The Art Library includes books and journals about art, architecture, and design, with particular strength in 19th century art and architecture.
Catalogues Raisonnés are definitive studies of an artist's entire creative output, sometimes specifically in a particular medium. Exhaustively researched, they are invaluable reference sources and provide information basic information such as title, date, size, and provenance, in addition to allowing scholars to trace artistic and technical development within an artist’s oeuvre.
Explore the Strachan Alcove on the south side of the Martin Reading Room for our rich collection of photography books. The collection includes books on technique, history and the works of individual photographic artists.
The Art Library features an especially strong collection of 19th and early 20th century European architectural journals. Browse the catalog for books with on the theory, design and history of the built environment by searching for call numbers that begin with NA.
Delorme, Jean-Baptiste, Edith Devaney, and host institution Musée d’art moderne de Paris. George Condo. Edited by Jean-Baptiste Delorme and Edith Devaney. JRP Editions, 2026.
Eigner, Saeb. Artists of the Middle East: 1900 to Now. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2025.
Escher, M. C, Dena Marie Woodall, Salvatore Iaquinta, Doris Schattschneider, David H Steel, and Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Virtual Realities: The Art of M. C. Escher from the Michael S. Sachs Collection. The Museum of Fine Arts, 2025.
Fowler, Caroline O., ed. Breaking the Silence: Methods of Writing Art History. Clark Art Institute, 2026.
Freund, Amy. Noble Beasts: Hunters and Hunted in Eighteenth-Century French Art. Yale University Press, 2027.
Lopez, Josie. Delilah Montoya: Activating Chicana Resistance. University of New Mexico Press, 2026.
Marshall, Kerry James, Mark Godfrey, and hosting institution Royal Academy of Arts. Kerry James Marshall: The Histories. Edited by Mark Godfrey. Royal Academy of Arts, 2026.
Rao, Rahul. The Psychic Lives of Statues: Reckoning with the Rubble of Empire. Pluto Press, 2026.
Shakeshaft, Hugo. Beauty and the Gods: A History from Homer to Plato. Princeton University Press, 2026.
Treanor, Virginia, Frederica van Dam, Klara Alen, et al. Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750. Translated by Ted Alkins. Hannibal Books, 2026.
Updated March 24, 2026.