Check out the Course Reserves.

87 Thematic Essays on Islamic Art and More
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.)

The Grove Islamic Art and Architecture

Oxford Art Online

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

A. By Country, Period, Style, Medium, etc.

Islamic art

Islamic art metal-work

Islamic decorative arts

Islamic painting

Islamic pottery

Islamic architecture

Mosques

Art, Egypt

Art, Turkey

Art, Turkish

Art, Iran

Art, Sassanid

Art, Medieval -- Spain

Islamic art Spain

Art -- Italy -- Venice

 

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian

Miniature painting, Iranian

Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts

Coptic illumination of books and manuscripts

B. Focus on a theme or issue:

1. On Coptic art:

Coptic and art*.

2. A Larger Context, Egyptian art in the period:

egypt* and art* and (medieval or "middle ages").

3. A particular focus, Christian elements/influences:

egypt* and art* and christian* and (Medieval or "middle ages")

4. A particular medium:

coptic and (fabric* or textile*)

Tips:

1. include "and" in between keywords;

2. "or" and ( ) to nest related/varied expressions;

3. art* for art, arts, artists, etc.

 

*Try using historical terms such as "Persia", "Ottoman", "Iberia", Al Andalus, Caliph, Caliphal, as well.

C. Find Exhibition/Museum Catalogues

Islamic Art -- Exhibitions

These exhibition and museum catalogues are uniquely valuable sources, which may include:

*Fundamental data on each work of art;

*Official images of the artworks;

*Curatorial statements/essays;

*essays by art critics/historians;

*list of scholarly publications on the art;

*interviews with artists;

*and more.

E. Find Primary Sources (with the keyword "sources"):

The Muslim World 1100-1700: Early Sources on Middle East History, Geography and Travel. DS38.3 .M88 2007

Early Medieval art, 300-1150; Sources and Documents N5975 .D3

ARTstor

Artifact (Tufts University)

Islamic Manuscripts Online

Discover Islamic Art

Miniatures from the Topkapi Museum (Istanbul)

The Digital Scriptorium

(medieval and renaissance manuscripts from many institutions.

More Manuscripts

Index of Christian Art

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.

A. Use the subject databases to find journal articles and to situate yourself within a critical discourse; that's where you can learn to be conversant with the critics writing in your field.

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse
JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

Expand your search in more databases.

3. Period Studies

International Medieval Bibliography (400-1500).

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400 -1700).

 

4. Search across these subjects or separately:

Art, Architecture, Islamic Studies, and Literature

 

5. Explore your topic from other perspectives:

History, Religion, and Women's Studies

6. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. Find More Articles like this "perfect" one

How:

Search, in Arts and Humanities Citation Index, for the article you have read. For example the article in your syllabus:

King, David A. "Astronomical Alignments in Medieval Islamic Religious Architecture."Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 385 (1982) 303-312.
References: 32 Times Cited: 6

You can, then, look up, in the record, the 32 references that King cited for his article and, in turn, 6 articles that cited his. The assumption is that these articles address related issues.

Note:

1. Not every single article is cited;
2. Influential authors are cited more often;
3. More recent publications take time to be cited.

C. Find "Literature Review"

Reviews of recent books and other types of review articles in major journals in a discipline are likely to summarize the current state of research in an area.

An example of review of Books:

Brend, Barbara. "Figurative Art in Medieval Islam and the Aiddle of Bihzad of Herat (1465-1535). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 17 (2007) 64-68.

 

Recently Published Reviews

 

 

A Few Core Journals:

Dumbarton Oaks Papers

Early Medieval Europe

Essays in Medieval Studies

Gesta

Medieval Encounters

Speculum

Studies in Iconography

 

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Islamic Studies

Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

The Middle East Journal

Muqarnas

 

The Art Bulletin.

Art History

Architectural History

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

Find an electronic-journal by title

Current:

LexisNexis Academic

Factiva (more international coverage)

Historical

Boston Globe (1872-1979)

New York Times Online Archive
(1851 - 3 years before current date)

Times Digital Archive  (1785 - 1985)

Essays and Popular Magazines
    Search across: Essay and General Literature (1900 -84), Art Retrospective (1929 - 84), Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature (1890 – 1982).

American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)

British Humanities Index (1962- )
British Periodicals (1680s - 1930s)

Chicago Style Manual

RefWorks