2. PRIMARY SOURCES
The following are anthologies of primary literary sources of western art history.
Art Theorists of the Italian Renaissance. (Online)
Collection of treatises on art and architecture from 1470 to 1775. Structured around the two Italian editions of Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists.
Grosse Künstlerlexika vom 16. bis zum frühen 19. Jahrhundert. Ed. by Ulrich Schütte. Microfiche collection.
[Avery Microfiche FX3 7775: Böhmen, Mähren und die Schweiz; FX3 7776: Italien; FX3 7777: Deutschland und Niederlande; FX3 7778: Frankreich, Spanien, England und Ireland.]
60 early European biographical dictionaries of artists, and art encyclopedias from the 16th to the early 19th centuries.
Internationale Bibliographien zur Kunstliteratur zwischen 1500 und 1800. (1999) 167microfiche, 1 guide
[Avery Microfiche FX3 7161]
Forty-two bibliographies of art literature published in Europe and the United States between 1500-1800.
Schlosser, Julius von. Die Kunstliteratur. (1924; reprint 1985)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 5940 ASch3]
Survey of early art literature from late antiquity to the 18th century. Best for the Renaissance. Includes bibliographies. Later editions in French and Italian with updated bibliographies follow.
______. La Letteratura Artistica. Italian ed. updated by O. Kurz. (1964)
[Avery Fine Arts ReferenceN 5940 Asch3311]
This was long the standard edition and is still cited. Late antiquity up to the early 19th century. Again, strongest for Renaissance.
_______. La Littérature Artistique. French ed., updated. (1984)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 35 Sch395]
Bibliographically the most up-to-date, but least accurate edition. Use with caution.
Sources and Documents in the History of Art Series. (Prentice-Hall, 1965-1983)
[See card catalog and CLIO]
Anthologies of sources of Western art history in translation. Each vol. on a specific period, with scholarly introductions by authorities, e.g. C. Gilbert ed., Italian Art 1400-1500; R. Klein and H. Zerner eds., Italian Art 1500-1600; J.J. Pollitt, Art of Rome, c.753BC-AD377: sources and documents. Titles can be found in Avery card catalog and in CLIO by author, title and by series.
And finally an index to writing's statements, and interviews of artists:
Robertson, Jack S. Twentieth-Century Artists on Art: an Index to Writings, Statements, and Interviews by Artists, Architects, and Designers. (1996)
[Avery Fine Arts Reference N 6490 R5471]
See also {Section 16: Archives}
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