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Search articles on Islamic Art and Architecture using our online databases from selected journals and Open Access websites. Copies of printed journals are also available at the MIA Library for use. Please contact us for further assistance.
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Databases
- archINFORM Database for international architects and buildings, past to present. Includes both built and unrealized projects from architects and planners, with a focus on the 20th century. Search by architect, town or keyword.
- Art and Architecture Source Find journal articles on art, architecture, design, and fashion topics with Ebsco's Art and Architecture Source, providing full-text articles from over 600 international art journals, including detailed indexing and abstracts for a wide variety of journals, books and exhibition reviews.
- JSTOR Full-text access to thousands of scholarly journals covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, plus monographs and other academic materials.
- ProQuest Central PQ Central is a vast aggregated full-text database with thousands of periodical titles and millions of full-text articles. Essentially, it serves as a central resource for researchers at all levels.
- Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window Art & Architecture Source a full-text art research database covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as architecture and architectural design. With strong international coverage, including periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Dutch, it offers hundreds of full-text art journals, magazines and books, as well as indexing and abstracts and thousands of images.
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Open Access Islamic Arts Databases
- Archnet Archnet is an authority, a growing open access image repository, and a tool for teaching and learning about architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues related to the Muslim societies, past, and present. Archnet is a partnership between the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT Libraries (AKDC@MIT).
- Islamic Art Network Includes a photo archive, online books and articles, and links to further resources for Islamic art.
Selected Journals
- Ars Islamica Predecessor to Ars Orientalis, published 1934-1951, by the Freer Gallery. JSTOR accessible.
- Ars Orientalis Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan, and the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Ars Orientalis is a peer-reviewed annual volume of scholarly articles and book reviews on the art and archaeology of Asia, including the ancient Near East and the Islamic world. Open access via the Smithsonian (most recent issues); 1951-2017 from JSTOR. Browse all volumes.
- International Journal of Middle East Studies The journal publishes original research on politics, society, and culture in the Middle East from the seventh century to the present day. The journal also covers Spain, southeast Europe, parts of Africa, South Asia, and the former Soviet Union, as well as other regions, for subjects of relevance to the Middle East.
- Muqarnas - Online Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard and MIT. Articles are being published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as on unpublished textual primary sources.
- Muqarnas by MIA has vol 1-36 in Reading Room.Call Number: N6260 .M8 1983 (PUBLIC READING ROOM)ISBN: 0300028377Publication Date: 1983-04-01