A4L6813 1995 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Iconographic Dictionary of the Indian Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism.
DS503.S77 v.5 (Pattee - Stacks 1)
An Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography.
N8195.A4S78 1985 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Illustrated Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art.
N7740.H35 1996 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives.
GR335.W53 1974 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Symbols of Japan: Thematic Motifs in Art and Design.
N7350.B233 2001 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Indexes to Reproductions
Chinese Paintings in Chinese Publications, 1956-1968: An Annotated Bibliography and an Index to the Paintings.
DS701.M52 no.6 (Pattee - Stacks 1)
An Index of Early Chinese Painters and Paintings: T'ang, Sung, and Yüan.
ND1040.C34 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
An Index to Reproductions of Paintings by Twentieth-Century Chinese Artists.
ND1045.L35 1998 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference)
Latin American Art
Bibliographies | Encyclopedias | Biographical Sources
Bibliographies
Handbook of Latin American Art = Manual de arte latinoamericano: A Bibliographic Compilation.
N6502.H36 1984 (Pattee, West Wing - 3rd Floor)
Latin American Women Artists, Kahlo and Look Who Else: A Selective, Annotated Bibliography.
N6502.5.P84 1996 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Modern Latin American Art: A Bibliography.
Z5961.L3F56 1983 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art.
N6502.E53 2000 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Biographical Sources
Artists from Latin American Cultures: A Biographical Dictionary.
N6502.5.C657 2002 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Contemporary Latin American Artists: Exhibitions at the Organization of American States 1941-1964.
N6502.5.C66 1997 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Contemporary Latin American Artists: Exhibitions at the Organization of American States 1965-1985.
N6502.5.C66 1993 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists.
N6538.H58S7 2002 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Women Artists of Color: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas.
N8354.W656 1999 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)