Electronic Resources

Bibliography of the History of Art

BHA is the most comprehensive art history bibliography available worldwide, covering European and American art and material culture from late antiquity (4th century A.D.) to the present. It indexes and abstracts art-related books, bibliographies, conference proceedings, dissertations, corpora, festschriften, exhibition and dealers' catalogues, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. Abstracts are in English or French.
BHA includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie) from 1973 to 1989 and RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art) from 1975 to 1989. Updated quarterly.

Topics covered include:

• Art of Europe and the Americas (4th century CE to modern)
• Art history
• Painting, sculpture, drawings, prints
• Decorative and applied arts
• Architecture and industrial design
• Popular and folk art

Compiled by the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities and the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST-CNRS).

Holdings: 1973 to present; for earlier coverage, see RAA at the Architecture and Fine Arts Library.

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