This page contains links to Chinese art research resources (English and Chinese) and descriptions of print sources, libraries, and collections. A number of scholars maintain excellent websites with similar or more advanced resources, especially in their areas of expertise. I will provide links and descriptions of these as well. Please refer to the Art history research page for general art history resources.
Reference Sources Online and Print
General Timelines, Tools, and Encyclopedic Sources:
Online:
Ancient History Encyclopedia: Timelines
“China” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chinese Studies: Romanization Conversion Table, Duke University Libraries
“China Timeline” Freer and Sackler Gallery (National Museum of Asian Art)
“List of Rulers of China.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum
Print:
Blunden, Carolyn and Mark Elvin, The Cultural Atlas of China, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Pong, David. The Encyclopedia of Modern China, Detroit: Charles Scribners and Sons, 2009. (Penfield Library, Reference Room, 1st Floor – Ref DS755 .E53 2009)
Winkle, Justin. The Timeline History of China, Barnes & Noble, 2005.
Geography and Maps
Online:
China.org, the official Chinese government website
The CIA World Factbook: China, Geography and Natural Resources
Duke Library, Gamble Collection, Interactive Maps of China
The Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Asian Art, Maps (excellent)
National Geographic Society: China Interactive Map (contemporary)
New York Public Library, 20,000 free, digital maps, including historic maps of China
Unesco World Heritage List, China
Print:
Blunden, Carolyn and Mark Elvin, The Cultural Atlas of China, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983
Reference Resources on Chinese Art (Selected, see subject areas for speciality reference materials)
Online
Print:
Munsterberg, Hugo. Dictionary of Chinese and Japanese Art. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1981.
Sullivan, Michael. Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. Berkely: University of California Press, 2006.
Library and Archive Research Portals
East Asian Art and Architecture Research Guide, University of North Carolina
Research Guide for Chinese Studies, Duke University
Research Guide for Chinese Art and Architecture, Duke University
Electronic Resources for Chinese Studies, Stanford University
Museums and Archive Research Portals
Hielbrunn Timeline of Chinese Art (images and articles) Metropolitan Museum of Art
U.S.:
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Asian Art Department
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Chinese Objects
Freer and Sackler Gallery of Art, Chinese Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chinese Art Objects
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art Department
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Asian objects
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Chinese objects
Curated / Aggregated Resource Sites
Art History Resources on the Web University of California Santa Barbara
Dr. Witcombes “Art History Resources on the Web: China” Sweetbriar College
Online Image Collections
ArtServe Australian National University
Digital Scroll Project, University of Chicago
Duke Library, Sidney Gamble Archive of Photographs :China)
Image Database from the Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Asian Art
Scholarly Websites and Blogs
Primary Sources and Sources in Translation
Art History Resources on the Web University of California Santa Barbara
Dr. Witcombes “Art History Resources on the Web: Japan” Sweetbriar College
Hielbrunn Timeline of Japanese Art (images and articles) Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bibliography for Japanese History to 1912, Peter Kornicki, University of Cambridge
Information on Japanese Art Online by Rosalind Buckland and Henry Smith Columbia University
Internet East Asian History Sourcebook Fordham College
Japanese Art Guide University of North Carolina
Research Guide for Japanese Studies Duke University
Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources (Japanese Art) Stanford University
General Guides to Subjects
Online:
Littlejohn, Ronnie L., Chinese Philosophy: an Introduction. London; New York: I B Tauris, 2016. (ebook, available through Penfield Library)
Print:
Audi, Robert. The Cambridge History of Philosophy. 3rd edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Brandon, James. The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theater. 1997. (Penfield Library: Reference Room, 1st Floor – Ref PN2860 .C35 1997 )
Exhibition Catalogs
Online: (free to read on screen or to download as PDF, even when off campus)
Print:
Pong, David. The Encyclopedia of Modern China, Reference Room, 1st Floor – Ref DS755 .E53 2009
Art History Resources 