What's New
June 2010 Update
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
This month Grove is pleased to introduce more new articles from the forthcoming Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, edited by Joan Marter, Professor of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and Editor of Woman's Art Journal. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in The Dictionary of Art, The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art will deal with all aspects of American art from Native American architecture to contemporary installation art. A few select highlights from this update:
- Airports in the USA
- African American murals
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Patricia Johanson
- Edgar Heap of Birds
- Charles Alston
- Hollis Frampton
- Bay Area Figurative school
- Art Deco architecture in America
- Adeline Adams
- Appropriation art
- Harriet Powers
- Genre painting in American art
Updated Italian Renaissance bibliographies
This update also brings you a significant number of revised bibliographies for entries pertaining to the Italian Renaissance. Updated bibliographies for more than 675 entries are included.
Grove Updating Program
In order to uphold the relevance and scholarly integrity of Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press is embarking on a major new program to update existing articles. We believe that maintaining Grove is a joint, ongoing effort between the scholarly community and the publisher, and we invite you to participate.
- Submit updates to your articles, especially bibliographies
- Suggest corrections, revisions, or new articles
- Tell us what you think
Our editorial team will be actively reaching out to Grove contributors for corrections, updates, and suggestions for revisions, and we will also flag entries that should be regularly revisited. We have thousands of authors to contact, and the contact information for most is out of date, so whether you are a contributor or not, if you see an article that needs attention, we encourage you to get in touch. We also welcome any other suggestions or feedback. The door is always open. Help us launch the updating program with a strong start by emailing the editors at: updateGAO@oup.com
Tips for Oxford Art Online users:
Tips for Oxford Art Online users is a new printable, reader-friendly guide containing tips about how to navigate Oxford Art Online and make the most of the content available.
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In response to your feedback, we have introduced the ability for users to more easily set a preference to search only Grove Art Online content, and have that choice persist throughout their session.
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Previous Updates
- The March 2010 update featured a contemporary art update focusing on globalisation and contemporary art.
- The December 2009 update focused on the contemporary art of Australia. To begin investigating Australian modern and contemporary art, please see the Thematic Guide and Timeline, covering Australian art from 1600 to the present day.
- August 2009— Fashion as a visual art
- June 2009 update—Grove coverage of both Classical art and materials and techniques in art
- November 2008 update—Decorative arts
- July 2008 Update—Including 500 updated bibliographies, nearly 100 revised articles, and new Medieval Art images
- July 2008 Letter from the Editor
- March 2008 Update—Including an interview with Marie-Claude Beaud
- October 2006 Update—Women artists
- September 2005 Update—Asian contemporary art update
