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Download a Selection of Seminal Texts

		Georges Braque "Personal Statement"
		Gertrude Stein "Picasso"
		Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger Excerpt from Cubism
		Carl Einstein Excerpt from "Negro Sculpture"
		Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Excerpt from The Way of Cubism
		Pablo Picasso "Statement to Marius de Zayas"

Columbia University Libraries

		Columbia University Library Online Catalogue: CLIO
		Research Databases available through Columbia University: Art, Architecture & Music

Other useful online resources

		Bartelby.com offers searching within a repository of research texts including the Columbia Encyclopedia, Bulfinch's Mythology and the King James Bible
		The Getty Research Institute Vocabulary Programs: The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) The AAT is a structured vocabulary of around 125,000 terms, scope notes, and other information for describing fine art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, and material culture.
		The Getty Research Institute Vocabulary Programs: The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) The ULAN is a structured vocabulary containing around 220,000 names and biographical information about artists and architects, including a wealth of variant names, pseudonyms, and language variants.
		The Getty Research Institute Vocabulary Programs: The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) The TGN is a structured vocabulary of around 1,000,000 geographic names, including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, and place types, and focusing on places important for the study of art and architecture.

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