TAR 445/545 - Production Dramaturgy - Library Research Guide
Visual Imagery
A director may request visual images of a period, play, object or event. The following are
sources to start with for historical renditions for your play or its artwork, for scene design,
etc.
UA Library Images Reference Resource
Contemporary Art and Artists: an index to reproductions. N 6490 .P3234 Main Stacks
Indexes about 60 major books and exhibition catalogs identifying paintings, sculpture, drawings,
prints, happenings, conceptual pieces, earthworks, etc. dating from about 1940 to mid 1970's.
Dictionary of Art. N31 .D5 1996 Main Ref
This 34-volume encyclopedia of art and artisits Includes mostly black and white illustrations. All
are acknowledged at the back of the volume in which they appear.
Enciclopedia dello spettacolo. PN1625 .E5
Main Ref
Althourgh in Italian, it is a beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of theatre, opera, and motion
picture performances.
The encyclopedia of visual art. N 31 .E55 1989 Main Ref
A lavishly color-illustrated work covering world-wide art.
Fine art reproductions of old & modern masters : a comprehensive illustrated
catalog of art through the ages. Greenwich, Conn. : New York Graphic Society,
1980. NE1860.N4 A3 1980 Main Reference (earlier editions in Main Stacks)
A catalog of colored prints published by this company. Each entry includes a small
color reproduction, name and dates of the artisit, his nationality if not indicated by
the group, title, date, and location of the original painting. Includes artist name index.
The Ilustration Index. N7525 .I55. Main Ref
Provides a catalog of color prints.
Index to Illustrations. NC996 .E62 Main Ref
Indexes pictures material in all fields except nature from a highly selective list of books and periodicals.
Index to Art Reproductions in Books. B7525 .H48
1974 Main Ref
Indexes reproductions in 65 art books published between 1956 and 1971. Approach by artist
name. There is a title index but no subject access.
Index to Reproductions of American Paintings. ND 205 .M57 Main Ref
A guide to pictures in more than eight hundred books.
Index to reproductions of American paintings appearing in over 400 books mostly
published since 1960.
ND 205 .S575 Main Ref
Intended to continue the Munro Index.
Index to Reproductions of European Paintings. ND 45 .M6
Main Ref
A guide to pictures in more than three hundred books.
Janson's History of Art. N 5300 .J3 1995 Main Ref
A standard survey of the major visual arts from dawn of history to present. Well indexed with
a good bibliography. Earlier editions in CCP and main stacks.
New York Theater Vandamm Collection. Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1980.
Microfiche 930 at the Center for Creative Photography (CCP)
(877 microfiches) 26,000 photographs from the studios of Florence Vandamm and Francis Brugiere published on microfiche. Photographs are from stage productions between 1919 and 1961, together with a "Personality File" of individual performers and a catalog of playwrights, producers, directors and composers
Photography Index : a guide to reproductions. TR199 .P37 CCP
Indexes photographs in some 80 books and catalogs with indexing by photographer,
subject, title and chronology. Actually the entire Center for Creative Photography Library
offers the dramaturg an incredible resource in photographic evidence of the 20th century:
places, scenes, dress, objects, people, etc.
Picture Researcher's Handbook : an international guide to picture sources - and
how to use them.
N4000 E8 1989 Main Reference and CCP
This is really a handbook identifying museums and other organizations that loan or sell
prints, photographs, etc. It is international in scope. This directory does not contain
illustrations, but does identify the number and type of illustrations a listed source provides.
Includes a broad subject index.
The Play Pictorial PN2001 P54 Main Stacks
Represents British drama from 1904-1939. The Library's pictorial holdings of British drama
is also found tin the London Theatre World Annual PN 2596 L6 T54 Main Ref
which provides a pictorial review of West End productions (1949-1965) and the journal
Plays and Players PN 2001 P541 Current Journal/ Main Stacks,which absorbed
Theatre World.
Sculpture Index. NB 36 .C55 Main Ref
Indexes illustrations of all types of sculpture found in over 900 publications.
Theatre World. PN2001 T45 Main Ref
Annual publication listing production information. Once you know the date of first production, select the corresponding volume and use the index in the back to locate your play. Find cast information here.
World Painting Index. ND 45 .H38 Main Ref
An index to paintings in art books and catalogs; covers European and American work in
some 2,000 sources.