Welcome
While this guide was made primarily for Art and Art History students, everyone can benefit from learning about at least a few representative artists from different time periods, movements, and countries.
The top boxes are artists that EVERYONE should know.
The lower boxes are artists that Art students should be familiar with.
Time Periods and Movements
The various time periods of art history are not usually precise and more than one movement was active at any given time.
The movements and dates we have used in this LibGuide are as follows:
Ancient: ~30,000 B.C. - 400 A.D.
Medieval: 400 - 1400
Renaissance: 1400 - 1600
Baroque: 1600 - 1750
18th & 19th Century: 1750 - 1880
Modern Art: 1880 - 1970
Contemporary Art: 1970 - present
These time periods reflect when the various artists were active, not their specific birth years.
Tips on Using this LibGuide
Links in this LibGuide:
- Artist names are linked to their Wikipedia articles.
- The library call numbers are linked to the UW-L library catalog if the library owns any books about them or their art.
- The Representative Works are links to the images, preferably to the museum that houses each image.
Research Assistance
Librarians can help you learn to make the most of the information resources, tools, and services of Murphy Library and beyond!
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Any time (year-round):
- Email us -- we'll email you back asap
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Local history and/or archives research? Special Collections / Area Research Center specialists are available!
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