Paysage et nationalisme français au 19e siècle, UMKC

Instructor Gayle LevySeptember 5, 2013Presented by Amelia Nelson, Public Services LibrarianTracey Boswell, Reference and Cataloging LibrarianThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Spencer Art Reference Library

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Camille Pissarro , French , 1830-1903 The Garden of Les Mathurins at Pontoise, 1876 Oil on canvasUnframed: 44 5/8 x 65 1/8 inches (113.35 x 165.42 cm) Framed: 59 x 79 1/4 x 4 inches (149.86 x 201.3 x 10.16 cm) Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson TrustGallery Location: P31

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After you have determined the content, description or subject; it is time for some formal analysis.

Examine the light, textures, shapes, colors. What do these tell you about your selection? What is the medium? How is it made? Are there special techniques used? Which photographic medium is it? Identify the artist/photographer, date of work,

geographical location, title.

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Begin Research

You will be looking for Biographical information on

artist/photographer Context of your selection within the art

movement Background of your work Importance of subject selected by the artist. More

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Library produced Research Guides

1. Object Quick Guides For select items in museum collection Serve as a path of research

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Library produced Research Guides

2. Researching Artworks GuidePainting, Prints, and Sculpture

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Search the Collection

Public collection search

Staff collection search

Nelson-Atkins audio guide

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Research Strategy

General Resource

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Books

Articles and More

What else is out there?

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Resources - Context

DatePublisher AuthorMuseum

Surveys Exhibition Catalogs Artist Monographs

Specific exhibition Series of work Overview Highlights Retrospectives

Catalogues Raisonnes Comprehensive

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Resources - Context

Context Surveys Oxford Art Online Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

• Biography• Group Exhibitions• Solo Exhibitions• Museum & Gallery

Holdings• Auction Records• Bibliography

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Searching - LibraryOneSearch - Books & More

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Searching - Refine My Results

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Searching - Using Refine My Results

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Journals

Subscriptions to over 600 print magazines and journals

Access to thousands more through subscription databases Jstor ART bibliographies Modern (1960 –

present) Art Abstracts (1984 – present) Art Index (1929 – 1984) Articlefirst (1960 – present) BHA (Bibliography of the History of

Art) International Bibliography of Art Art Price Databases (Auction Sales)

CriticismExhibition ReviewsInterviewsCurrent projects and workNew scholarshipFocused research

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Expanding your Searching – LibraryOneSearchSpencer Collection Articles

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Navigating databases

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Art and Art History Databases

Spencer Art Reference OnlyAuction / Art Price databasesInternational Bibliography of Art (2007 – present)CAMIO

Spencer Art Reference & UMKCArchivesGridARTbibliographies Modern (1960 – present)Art Abstracts (1984 – present)Art Index (1929 – 1984)Articlefirst (1960 – present)BHA (1975 – 2007)CAMIOJstor (1665 – present)Oxford Art OnlineWorldCat

UMKC OnlyAcademic Search

CompleteArt Full Text (1984

present)Avery Index to

Architectural Periodicals (1934 – present)

FRANCIS (1984 – present)

Many multi-disciplinaryMany science databasesProject Muse

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Citation Article

Michael, Cora. "Utopian Views Of Rural Life In Prints By Camille Pissarro At The Princeton University Art Museum." Record Of The Princeton University Art Museum 68.(2009): 38-45. Art Abstracts (H.W. Wilson). Web. 3 Sept. 2013.

Print

Online

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Citation Article

UMKC electronic article access

Spencer electronic article access

Michael, Cora. "Utopian Views Of Rural Life In Prints By Camille Pissarro At The Princeton University Art Museum." Record Of The Princeton University Art Museum 68.(2009): 38-45. Art Abstracts (H.W. Wilson). Web. 3 Sept. 2013.

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Citation ArticlePrint

Spencer or UMKC Library Catalog – see what the holdings areUMKC – expand your search to MERLIN, then MOBIUSUMKC – ILL

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Citations – Where would you start?

Thomson, Belinda. "Camille Pissarro and Symbolism: Some Thoughts Prompted by the Recent Discovery of an Annotated Article." The Burlington Magazine. 124.946 (1982): 14-23.

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Images

Camio High quality images from museum collections around the world

Collection Search Scans

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Expanding your Search

• Museum and Gallery Collections• Inventories• Archives• Correspondences• Diaries• Memoirs• Gallery information• Artist Files

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Evaluation of web sources

The Iraq War: Wikipedia Historiography,2004-2009Documents the 12,000 changes made to the Wikipedia article on the Iraq War

Booktwo.org, On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and HistoriographyJames BridleSeptember 6, 2010http://booktwo.org/notebook/wikipedia-historiography/

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Citation Timesavers

How to Research an Art Object in the Nelson-Atkins Collection

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•Visit the artwork in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Look at the label copy, and note the title, artist, artist period and accession number.

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•Search the collections online from the museum's website, http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collections located under the Heading Art | Collections. This valuable resource may include label copy, size, medium, museum location and other information

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•Search the library's collection of books, auction catalogs and more in the online catalog http://libraryonesearch.nelson-atkins.org

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•After you've searched the collection database, museum publications and the online catalog, the next step is to search the library's databases at http://libraryonesearch.nelson-atkins.org The databases include a comprehensive art encyclopedia, article citations, full-text articles, auction sales results and are available from the library's public computers.

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•Library staff is happy to help you further research. Please contact the reference staff at the Spencer Art Reference Library at 816.751.1216 or via the Museum's website at: http://www.nelson-atkins.org/education/Library.cfm

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Museum Education

Black, Graham. Transforming Museums in the Twenty-First Century. London: Routledge, 2012. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No: Reserves AM 7 .B57 2011

Burnham, Rika, and Elliott Kai-Kee. Teaching in the Art Museum: Interpretation As Experience. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No: Reserves N 430 .B86 2011

Falk, John H. Identity and the Museum Visitor Experience. Walnut Creek, Calif: Left Coast Press, 2009. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No: AM 7 .F33 2009

Wells, Marcella, Barbara H. Butler, and Judy M. Koke. Interpretive Planning for Museums: Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Decision-Making. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press Inc, 2013. Spencer Art Reference Library Call No: Display AM 121 .W45 2013

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Need more?Spencer Art Reference LibraryContact:Reference Desk, 816.751.1216

Marilyn Carbonell, Head, Library ServicesAmelia Nelson, Librarian, Public Services Tracey Boswell, Catalog/Reference LibrarianRoberta Wagener, Assistant, Public Services

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