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Up one levelThe Art and Design of Utopian and Religious Communities
The Catalog of the Art and design of Utopian and Religious Communities is Part 2 of The Index of American Design. Communities such as Pennsylvania German, Shaker, Mormon, Quaker, American Indian and Spanish Southwest are represented by furniture, ceramics, utensils and tools, paintings, sculpture, leatherwork, interiors and architectural design.
Artists Files - Museum of Modern Art
Prints and textual and biographical materials from journals, newspapers, gallery exhibitions, etc. arranged alphabetically by artist's name. Filmed from originals located in the Museum of Modern Art, Library, New York NY.
British Periodicals in the Creative Arts
Published in Britain between the 1770's and the early 1900's, periodicals in the group served as primary spokesmen for British activity in the arts: music, art, drama, archeology, and architecture.
Catalog of the Library of the Whitney Museum of American Art
The library of the Whitney Museum of American Art originated as the personal collection of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who founded the Whitney Museum in 1930. Since its inauguration, the library has emerged as a unique and important resource for the study of American art: it houses archives and a collection of over 10,000 books and catalogs.
Christie's Pictorial Archive, Impressionist and Modern Art
A catalog of "fine and applied art" auctioned by Christie's. Issued in binder with artist index.
Index Photoqraphique de l'Art en France
"Contains more than 100,000 rare photos on French art and architecture which are housed at the Forschungsintitut Fur Kunstgeschichte of the Philipps-Universitat Marburg and the Rheinisches Bildarchiv Koln."
The Marburger Index: Photographic Documentation of Art in Germany
The Marburger Index is a photographic collection of German art as well as art from other countries owned by German institutions. The collection consists of about 930,000 black-and-white photographs, taken between 1850 and 1976, illustrating architecture, painting, sculpture, and arts and crafts from the classical to modern times.
Museum of Modern Art Artists Scrapbooks
126 scrapbooks arranged alphabetically by 44 individual artists with an additional 3 multi-artist collections. Contains material through the 1970's with the exception of the Picasso scrapbooks, which continue into the 1980's.
Architecture and Naive Art
The Catalog of Architecture and Naive Art is Part 3 of the Index of American Design and includes architectural details and ornament, interiors and exteriors, gardens, waterworks, ornamental iron, paintings, documents and prints. The catalog lists each object with details of the date of manufacture, the name of the maker and the place from where it ...