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LEONARDO DA VINCI 

Scope|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals, & Trade Publications|Web Sites 

Scope: Leonardo Da Vinci was the finest example of High Renaissance Italian art. His works, Mona Lisa and St. John Baptist, are masterpieces. 
 
The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing, but as a selective sampling of the many types of resources available in the library.

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES 

REF N 31.D5 1996 The Dictionary of Art

REF N 5300.I 45 1984 The Illustrated Dictionary of Art & Artists

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Reti, Ladislao. The Unknown Leonardo. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974.

Turner, Richard. Inventing Leonardo. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.

Wallace, Robert. The World of Leonardo, 1452-1519. New York: Time, Inc; 1966.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Open Access Journals in Arts & Architecture

Open Access Journals in History of Arts

Open Access Journals in Visual Arts

WEB SITES 

http://www.the-artists.org/

Art History Network 
http://www.arthistory.net/

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/

 

Updated 08/24/2007