Oxford Art Online

The multi-award winning Oxford Art Online is the ultimate authority on all aspects of the visual arts worldwide - from prehistory to the present day.

Oxford Art Online offers:

• The full text of the acclaimed 34-volume Grove Dictionary of Art plus the Oxford Companion to Western Art.
  
  
• Regular updates containing new and revised articles, and special features.
  
  
• Over 45,000 signed articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day - from Paleolithic cave and rock art to the work of Frida Kahlo and Damien Hirst.
• More than 26 million words covering the fine arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) and the decorative arts (ceramics, textiles, jewellery, interior design, furniture, glass, metalwork, and more).
• Over 2,500 art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles plus over 40,000 image links from high-quality museum and other art sites.
• More than 21,000 biographies (of artists, architects, patrons, collectors, dealers, theorists, writers, and scholars) can be searched by birth/death dates, places, nationality and occupation (in addition to name searches).
• Extensive coverage of World Art: unparalleled depth of information covering the civilisations and cultures of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, India, the Islamic World, Japan, Korea, Europe, North America, South America, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and the Ancient Near East.
• Over 500,000 bibliographical citations.
• A full range of search and browse options, and one-click cross-referencing
  
  
  In library use
  To access Oxford Art Online please click the link to the right of the page. If you are in a Gateshead library you will have automatic access.
  
  Remote access
  If you are a Gateshead Library member, you can now access this resource from home. Go to www.oxfordartonline.com and go to the box labelled ’library barcode login’. Enter your full library card number (beginning DD) and click on ’Log In’ to be taken to the full subscriber site. Enjoy!