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Includes the visual arts, such as painting, engraving, sculpture etc., only. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Encyclopedias_of_artists">Encyclopedias of artists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Encyclopedias of artists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><b>Biographical dictionary of medallists: coin, gem, and seal engravers, mint-masters, etc.</b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Forrer" title="Leonard Forrer">Leonard Forrer</a> (London: Spink & son, 1904):</li></ul> <dl><dd>Volume 1 (A–D) (missing)</dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict02forriala">Volume 2 (E–H)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict03forriala">Volume 3 (I–Maz)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict04forriala">Volume 4 (M.B.–Q)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict05forriala">Volume 5 (R–S)</a></dd> <dd>Volume 6 (T–Z).</dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/g/genpub/ajk5386.0007.001?view=toc">Volume 7 = Supplement</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><b>Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers</b></i> (New York: Macmillan, 1903). Illustrated:</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bryansdiction01brya">Volume 1 (A–C)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bryansdiction02brya">Volume 2 (D–G)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bryansdiction03brya">Volume 3 (H–M)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bryansdiction04brya">Volume 4 (N–R)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bryansdiction05brya">Volume 5 (S–Z)</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a></b></i> (Smith, Elder & Co., 1885–1901). Comprehensive biographical resource including British and Irish artists up to the year 1900 or so.</li> <li><i><b>Cyclopedia of painters and paintings</b></i>, by J. D. Champlin & C. C. Perkins (New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1913). Illustrated with b/w drawings of art, artists and their monograms:</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain01cham">Volume 1 (Aagaard to Dyer)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain02cham">Volume 2 (Eakins to Kyhn)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain03cham">Volume 3 (Laar to Quost)</a></dd> <dd>Volume 4 (Raab to Zyl & supplement).</dd></dl> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/English_female_artists" class="mw-redirect" title="English female artists">English female artists</a></b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Creathorne_Clayton" title="Ellen Creathorne Clayton">Ellen Creathorne Clayton</a> (London, <a href="/wiki/Tinsley_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tinsley Brothers">Tinsley Brothers</a>, 1876):</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/englishfemalear00claygoog">Volume 1</a></dd> <dd>Volume 2.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Art_history">Art history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Art history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engraving">Engraving</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Engraving"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><b>Die deutschen Maler-Radierer des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts</b></i> (German painters and engravers of the 19th century) by Andreas Andresen & Josef Eduard Wessely (Rudolph Weigel, 1866). German text.</li> <li><i><b>French engravers of the eighteenth century</b></i> by A. Younger (London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent, 1913).</li> <li><i><b>French engravers and draughtsmen of the 18th century</b></i> by E. F. S. Dilke (London: Bell, 1902). Illustrated.</li> <li><i><b>Les graveurs du dix-huitième siècle</b></i> (Engravers of the 18th century) by Roger Portalis & Henri Béraldi (Paris D. Morgand et C. Fatout, 1880). French text:</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/p1lesgraveursdud01portuoft">Vol. 1, pt. 1 (Adam to Chevillet)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/p2lesgraveursdud01portuoft">Vol. 1, pt. 2 (Chodowiecki to Dossier)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/p1lesgraveursdud02portuoft">Vol. 2, pt. 1 (Les Drevet to Heinecken)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/p2lesgraveursdud02portuoft">Vol. 2, pt. 2 (Helman to Marais)</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/p1lesgraveursdud03portuoft">Vol. 3, pt. 1 (Marcenay de Ghuy to Robert)</a></dd> <dd>Vol. 3, pt. 1 (Roger to Zingg).</dd></dl> <ul><li><i><b>The old engravers of England: in their relation to contemporary life and art</b></i>, by Malcolm C. Salaman (London: Cassell, 1906).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Painting">Painting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Painting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><b>Animal painters of England from the year 1650</b></i> by Sir <a href="/wiki/Walter_Gilbey" title="Walter Gilbey">Walter Gilbey</a> (London: Vinton & Co., 1900):</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/animalpaintersof01gilb">Volume 1 – Alken to Gooch</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/animalpaintersof02gilb">Volume 2 – Hancock to Wooton</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><b>Artistes Francais a l'étranger (French artists abroad)</b></i> by Louis Dussieux (Paris: Gide & J. Baudry, 1856). French text.</li> <li><i><b>English painters</b></i> by H. J. Wilmot-Buxton (London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883). Illustrated.</li> <li><i><b>Die deutschen Maler-Radierer des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts</b></i> (German painters and engravers of the 19th century) by Andreas Andresen & Josef Eduard Wessely (Rudolph Weigel, 1866). German text.</li> <li><i>French Painting</i> by R. H. Wilenski (Boston, Hale, Cushman & Flint, inc., 1931). Comprehensive history of French art from earliest times. Illustrated in b/w</li> <li><i><b>French painting in the sixteenth century</b></i> by Louis Dimitier (London Duckworth, 1904).</li> <li><i><b>The history of American painting</b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Isham" title="Samuel Isham">Samuel Isham</a> (New York: Macmillan, 1905). Illustrated.</li> <li><i><b>A history of painting</b></i> by Haldane Macfall (London, T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1911–1912). Illustrated:</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofpaintin01macf">Volume 1 – The renaissance in central Italy</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofpaintin02macf">Volume 2 – The renaissance in Venice</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofpaintin03macf">Volume 3 – Later Italians and genius of Spain</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofpaintin04macf">Volume 4 – The renaissance in the north & the Flemish genius</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofpaintin05macf">Volume 5 – The Dutch Genius</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofpaintin06macf">Volume 6 – The French genius</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofpaintin07macf">Volume 7 – The British genius</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofpaintin08macf">Volume 8 – The modern genius</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><b>The history of modern painting</b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Muther_(art_historian)" title="Richard Muther (art historian)">Richard Muther</a> (London : J. M. Dent, 1907). Illustrated:</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofmodernp01muth">Volume 1</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofmodernp02muth">Volume 2</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofmodernp03muth">Volume 3</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofmodernp04muth">Volume 4</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><b>A history of water-colour painting in England</b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Richard_Redgrave" title="Gilbert Richard Redgrave">G. R. Redgrave</a> (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1905). Illustrated.</li> <li><i><b>Six centuries of painting</b></i> by Randall Davies (New York : Dodge Pub. Co., 1914).</li> <li><i><b>The story of Spanish painting</b></i> by C. H. Caffin (London, Unwin, 1910).</li> <li><i><b>Women artists in all ages and countries</b></i> by E. F. Ellet (New York : Harper & Brothers, 1859).</li> <li><i><b>Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413–1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day</b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Shaw_Sparrow" title="Walter Shaw Sparrow">W. S. Sparrow</a> (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905). Illustrated.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biographies_of_artists">Biographies of artists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Biographies of artists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_artists">Individual artists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Individual artists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Charles Bentley, member of the "Old Water-Colour" Society</i> by Frederic Gordon Roe (London, Walker's Galleries, 1921). Illustrated.</li> <li><i>Boucher</i> by Haldane Macfall (London: T.C. & E.C Jack, 1911). The life and work of <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher" title="François Boucher">François Boucher</a> (1703–1770).</li> <li><i>A.F. Cals: ou, Le bonheur de peindre</i> by <a href="/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Alexandre" title="Arsène Alexandre">Alexandre, Arsène</a> (Paris: G. Petit, 1900). French language.</li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/constable00holmiala">Constable</a></i> by C. J. Holmes (London: At the sign of the Unicorn, 1901). Landscape artist <a href="/wiki/John_Constable" title="John Constable">John Constable</a>. Illustrated.</li> <li><i>Fragonard</i> by Haldane Macfall (London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1909). The life and work of <a href="/wiki/Jean-Honor%C3%A9_Fragonard" title="Jean-Honoré Fragonard">Jean-Honoré Fragonard</a> (1732–1806).</li> <li><i>The book of Lovat, Claud Fraser</i> by Haldane Macfall (London: J.M. Dent, 1923). The life and work of <a href="/wiki/Claud_Lovat_Fraser" title="Claud Lovat Fraser">Claud Lovat Fraser</a> (1890–1921).</li> <li><i>William Payne, water-colour painter working 1776–1830</i> by Basil S. Long (London, Walker's Galleries, 1922). Illustrated.</li> <li><i>Vigée-Le Brun</i> by Haldane Macfall (London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1909). The life and work of <a href="/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth-Louise_Vig%C3%A9e-Le_Brun" class="mw-redirect" title="Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun">Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun</a> (1755–1842).</li> <li><i>Whistler</i> by Haldane Macfall (Boston: J. W. Luce, 1906). The life and work of <a href="/wiki/James_McNeill_Whistler" title="James McNeill Whistler">James McNeill Whistler</a>.</li> <li><i>Araripe</i> by Alexei Bueno and others (Tiradentes: Oscar Araripe Foundation, 2011). The life and work of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Araripe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oscar Araripe (page does not exist)">Oscar Araripe</a> (1941–...).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Collected_biographies">Collected biographies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Collected biographies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Four Irish landscape painters, George Barret, R. A., James A. O'Connor, Walter F. Osborne, R. H. A., Nathaniel Hone, R. H. A.</i> by Thomas Bodkin (London, T. F. Unwin ltd., 1920). B/w illustrations.</li> <li><i>German masters of art</i> by H. A. Dickinson (New York, F.A. Stokes, 1914).</li> <li><i>Great English painters </i> by Alan Cunningham (Philadelphia : Jacobs, 1908). Illustrated. Included early artists up to Holbein, then, Hogarth, Wilson, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Blake.</li> <li><i>Great English painters </i> by Francis Downman (London: W. Scott, 1886). Illustrated. Life and work of Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Romney, Morland, Lawrence, Turner and Constable.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/landscapefigurep00sher">Landscape and figure painters of America</a> by F. F. Sherman (New York, privately printed, 1917). Biographies of <a href="/wiki/Homer_Dodge_Martin" title="Homer Dodge Martin">Homer Dodge Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Loftin_Newman" title="Robert Loftin Newman">Robert Loftin Newman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Albert_Blakelock" title="Ralph Albert Blakelock">Ralph Albert Blakelock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pinkham_Ryder" title="Albert Pinkham Ryder">Albert Pinkham Ryder</a>, Lilian M. Genth, <a href="/wiki/Elliot_Daingerfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Elliot Daingerfield">Elliot Daingerfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winslow_Homer" title="Winslow Homer">Winslow Homer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_H._Wyant" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander H. Wyant">Alexander H. Wyant</a>, Dwight W. Tryon, J. Francis Murphy. Illustrated.</li> <li><i>The landscape and pastoral painters of Holland: Ruisdael, Hobbema, Cuijp, Potter</i> by Frank Cundall (New York, Scribner and Welford, 1891).</li> <li><i><b>The modern school of art</b></i> by <a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Meynell" title="Wilfrid Meynell">Wilfrid Meynell</a> (London: W. R. Howell & Co., c. 1887). Biographies of British 19th-century painters. Illustrated:</li></ul> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modernschoolofar01meynuoft">Volume 1</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modernschoolofar02meynuoft">Volume 2</a></dd> <dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modernschoolofar03meynuoft">Volume 3</a></dd> <dd>Volume 4.</dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Old English Masters</i> by Timothy Cole (New York: The Century Co., 1902). Artists from Hogarth to Landseer. Illustrated.</li> <li><i>The Wyons</i> by L. Forrer (London: Spink & Son, ltd., 1917). Talented family of designers, die-engravers and medallists. Illustrated in b/w.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specific_art_topics">Specific art topics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Specific art topics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>British Marine Painting</i> by C. G. Holme, Ed (London;Paris; New York: The Studio, 1919). Illustrated.</li> <li><i>China painting</i> by W.H. Miller (Anglo- French Art Co., 1912). Encyclopedia of methods of decorating and firing porcelain.</li> <li><i>The development of British landscape painting in water-colours</i> by Charles Home (Ed.) (London, "The Studio", 1918). Illustrated.</li> <li><i>The earlier English water-colour painters</i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Cosmo_Monkhouse" title="William Cosmo Monkhouse">W. C. Monkhouse</a> (London, Seeley, 1897). Illustrated.</li> <li><i>Early English water-colour drawings by great masters</i> by Geoffrey Holme (Ed.) (The Studio, London, 1919).Illustrated.</li> <li><i>The English pre-Raphaelite painters, their associates and successors</i> by Percy H. Bate (London: G. Bell & Sons, 1905). B/w illustrations.</li> <li><i><b>Famous Paintings</b></i>: Volume 1, Volume 2 (Cassell, 1891). Many high-quality colour plates of paintings by artists of all nationalities.</li> <li><i>The French pastellists of the eighteenth century</i> by Haldane Macfall (London: Macmillan, 1909).</li> <li><i>A history of the "Old water-colour" society, now the Royal society of painters in water colours</i>: Volume 1, Volume 2 by John Lewis Roget (London, Longmans, Green, and co., 1891).</li> <li><i>The ideals of painting</i> by <a href="/wiki/J._Comyns_Carr" title="J. Comyns Carr">J. Comyns Carr</a> (New York, Macmillan, 1917). An Art history focusing on the ideals that inspired European artists throughout the ages.</li> <li><i>International Art Markets</i> by James Goodwin (2009) subtitled <i>The Essential Guide for Collectors and Investors</i>.</li> <li><i>Landscape painting and modern Dutch artists</i> by E. B. Greenshields (New York Baker and Taylor, 1906)</li> <li><i>Modern British water-colour drawings</i> by Alfred Lys Baldrey (London, The Studio, 1900).</li> <li><i>The Norwich School</i> by Geoffrey Holme (Ed.) (The Studio Ltd., 1920). About the artists of the English <a href="/wiki/Norwich_School_(art_movement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwich School (art movement)">Norwich School</a>.</li> <li><i>Shakespeare in pictorial art</i> by M. C. Salaman (The Studio Ltd., 1916). Illustrated.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Art_Journals">Art Journals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_art_reference_books&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Art Journals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Magazine of Art</i>. Illustrated art journal which ran from 1878 to 1904.</li> <li><i>The Studio International – an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art</i>. 1893–1980. Illustrated. Only volumes out of copyright are held.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wide_World_Magazine" title="The Wide World Magazine">The Wide World Magazine</a></i> (Pub. by George Newnes). Travel and adventure magazine (1898–1965). 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title="Conservator-restorer">Conservator-restorer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paintings_conservator" title="Paintings conservator">paintings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_frescos" title="Conservation and restoration of frescos">frescos</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_critic" title="Art critic">Critic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curator" title="Curator">Curator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_dealer" title="Art dealer">Dealer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Model_(art)" title="Model (art)">Model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patronage" title="Patronage">Patron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_arts_education" title="Visual arts education">Visual arts education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_art_universities_and_colleges_in_Europe" title="List of art universities and colleges in Europe">Europe</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places<br />and events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_auction" title="Art auction">Art auction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_colony" title="Art colony">Art colony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_commune" class="mw-redirect" title="Art commune">Art commune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_exhibition" title="Art exhibition">Art exhibition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_exhibition_space" title="Alternative exhibition space">alternative exhibition space</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_gallery" title="Art gallery">Art gallery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_art_gallery" title="Contemporary art gallery">Contemporary art gallery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_museum" title="Art museum">Art museum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Single-artist_museum" title="Single-artist museum">Single-artist museum</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_school" title="Art school">Art school</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_art_schools_in_Europe" title="List of art schools in Europe">Europe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arts_centre" title="Arts centre">Arts centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arts_festival" title="Arts festival">Arts festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artist_collective" title="Artist collective">Artist collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artist_cooperative" title="Artist cooperative">Artist cooperative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artist-in-residence" title="Artist-in-residence">Artist-in-residence program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artist-run_initiative" class="mw-redirect" title="Artist-run initiative">Artist-run initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artist-run_space" title="Artist-run space">Artist-run space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biennale" title="Biennale">Biennale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commission_(art)" title="Commission (art)">Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculpture_garden" title="Sculpture garden">Sculpture garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculpture_trail" title="Sculpture trail">Sculpture trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_museum" title="Virtual museum">Virtual museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_art" title="History of art">History of art</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_art" title="Timeline of art">Timeline of art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_history" title="Art history">Art history (academic study)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_manifesto" title="Art manifesto">Art manifesto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_movement" title="Art movement">Art movements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_criticism" title="Art criticism">Criticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_art_criticism" title="Feminist art criticism">feminist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_painting" title="History of painting">History of painting</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_painting_history" title="Outline of painting history">outline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Periods_in_Western_art_history" title="Periods in Western art history">Periods in Western art history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_20th_century_printmaking_in_America" title="Timeline of 20th century printmaking in America">Timeline of 20th century printmaking in America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_market" title="Art market">Art market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_arts" title="The arts">The arts</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_raisonn%C3%A9" title="Catalogue raisonné">Catalogue raisonné</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classificatory_disputes_about_art" title="Classificatory disputes about art">Classificatory disputes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collection_Management_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Collection Management Policy">Museum collection management</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deaccessioning_(museum)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deaccessioning (museum)">deaccessioning</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_cultural_heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage">Conservation-restoration</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_paintings" title="Conservation and restoration of paintings">paintings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_policy" title="Cultural policy">Cultural policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destination_painting" title="Destination painting">Destination painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclecticism_in_art" title="Eclecticism in art">Eclecticism in art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economics_of_the_arts_and_literature" title="Economics of the arts and literature">Economics of art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_finance" title="Art finance">art finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_valuation" title="Art valuation">art valuation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elements_of_art" title="Elements of art">Elements of art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_painting-related_articles" title="Index of painting-related articles">Index of painting-related articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_the_visual_arts" title="Outline of the visual arts">Outline of the visual arts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_painting" title="Outline of painting">painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_sculpture" title="Outline of sculpture">sculpture</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provenance" title="Provenance">Provenance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sociology_of_art" title="Sociology of art">Sociology of art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Style_(visual_arts)" title="Style (visual arts)">Style</a></li></ul> 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