Bibliography of encyclopedias: art and artists

This is a list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries published on the subject of art and artists in any language. Entries are in the English language unless stated as otherwise.

General art

 * American Federation of Arts. Who's who in American art. Marquis Who's Who [etc.], 1936/1937–. ISSN 0000-0191.
 * Artcyclopedia: The fine art search engine. Artcyclopedia, 1999–.http://artcyclopedia.com.
 * Ashwin, Clive. Encyclopedia of Drawing: Materials, Techniques and Style. North Light, 1983.
 * Atkins, Robert. Artspeak: A guide to contemporary ideas, movements, and buzzwords, 1945 to the present. Abbeville Press, 1997. ISBN 0789203650.
 * Bahn, Paul G. The new Penguin dictionary of archaeology. Penguin, 2004. ISBN 0140514473.
 * Ballast, David Kent. The encyclopedia of associations and information sources for architects, designers, and engineers. Sharpe Professional, 1998. ISBN 0765600358.
 * Bénézit, E. Dictionary of artists Gründ, 2006. ISBN 2700030702.
 * Berman, Esmé. Art and artists of South Africa: An illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors and graphic artists since 1875. Southern Books, 1996. ISBN 1868123456.
 * Boardman, John. Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae (LIMC). Artemis, c1981–c1997. ISBN 3760887511.
 * Brigstocke, Hugh. The Oxford companion to western art. Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0198662033.
 * The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art. Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corp., 1973.
 * Cahill, James, Osvald Sirén, Ellen Johnston Laing. An index of early Chinese painters and paintings: T'ang, Sung, and Yüan. University of California Press, 1980. ISBN 0520035763.
 * Cancik, Hubert, Helmuth Schneider, Christine F. Salazar, David E. Orton. Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the ancient world. Brill, 2002–. ISBN 9004122591.
 * Chilvers, Ian. Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Oxford, 1990.
 * Chilvers, Ian. The Oxford dictionary of art. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0198604769.
 * Chilvers, Ian and Harold Osborne. Oxford Dictionary of Art. Oxford, 1988.
 * Daniel, Howard. Encyclopedia of Themes and Subjects in Painting. Abrams, 1971.
 * Davenport, R. J., Gordon's Art Reference, Inc. Davenport's art reference and price guide. Gordon's Art Reference, Inc., 1984–. ISSN 1540-1553.
 * Dawdy, Doris Ostrander. Artists of the American West: A biographical dictionary. Sage Books, [1974]–c1985. ISBN 0804006075.
 * DeMello, Margo. Encyclopedia of body adornment. Greenwood Press, 2007. ISBN 9780313336959.
 * Dunford, Penny. A biographical dictionary of women artists in Europe and America since 1850. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. ISBN 0812282302.
 * Earls, Irene. Baroque art: A topical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1996. ISBN 0313294062.
 * Earls, Irene. Renaissance art: A topical dictionary. Greenwood Press, 1987. ISBN 0313246580.
 * Enciclopedia dell'arte antica, classica e orientale. Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, [1958–1985].
 * Encyclopedia of World Art. Publishers Guild, 1983.
 * Falk, Peter H., Audrey M. Lewis, Georgia Kuchen. Who was who in American art, 1564–1975: 400 years of artists in America. Sound View Press, 1999. ISBN 0932087558.
 * Farris, Phoebe. Women artists of color: A bio-critical sourcebook to 20th century artists in the Americas. Greenwood Press, 1999. ISBN 0313303746.
 * Fielding, Mantle, Glenn B. Opitz. Mantle Fielding's dictionary of American painters, sculptors and engravers. Apollo, 1986. ISBN 0938290045.
 * Galería de Arte Nacional (Venezuela). Diccionario biográfico de las artes visuales en Venezuela. Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional, 2005. ISBN 9806420187.
 * Gascoigne, Bamber. How to identify prints: A complete guide to manual and mechanical processes from woodcut to inkjet. Thames & Hudson, 2004. ISBN 0500284806.
 * Gaze, Delia, Maja Mihajlovic, Leanda Shrimpton. Dictionary of women artists. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. ISBN 1884964214.
 * Getty Research Institute. Union list of artist names online. Getty Research Institute. Available online here.
 * Giorgi, Rosa, Stefano Zuffi. Saints in art. J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. ISBN 0892367172.
 * Goldman, Paul. Looking at prints, drawings, and watercolours: A guide to technical terms. British Museum Press, 2006. ISBN 9780892368716.
 * Goldwater, Robert John, Marco Treves. Artists on art: From the 14th to the 20th century. J. Murray, 1976. ISBN 0719533120.
 * Goulart, Ron. The Encyclopedia of American Comics. Facts on File, 1990.
 * Gowing, Lawrence. The Encyclopedia of Visual Art. Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corp., 1989.
 * Hall, James. Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. Harper & Row, 2nd ed., 1979.
 * Hallmark, Kara Kelley. Encyclopedia of Asian American artists. Greenwood Press, 2007. ISBN 9780313334511.
 * Harris, Jonathan. Art history: The key concepts. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 0415319765.
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 * Heller, Jules and Nancy Heller. North American women artists of the twentieth century: A biographical dictionary. Garland, 1995. ISBN 0824060490.
 * Heller, Nancy G. Women artists: An illustrated history. Abbeville Press, 2003. ISBN 0789207680.
 * Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, Kevin Hillstrom, Lucy R. Lippard. Contemporary women artists. St. James Press, 1999. ISBN 1558623728.
 * Horn, Maurice. Contemporary graphic artists: A biographical, bibliographical, and critical guide to current illustrators, animators, cartoonists, designers, and other graphic artists. Gale Research, 1986–. ISBN 0810321890.
 * Horn, Maurice. World Encyclopedia of Cartoons. Chelsea House, 1980.
 * Horn, Maurice. World Encyclopedia of Comics. Chelsea House, 1976.
 * Hornblower, Simon, Antony Spawforth. The Oxford classical dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0198606419.
 * Houfe, Simon. The dictionary of 19th century British book illustrators and caricaturists. Antique Collectors' Club, 1996. ISBN 1851491937.
 * Kazhdan, Alexander B. The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, 1991. ISBN 014051323X.
 * Kelly, Michael. Encyclopedia of aesthetics. Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0195113071.
 * Kort, Carol, Liz Sonneborn. A to Z of American women in the visual arts. Facts on File, 2002. ISBN 0816043973.
 * Marquis Who's Who. Who's who in American art. Marquis Who's Who, 1936/37-.
 * McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art. McGraw-Hill, 1969.
 * Meissner, Günter, K. G. Saur. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon: Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. K. G. Saur, 1992–. ISBN 359822740X. (German)
 * Meyer, George H., George H. Meyer, Jr., Katherine P. White, Museum of American Folk Art. Folk artists biographical index. Gale Research, 1987. ISBN 0810321459.
 * Milner, John, Antique Collector's Club. A dictionary of Russian and Soviet artists, 1420–1970. Antique Collectors' Club, 1993. ISBN 1851491821.
 * Murray, Peter and Linda Murray. Dictionary of Art and Artists. Penguin, 1972.
 * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Conservation and art materials encyclopedia online: CAMEO. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston..
 * Naylor, Colin, Leana Shrimpton. Contemporary masterworks. St. James Press, 1991. ISBN 1558620834.
 * Nelson, Robert S., Richard Shiff. Critical terms for art history. University of Chicago Press, 2003. ISBN 0226571661.
 * Newland, Amy Reigle. The Hotei encyclopedia of Japanese woodblock prints. Hotei Publishing, 2005. ISBN 9074822657.
 * Ormond, Richard, Malcolm Rogers, Adriana Davies. Dictionary of British portraiture. Oxford University Press, 1979–1981. ISBN 0195201809.
 * Osborne, Harold. Oxford Companion to Art. Oxford, 1970.
 * Osborne, Harold. Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts. Oxford, 1975.
 * Osborne, Harold. Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art. Oxford, 1982.
 * Oxford art online. Oxford University Press, 2008–..
 * Palmer, Frederick. Encyclopedia of Oil Painting: Materials and Techniques. North Light, 1984.
 * Pendergast, Sara, Tom Pendergast. Contemporary artists. St. James Press, 2002. ISBN 1558624880.
 * Petteys, Chris. Dictionary of women artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900. G.K. Hall, 1985. ISBN 0816184569.
 * Piper, David. Random House Dictionary of Art and Artists. Random House, 1990.
 * Praeger Dictionary of Art. Praeger, 1971.
 * Reid, Jane Davidson and Chris Rohman. The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts, 1300–1990s. Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN 0195049985.
 * Riggs, Thomas, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. St. James guide to black artists. St. James Press, 1997. ISBN 1558622209.
 * Riggs, Thomas, Association of Hispanic Arts (New York). St. James guide to Hispanic artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American artists. St. James Press, 2002. ISBN 1558624708.
 * Sill, Gertrude Grace. Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art. Macmillan, 1975.
 * Smithsonian Institution. Galaxy of knowledge: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Smithsonian Institution, 2002..
 * Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution research information system: SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution, 207-..
 * Stanos, Nikos. Concepts of modern art: From fauvism to postmodernism. Thames and Hudson, 1994. ISBN 0500202680.
 * Stevenson, George A. Graphic Arts Encyclopedia. Design Press, 1992.
 * Summers, Claude J. The queer encyclopedia of the visual arts. Cleis Press, 2004. ISBN 1573441910.
 * Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists. Thames and Hudson, 1985.
 * Vollmer, Hans. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts. Seemann, [1979?].
 * Walker, John Albert, Clive Phillpot. Glossary of art, architecture and design since 1945. G.K. Hall, 1992. ISBN 0816105561.
 * Wertkin, Gerard C., Lee Kogan American Folk Art Museum. Encyclopedia of American folk art. Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0415929865.
 * World Monuments Fund. World monuments watch: 100 most endangered sites. 2007–..
 * Riggs, Thomas, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. St. James guide to black artists. St. James Press, 1997. ISBN 1558622209.
 * Riggs, Thomas, Association of Hispanic Arts (New York). St. James guide to Hispanic artists: Profiles of Latino and Latin American artists. St. James Press, 2002. ISBN 1558624708.
 * Sill, Gertrude Grace. Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art. Macmillan, 1975.
 * Smithsonian Institution. Galaxy of knowledge: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Smithsonian Institution, 2002..
 * Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution research information system: SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution, 207-..
 * Stanos, Nikos. Concepts of modern art: From fauvism to postmodernism. Thames and Hudson, 1994. ISBN 0500202680.
 * Stevenson, George A. Graphic Arts Encyclopedia. Design Press, 1992.
 * Summers, Claude J. The queer encyclopedia of the visual arts. Cleis Press, 2004. ISBN 1573441910.
 * Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists. Thames and Hudson, 1985.
 * Vollmer, Hans. Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts. Seemann, [1979?].
 * Walker, John Albert, Clive Phillpot. Glossary of art, architecture and design since 1945. G.K. Hall, 1992. ISBN 0816105561.
 * Wertkin, Gerard C., Lee Kogan American Folk Art Museum. Encyclopedia of American folk art. Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0415929865.
 * World Monuments Fund. World monuments watch: 100 most endangered sites. 2007–..
 * Walker, John Albert, Clive Phillpot. Glossary of art, architecture and design since 1945. G.K. Hall, 1992. ISBN 0816105561.
 * Wertkin, Gerard C., Lee Kogan American Folk Art Museum. Encyclopedia of American folk art. Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0415929865.
 * World Monuments Fund. World monuments watch: 100 most endangered sites. 2007–..

Architecture

 * Calloway, Stephen. Elements of Style: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to the Present. Simon & Schuster, 1991.
 * Packard, Robert T. and Balthazar Korab. Encyclopedia of American Architecture. McGraw-Hill, 1994.
 * Packard, Robert T. and Balthazar Korab. Encyclopedia of American Architecture. McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Decorative arts and antiques

 * Cameron, Ian and Elizabeth Kingsley-Rowe. Random House Encyclopedia of Antiques. Random House, 1973.
 * Engen, Rodney K. Dictionary of Victorian wood engravers. Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. ISBN 0859641392.
 * Garner, Philippe. Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, 1890–1940. Van Nostrand, 1979.
 * Mackay, James. Encyclopedia of Small Antiques. Harper & Row, 1975.
 * Phillips, Phoebe. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. Crown, 1973; Smith, 1989.
 * Phipps, Frances. Collector's Complete Dictionary of American Antiques. Doubleday, 1974.
 * Ramsey, L. G. G. Complete Color Encyclopedia of Antiques. 2nd ed., Hawthorn, 1975.
 * Random House Collector's Encyclopedia: Victoriana to Art Deco. Random House, 1974.
 * Ross, Mabel. Encyclopedia of Handspinning. Interweave Press, 1988.
 * Savage, George. Dictionary of 19th Century Antiques and Later Objets d'Art. Putnam, 1978.
 * Torbet, Laura. The Encyclopedia of Crafts. Scribner's, 1980.
 * Wills, Geoffrey. Concise Encyclopedia of Antiques. Van Nostrand, 1976.

Engraving

 * Engen, Rodney K. Dictionary of Victorian wood engravers. Chadwyck-Healey, 1985. ISBN 0859641392.

Furniture

 * Aronson, Joseph. Encyclopedia of Furniture. 3rd ed., Crown, 1965.
 * Boyce, Charles. Dictionary of Furniture. Facts on File, 1985.
 * Fairbanks, Jonathan and Elizabeth Bidwell Bates. American Furniture: 1620 to the Present. Marek, 1981.
 * Gloag, John and Clive Edwards. A Complete Dictionary of Furniture. Rev. ed., Overlook Press, 1991.

Jewelry

 * Newman, Harold. Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry. Thames & Hudson, 1987.

Pottery and porcelain

 * Boger, Louise Ade. Dictionary of World Pottery and Porcelain. Scribner's, 1970.
 * Cameron, Elisabeth. Encyclopedia of Pottery & Porcelain, 1800–1960. Facts on File, 1986.
 * Hamer, Frank and Janet. Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques. 3rd ed., University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991.

Design

 * Byars, Mel (2004): The Design Encyclopedia, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 832 pages. ISBN 978-0870700125.
 * Fleming, John & Hugh Honour. The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. rev. ed., Viking, 1990.
 * Jervis, Simon. Facts on File Dictionary of Design and Designers. Facts on File, 1984.
 * Livingston, Alan, Isabella Livingston. The Thames and Hudson dictionary of graphic design and designers. Thames & Hudson, 2003. ISBN 0500203539.
 * Morteo, Enrico (2008): Grande Atlante del Design dal 1850 a oggi, Electa – Mondadori, 422 pages. ISBN 978-8837048976.
 * Osborne, Harold. The Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts. Oxford, 1975.
 * Pendergast, Sara. Contemporary designers. St. James Press, 1997. ISBN 1558621849.
 * Pile, John. Dictionary of 20th-Century Design. Facts on File, 1990.
 * Riley, Noël, Bayer, Patricia (2003): The Elements of Design: a practical encyclopedia of the decorative arts from the Renaissance to the present, Free Press, 544 pages. ISBN 9780743222297.

Photography

 * Auer, Michèle, Michel Auer. Encyclopédie internationale des photographes de 1839 à nos jours = Photographers encyclopaedia international 1839 to the present. (in English and French). Editions Camera obscura, 1985. ISBN 2903671044.
 * Auer, Michel, Michèle, Ides et calendes. Encyclopédie internationale des photographes des débuts à nos jours = Photographers encyclopedia international from its beginnings to the present. Ides et calendes, 1997. ISBN 2825801267.
 * Browne, Turner, Elaine Partnow. Macmillan biographical encyclopedia of photographic artists and innovators. Macmillan; Collier Macmillan, 1983. ISBN 0025175009.
 * Carroll, John and William Broecker. Encyclopedia of Practical Photography. Amphoto, 1977–1978.
 * International Center of Photography Encyclopedia of Photography. Crown, 1984.
 * Evans, Martin Marix, Amanda Hopkinson, Andrei Baskakov. Contemporary photographers. St. James Press, 1995. ISBN 1558621903.
 * Hannavy, John. Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography. Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. ISBN 0415972353.
 * Mautz, Carl. Biographies of western photographers: A reference guide to photographers working in the 19th century American West. Carl Mautz, 1997. ISBN 0962194077.
 * Peres, Michael R. The Focal encyclopedia of photography: Digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science. Elsevier/Focal Press, 2007. ISBN 9780240807409.
 * Stroebel, Leslie and Richard D. Zakia. The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography. Focal Press, 1993.
 * Warren, Lynne. Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 1579583938.
 * Willis-Thomas, Deborah. An illustrated bio-bibliography of black photographers, 1940–1988. Garland, 1989. ISBN 082408389X.

Sculpture

 * Beaulieu, Michèle, Victor Beyer. Dictionnaire des sculpteurs français du moyen age. Picard, 1992. ISBN 2708404245.
 * Boström, Antonia (2003): The Encyclopedia of Sculpture, 3 vols, Routledge, 1,936 pages. ISBN 978-1579582487.
 * Dürre, Stefan (2007): Seemanns Lexikon der Skulptur: Bildhauer, Epochen, Themen, Techniken, Seeman, 464 pages. ISBN 9783865021014.
 * Gunnis, Rupert (1953: later editions 1968 and 2009): Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851
 * Hachet, Jean-Charles (2005): Dictionnaire des sculpteurs et fondeurs animaliers de l'Antiquité à nos jours, Argusvalentines, 2 vols, 1,088 pages. ISBN 978-2919769131.
 * Mills, John (2005): Encyclopedia of Sculpture Techniques, paperback, Batsford, 240 pages. ISBN 978-0713489309.
 * Opitz, Glenn B. Dictionary of American sculptors: 18th century to the present, illustrated with over 200 photographs. Apollo, 1984. ISBN 0938290037.

Symbolism

 * Hall, James. Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. Harper & Row, 1979.
 * Roberts, Helene E. Encyclopedia of comparative iconography: Themes depicted in works of art. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998. ISBN 1579580092.
 * Rochelle, Mercedes. Post-Biblical saints art index: A locator of paintings, sculptures, mosaics, icons, frescoes, manuscript illuminations, sketches, woodcuts, and engravings, created from the 4th century to 1950, with a directory of the institutions holding them. McFarland, 1994. ISBN 0899509428.
 * Sill, Gertrude Grace. Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art. Macmillan, 1975.
 * Speake, Jennifer. The Dent dictionary of symbols in Christian art. J. M. Dent, 1994. ISBN 0460861387.
 * Speake, Jennifer. The Dent dictionary of symbols in Christian art. J. M. Dent, 1994. ISBN 0460861387.