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Filed under: Indexes
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA, RILA, RAA) (1973 – present)
BHA (Bibliographie de l’Histoire d’Art /Bibliography of the History of Art) indexes and abstracts publications from 1973* to the present. This database covers visual arts in all media including traditional fine arts (painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture), decorative and applied arts, material culture, photography and contemporary new media, and visual arts aspects of the performing arts. BHA includes European art from late Antiquity to the present, American art from the European arrival to the present, and Christian and European art in Africa, Asia, and Australia. BHA includes references to journal articles, monographs, collections of essays, conference proceedings, dissertations and exhibition catalogues.
*As of April 1, 2010 BHA will be available free of charge from the Getty Web site. Note that the database search includes both BHA (covering 1990-2007) and the International Bibliography of Art (IBA), covering the years 2008 and part of 2009. The Répertoire de la litterature de l’art (RILA), one of the predecessors of BHA, with records that cover 1975-1989, will be online by May 1.
