List of art reference books

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This is a list of out-of-copyright books and journals about art and artists, available online to read or download. Includes the visual arts, such as painting, engraving, sculpture etc., only.

Contents

Encyclopedias of artists

Volume 1 (A–D) (missing)
Volume 2 (E–H)
Volume 3 (I–Maz)
Volume 4 (M.B.–Q)
Volume 5 (R–S)
Volume 6 (T–Z).
Volume 7 = Supplement
Volume 1 (A–C)
Volume 2 (D–G)
Volume 3 (H–M)
Volume 4 (N–R)
Volume 5 (S–Z)
Volume 1 (Aagaard to Dyer)
Volume 2 (Eakins to Kyhn)
Volume 3 (Laar to Quost)
Volume 4 (Raab to Zyl & supplement).
Volume 1
Volume 2.

Art history

Engraving

Vol. 1, pt. 1 (Adam to Chevillet)
Vol. 1, pt. 2 (Chodowiecki to Dossier)
Vol. 2, pt. 1 (Les Drevet to Heinecken)
Vol. 2, pt. 2 (Helman to Marais)
Vol. 3, pt. 1 (Marcenay de Ghuy to Robert)
Vol. 3, pt. 1 (Roger to Zingg).

Painting

Volume 1 – Alken to Gooch
Volume 2 – Hancock to Wooton
Volume 1 – The renaissance in central Italy
Volume 2 – The renaissance in Venice
Volume 3 – Later Italians and genius of Spain
Volume 4 – The renaissance in the north & the Flemish genius
Volume 5 – The Dutch Genius
Volume 6 – The French genius
Volume 7 – The British genius
Volume 8 – The modern genius
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4

Biographies of artists

Individual artists

Collected biographies

Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3
Volume 4.

Specific art topics

Art Journals

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