Grove Art Online is available from any public library in Devon and to registered library members at home.

Library computer users go to www.groveart.com

Home computer users go to www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber

If you are using a library computer you will be automatically connected to the search page. If you are using a computer at home, you will first be asked to enter your library membership card number; this is the number above the barcode on your library ticket. Type in the whole number, including the letter at the start and all the zeros, but do not include any spaces.

Content

Grove Art Online is an authoritative resource on all aspects of the visual arts worldwide:

• The full text of the acclaimed 34-volume Dictionary of Art plus the Oxford Companion to Western Art.

• Regular updates containing new and revised articles, and special features.

• Over 45,000 signed articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day — from Paleolithic cave and rock art to the work of Frida Kahlo and Damien Hirst.

• More than 26 million words covering the fine arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) and the decorative arts (ceramics, textiles, jewellery, interior design, furniture, glass, metalwork, and more).

• Over 2,500 art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles plus over 40,000 image links from high-quality museum and other art sites.

• More than 21,000 biographies (of artists, architects, patrons, collectors, dealers, theorists, writers, and scholars) can be searched by birth/death dates, places, nationality and occupation (in addition to name searches).

• Extensive coverage of World Art: unparalleled depth of information covering the civilisations and cultures of Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, India, the Islamic World, Japan, Korea, Europe, North America, South America, Pacific and Aboriginal Australia, Pre-Columbian America, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and the Ancient Near East.

Further information

Take an online tour of Grove Art Online

Printing and downloading

Single copies of articles may be printed or downloaded for personal use and private study. You can also email a copy of an article.