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MAFDAD (MA in Fine and Decorative Art and Design): Books and dissertations

Resources for MAFDAD (MA in Fine and Decorative Art and Design) students in London

 

 

E-books

See these e-book collections:

Most other e-books will be found with Summon.

However please also see the e-book guide for:

  • more info about the e-book collections available in Summon
  • links to other e-book collections which need to be searched separately from Summon: these include many historic texts

 

Catalogues Raisonnés Database
A catalogue raisonné aims to be a comprehensive catalogue of an artist's body of work.  It is possible to search the database for online catalogues only, but please note this will not always find you the most recent or authoritative catalogues: it is worth checking against the list of physical catalogues to see what else has been published.lists both published catalogues and ones known to be in preparation. These categories can be searched together or separately. Links to online catalogues raisonnés are provided. Online availability is mentioned on the results page for each artist, but it is necessary to click through to the entry for the catalogue itself to find the link.  For more info about catalogues raisonnés, see the International Catalogue Raisonné Association (ICRA) and the Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association (CRSA). See also Index to Catalogues Raisonnés of Works on Paper, which covers European and American prints, print publishers, drawings, and photographs; and Japanese prints and photographs.

 

Digital Cicognara Library
Digital reproductions of the books in the library of Count Leopoldo Cicognara (1767-1834), amounting to a major collection of early works about European art and architecture.

 

Royal Academy summer and winter exhibition catalogues

 

Books

In general, books in the library are organised as follows:

  • first floor: fine art
  • basement: decorative arts, design, art in general, patronage and collecting

 

The large fine art section on the first floor is organised as follows:

  • FIA1 books on specific themes in fine art, across countries and time periods, such as colour, portraiture, still life, and technique

  • FIA2 books on the fine art of specific centuries.  Covers more-or-less global movements in art, from the nineteenth century onwards. Includes books on these movements as they manifested in particular countries, e.g. Irish impressionism or British pop art. 

  • FIA3 fine art of Asia and Australasia

  • FIA4 fine art of Africa

  • FIA5 fine art of the West in general

  • FIA6 fine art of Europe

  • FIA7 fine art of the Americas

  • FIA8 books on individual artists. Includes catalogues raisonnés and catalogues of loan exhibitions

 

Dissertations

The following links will take you to lists of relevant SIA dissertations kept in the London library:

A selection of the above MAFDAD / MAFDA dissertations are online:

And also online:

Relevant dissertations may have been completed by students on other courses, so you may wish to search more widely.

 

See also: