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Art & Architecture Collection
The Art & Architecture Collection, located in Norlin Library, supports the Department of Art and Art History, the College of Architecture and Planning, and the greater CU community.
The collection houses one of the most comprehensive art library collections in the West.
The Art & Architecture Collection contains approximately 100,000 volumes of reference works, monographs, exhibition catalogues, and bound journals and serials. We subscribe to well over 500 journals and serials. The strengths of individual subject areas reflect the research interests of the faculty as well as the range of courses taught locally over the past decades.
- Quick Info
- Access to the Collection
- Reference Materials
- Subject Areas
How do I ...?
... Research a Contemporary Artist
... Research a Contemporary Architect or Building
... Research Classical Art & Architecture
"Researching Your Art," Smithsonian American Art Museum
Convinced that painting you bought at a yard sale is by Picasso? This guide will help you find resources to authenticate works of art, identify signatures, learn about provenance, and much more.
Most research materials are accessible in the open stacks of the Art & Architecture Collection during the hours that Norlin Library is open. Other materials, such as cd-roms, artists books, folios, and a substantial microfiche collection, are available for in-house use only and can be requested from Art & Architecture Librarian or from the librarians at the reference desk in the Reference and Instructional Services department. Original works of art, facsimile editions of manuscripts, and works such as Christian Zervos' Pablo Picasso are housed in the Special Collections Department.
An extensive reference collection of subject guides, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and print indices supports the collection in all areas.
Electronic resources provide access to articles, digital images, dissertations, and other material. Use the Find Articles & More page to access resources such as ARTstor, JSTOR, the Avery Index, Art Full Text, and much more.
The collection covers all aspects of the visual arts, including painting, drawing, print making, ornament, sculpture, performance art, arts and crafts, photography, and other interdisciplinary areas, such as artists books, art and theater, art and literature, feminist art, and electronic media arts. Subject areas reflecting the scope of the architectural planning and design collection range from architectural history, architectural rendering, and building construction to landscape architecture and urban planning and design.
Particularly well-developed subject areas include the art and architecture of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, and the modern period. Most recently, resources in American and Asian art and architecture have been the target for intensive development.
