Art & Architecture Collection

The Art & Architecture Collection is located on the 1st floor in the Mountain Side part of the building.

The collection includes publications on architecture, sculpture, drawing, painting, prints, decorative arts, artistic photography, and interdisciplinary works on the arts covering all cultures and time periods.

Collection strengths include medieval illumination, Northern and Italian Renaissance art, American art and architecture, and Chinese painting and calligraphy.

Special Art & Architecture Collections

Special collections in the Art & Architecture collection do not circulate unless otherwise noted.

Art Exhibition Catalogs

Items from this collection of over 95,000 exhibition, collection, and sales catalogs are listed in UC Library Search.

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Arts Library Project

The Library is planning a new Arts Library by bringing together the Music and Art & Architecture Collections into a modernized space in the main Library building where the Art & Architecture Collection is currently housed.

Please visit the Arts Library Project page for the latest project information.