LibGuides: VIS 22: Formations of Modern Art: Choosing a topic

Browse art books to find an artist

Here are a small selection of books that will help you identify a contemporary artist to research.

50 contemporary artists you should know
Call Number: N40 .F5613 2011
ISBN: 9783791345307
100 Contemporary Artists
Call Number: N6497 .A14 2009
ISBN: 9783836514903
100 Painters of Tomorrow
Call Number: ND196.2 .B44 2014
ISBN: 9780500239230
The Twenty First Century Art Book
Call Number: N6497 .G75 2014
ISBN: 9780714867397
Publication Date: 2014
Vitamin 3-D : new perspectives in sculpture and installation
Call Number: NB198.6 .V58 2009
ISBN: 9780714849744
Vitamin D : new perspectives in drawing
Call Number: NC95 .V58 2005
ISBN: 9780714845456
Vitamin Ph : new perspectives in photography
Call Number: TR655 .V58 2006
ISBN: 9780714846569
Vitamin P₂ : new perspectives in painting
Call Number: ND195 .V55 2011
ISBN: 9780714861609
Vitamin P3 : new perspectives in painting
Call Number: ND196.2 .V58 2016
ISBN: 9780714871455

Benezit Dictionary of Artists
With nearly 170,000 entries on artists from antiquity to the present day and featuring regular updates, Benezit is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources on artists in the English language.
Oxford Art Online
Provides access to Grove Art Online, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Provides an overview of the history of art as illustrated and represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection
Smarthistory
A well-respected online resource for art and art history.