Resources for Scandinavian Art

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Resources for Scandinavian Art Architecture

• By D. Vanessa Kam
• Assistant Art Librarian
• Stanford University
• Vanessa.kam_at_stanford.edu

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Overview

• Types of resources in Art and Architecture
• How to search for resources
• List of vendors museum stores specializing in
  Scandinavian Art

Henrik Plenge Jakobsen (Denmark) 1998
Installation View
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Types of Resources in Art Architecture

• Archival Collections
• Auction Catalogs
• Bibliographies
• Biographical Dictionaries
• Catalogue Raisonnés
• Conference Proceedings
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Exhibition Catalogs
• Exhibition Records

• Festschrift
• Iconography Resources
• Gallery/Museum Listings
• Monographs
• Periodicals
• Periodical Indexes/Dbs
• Reproduction Indexes
• Internet Resources
• Surveys

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How to find resources

• Search in your librarys OPAC, RLIN, WorldCat,
  etc.
• LC Subject Headings
• By artists name Larsson, Annika
• By country ArtNorway, ArtDenmark, etc.
• By region ArtScandinavian and its many
  subdivisions, e.g., 19th Century, 20th Century
  exhibitions, history, encyclopedias, etc.

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How to find resources, continued

• Search in online databases/dictionaries
• ARTbibliographies Modern (for contemporary art)
• Art Abstracts
• Art Index Retrospective
• Bibliography of the History of the Art
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index
  (multidisciplinary)
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
• Grove Dictionary of Art

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Multidisciplinary Databases

• MLA (Modern Language Association) International
  Bibliography
• Article First
• Project Muse

Young Girl Weaving, 1905 By Carl Larsson (Sweden)
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Vendors/Scandinavian Art

• Art Consulting Scandinavia http//www.nordicartbo
  oks.com. Books on fine arts, architecture,
  decorative arts, design, crafts, etc.
• Scandivanian Connection http//www.scandinavia-co
  nnection.co.uk. Official UK supplier of
  English-edition Scandinavian books about
  Scandinavian countries.
• Konst-ig http//www.konstig.se Scandinavias
  leading art bookseller.
• Find that Art Book http//www.khm.lu.se/biblio/fi
  ndthat/index.html. A guide to art books and art
  video on the internet. More than 130 links to
  online antiquarians, art book stores, museum
  shops, and video distributors. Good resource for
  Scandinavia and other regions. Compiled by
  Mathias Jansson, librarian, Malmo Art Academy,
  Sweden.

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Vendors, cont.

• Centrum för Fotografi http//www.centrumforfotogra
  fi.com/liston/23802_2.lxml Swedish photography
  books in Swedish only.
• World Art Group http//www.worldartgroup.com/home.
  htm Finnish art, architecture, archaeology
  books.
• Exponera http//www.exponera.com/index.oois
  Swedish photography books.
• Worldwide Artbooks http//www.worldwide-artbooks.c
  om Although not specialists in Scandinavian art,
  Worldwide is an excellent source for exhibition
  catalogs and art trade books from around the
  world.
• Trade Book Vendors. For a list of these, see the
  WESS Scandinavian Studies web site Book Trade,
  Publishers, etc. at http//www.lib.virginia.edu/we
  ss/scand/nordpub.html

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Museum Book Stores

• Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Norway
  http//www.af-moma.no/norsk/publikasjoner.html
• Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark http//www.horsensku
  nstmuseum.dk/Butikken1.htm
• Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
  http//www.modernamuseet.se/framset.asp