Humanities

Renaissance art

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Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Art Online offers an access to Oxford’s art reference works: Grove Art Online, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, Oxford Companion to Western Art and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies.

Historical dictionary of Renaissance art
Entries on major Renaissance painters, sculptors, architects, and patrons, as well as relevant historical figures and events, the foremost artistic centers, schools and periods, major themes and subjects, noteworthy commissions, technical processes, theoretical material, literary and philosophic sources for art, and art historical terminology.
The Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
The entries cover people, places, events, concepts, works of art and literature, and scientific achievements from around 1350 to 1620.