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HAA 86/186 Latinx Presence in Art & Visual Culture: Home

Bibliographies | Books | Articles

Note: terms used in books and articles published in the past as well as language used in library catalogues are becoming outdated. We acknowledge that cataloging approaches were designed in a racist and white-centered system. Before we can change that completely, we need to include all possible keywords for the most comprehensive search results possible. For examples: Latin/Latino/Latina/latinx, Hispanic Americans, Spanish Americans, Chicano/a, Cuban American, and so on.

I. Bibliographies

 

Note: check out the following Subject Databases of journal articles for review of books as well.

  • 1.

    You might consider such questions as:

    • Does the reviewer agree or disagree with the book's theses and approaches?
    • Does the reviewer provide new evidence not included in the book?
    • What does the reviewer see as the relevance of the book?
    • What questions not included in the book does the reviewer identify?
    • Based on this book review, what do you think are a few of the major questions or methodologies being used in your chosen field?
    2.

    What's the next larger context?

    Aren't any (or many) books published on your topic? Try place your idea in the knowledge hierarchy. e.g., connect Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling with 16th-century Italian art, focusing on patronage in Rome during the Renaissance and Baroque periods; or, dealing with influential Italian artists through history, etc.?

 

II. (JumboSearch for) Books 

Browsing and Search patterns for your reference:

 
   

 

Note: Worldwide Libraries (also known as WorldCat) is still a better place to get a fuller picture of  books on a topic.)

Getty Research Portal Digitized art history texts in the public domain.

**Check the Boston Public Library's catalog for eBooks (and  sign up for a BPL eCard , Tufts students and faculty eligible)

**"Digital books" on Internet Archive

III. Journal Articles (subject databases)

A. All Subjects

B.  Art History and Related Subjects Databases

ARTbibliographies Modern (not in the EBSCO group)

 

C. Latin American Studies

   
  • A Few Notes:

    Popular Press vs Scholarly Journals

    For some current artists, there may not be much scholarship on their works yet. You are more likely to find exhibition reviews in popular press and trade publications. However, there are surely scholarship on the same types of works from the past.

    Exhibition reviews in popular press are likely opinion pieces. Ask yourself if these reviews are seeking to promote the artist, to criticize him/her, to judge his/her work, or simply to inform. Have the reviews changed over time? Why? How would you use these "public receptions" with other scholarly criticism?

    Two sample reviews:

    Tuchman, Phyllis. "Review: Rothko Rising." Art Journal 58, no. 1 (Spring, 1999): pp. 110-112.

    Johnson, Ken. "ART IN REVIEW; Mark Rothko -- 'A Painter's Progress : The Year 1949'." The New York Times, February 6, 2004, sec. E; Part 2; Leisure/Weekend Desk.

    Source of the two samples: Barnet, Sylvan, A Short Guide to Writing About Art (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2011), p169.

    Popular Press as Primary Sources

    If you are examining the public/popular reception (vs critical responses) of an artist throughout time, popular press are your primary sources.

    One past research paper was looking at contemporaneous reviews of Tissot's 1885 exhibition entitled Femme à Paris, held at the Galerie Sedelmeyer.

    Another project was researching both the critical and popular receptions of particular iconic fashion designers and architects. The historical popular press would be especially relevant.

 
  • 1. limit your search to Reviews or Book Reviews
    2. Use keywords such as "review", "current research".
 
 

D. Newspapers and Magazines

Current:

Historical: