ARTBibliographies Modern

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Abstracts of journal articles about modern and contemporary art, photography and design

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Coverage: 

Article summaries: 1974-present

Access: 
Access is restricted to UMKC students, faculty and staff. Off-campus access is available.
Description: 

ARTbibliographies Modern (ABM) provides full abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, doctoral dissertations, and exhibition reviews on all forms of modern and contemporary art. It includes abstracts of English and foreign-language material on famous and lesser-known artists, movements, and trends. Areas of coverage include:

  • Art history
  • Art theory
  • Body art
  • Cartoons and caricatures
  • Computer art
  • Conservation and restoration
  • Costume
  • Crafts
  • Design
  • Ethnic and tribal art
  • Fiber arts
  • Folk art
  • Forgeries
  • Graffiti
  • Iconography
  • Interior decoration
  • Illustration
  • Jewelery
  • Museums and galleries
  • Music and art
  • Performance art
  • Philosophy and art
  • Photography
  • Pottery
  • Religion and art
  • Sculpture
  • Society and art
  • Symbolism
  • Textiles
  • Typography
  • Woodwork
Features: 

Multi-lingual interface, Browsable Index

Maximum users: 
Unlimited
Vendor: 
CSA Illumina
Provided by: 
UMKC
Description updated: 
June 9, 2009 -- FEN