FAH 92B: Survey of American Architecture A List of Library Research Sources Chao Chen (chao.chen@tufts.edu or 7-2057), Reference Librarian, Tisch Library; other architecture course guides |
Part A.
Architects, Architecture, and
Architectural History
1. Facts and Background Information
2. Biographical Sources
3. Social, Cultural, and Intellectual
Backgrounds
4. Bibliographies
Part B. Scholarly Discussions on Architects, Architecture and Architectural
History
1. Books
2. Journal Articles
Part C.
Visual Research
1. Print Sources
2. Online Sources (Digital
Images)
A.
Architects, Architecture,
and Architectural
History
1. Facts and Background Information
What style is it?: a guide to American architecture. (Ref. NA705 .P6 1983)
Identifying American architecture: a pictorial guide to styles and terms, 1600-1945. (Oversize: NA705 .B55 1981)
| American buildings and their architects (Oversize: NA705 .P5) | |
| [1] The colonial and neoclassical styles.--[2] Technology and the picturesque. [pt. 1] The corporate and the early gothic styles. --[3] Progressive and academic ideals at the turn of the twentieth century.--[4] The impact of European modernism in the mid-twentieth century | |
Grove Art Online [Web Resource]
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Encyclopedia of Architectural Technology (Ref.NA31.E58)
Encyclopedia of American Architecture (Ref NA705.P3 1995)
Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (Ref NA31.H32 1993)
2.
Biographical Sources
Grove Art Online [Web Resource]
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (Ref NA40.M25 1982)
Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Ref NA736.W5
1970)
Makers of 20th Century Modern Architecture (Ref NA 680.J628 1997)
3.
Social, Cultural and Intellectual Backgrounds
The following two sources provide an overview of the social, cultural
and intellectual history of American architecture. A good place to
find your potential research topic and/or to help you place your research
question in a larger context.
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth
Century / Stanley I. Kutler, editor in chief . 4 vols. (Ref.
E740.7 .E53 1996)
In his essay “Architecture”(Vol. 4. p1665), Robert Twombly
looks at the following topics on American architectural history in
the Twentieth Century: · Architecture and Social Place ·
Style and Social Agenda, 1890-1910 · The Skyscraper as Icon,
1890-1910 · Altering Habitat: New Agendas for Residential Design,
1900-1930 · The Social Transformation of Modernism, 1922-1940
· Hegemonic Modernism, 1940-1970 · Social Fragmentation:
Architectural Chaos, 1970-2000 · Annotated Bibliography
Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History / Mary Kupiec Cayton, Peter W. Williams, editors. 3 vols. (Ref. E169.1
.E624 2001)
Paul E. Ivey, in his essay by the same title, “Architecture”
looks at American Architecture as cultural expression:
· Early Civic and Religious Models · Birth of a National
Image of Union · State Capitols, City Halls, Post Offices ·
Representing Religion · Challenges to the Classical Model ·
Expositions and National Cultural Identity · City Beautiful
and Beyond · Domestic Architecture: Historicism, Individuality,
and Conformity · Regionalism to the International Style ·
The Skyscraper and American Commercial Aspirations · Bibliography
4.
Bibliographies
Encyclopedias and dictionaries such as listed above also contain short
bibliographies.
All about old buildings: the whole preservation catalog (Ref
NA106.A44 1985)
Sources of modern architecture: a critical bibliography. (Ref Z5941.5
.S47 1981)
Sourcebook of Contemporary North American Architecture from postwar
to postmodern (Ref NA703.W75 1989)
20th century architecture: a reader's guide / Martin Pawley
(book reviews and a bibliography) (Oversize: NA680 .P314 2000 )
B.
Scholarly Discussions on Architects, Architecture and
Architectural History
1. Finding Books
In addition to the Tufts
Library Catalog, Professor Abramson recommends that you also use the Rotch Library at MIT (libraries.mit.edu/rotch) and Loeb Library at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (www.gsd.harvard.edu/library). Consult their catalogs before your visit: Barton, MIT Libraries Catalog, and HOLLIS, Harvard Libraries Catalog.
WorldCat is the Catalog of materials held worldwide, and you can request online books you find in this catalog.
2.
Finding Journal Articles
Key Database
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals 1934 -
This database indexes more than 1,000 periodicals published worldwide on archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation, as well as architecture.
Other Subject Databases
Art and Art History
Art Abstracts 1984- .
Bibliography of the History of Art. 1973-
Covering European and American art from late antiquity to the present.
ARTbibliographies Modern 1974-
The scope extends from artists and movements beginning with Impressionism in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late 20th century. A particular emphasis is placed upon adding new and lesser-known artists and on the coverage of foreign-language literature.
Arts
& Humanities Citation Index. 1974-
Provides author, subject and citation access to journal articles
and book reviews in the arts and humanities. Coverage from 1974.
Part of Web of Science.
History and Culture Studies
America: History and Life 1964-
Scholarly literature on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada.
.
Full text Multidisciplinary Database and E-journal Collection
Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade, and general-interest publications, including national news and commentary. Coverage is from 1980 to current and is updated daily. Some full text is available.
C.
Visual Research
1.
Print Sources
Searching Library Catalogs for for
books with photographs, drawings, plans, etc.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. Ref NA31 .C44 1995.
American Architecture: an Illustrated Encyclopedia. Ref NA 705 .H36 1998.
English Architecture: an Illustrated Glossary. Ref NA 961 .C87.
World architecture index : a guide to illustrations Ref NA202 .T4 1991
2. Online Sources (digital Images)
Tufts Department of Art History [http://ase.tufts.edu/art/AHwelcome.html]
Slide collection and the Artifact database of images for class study.
America's Favorite Architecture
The American Institute of Architects has thrown down a gauntlet of sorts by offering up this list of the top 150 architecture projects as selected by the American public.
Cities/Buildings Image Archive [Meredith L. Clausen, Architectural History Professor, University of Washington, http://www.washington.edu/ark2/.]
“The Cities/Buildings Database is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web.”
All files on this site are copyright controlled as indicated.
Digital Archive of European Architecture [Professor Jeffery Howe, Boston College, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/contents_europe.html]
Prehistoric to 20th century.
International Architecture Database
Drawing on the contributions from persons across much of Europe, the International Architecture Database website has served as a valuable clearinghouse for thousands of architectural projects (both built and unrealized) since 1996. Currently, the database contains information on more than 13,000 projects, most from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Library of Congress American Memory Project
A gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. The collection offers views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System.
A Digital Archive of American Architecture [Jeffery Howe, Boston College, http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/.]
This archive, currently consisting of nearly 1,500 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings). It surveys the development of architecture in America from the 17th century to the present, with particular emphasis given to local architectural monuments.
ARTstor
ARTstor is an image database of architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts and design, and archaeological and anthropological objects--with associated catalog data--from many major collections.
