Where can I see medieval art and learn more about it? These pages provide resources in print and online for finding art by theme, time period, style and artist. There are resources focused on specific museums and libraries as well as those that survey an artistic medium across many collections. This page focuses on ways to find image resources in print.
Museum Collections
Guides to museum collections with rich holdings in medieval art will often include good quality images of individual pieces. Search in library catalogs for the name of the museum as a subject: cloisters museum 
Results include: The Cloisters: Medieval Art and Architecture. By Peter Barnet and Nancy Wu. 2012
Italian Medieval Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters. By Lisbeth Castelnuovo-Tedesco. 2010
Exhibition Catalogs
Museums produce exhibition catalogs (in print and online) as a record of the images and analysis involved in the scholarly work done for exhibitions. Search for the name of a museum as an Author and exhibit* (for both exhibit and exhibition) as a Keyword: national gallery of art (u s) [Author] AND exhibit* [Keyword] AND (medieval OR renaissance) [Keywords]
Results include: Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women. David Alan Brown. 2001
Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence. Marietta Cambareri. 2016
Topical Books
Scholars publish books about specific themes in art. Search for your topic as a Subject in art and time period as a Keyword: love in art [Subject] AND (medieval OR "middle ages" OR renaissance)
Results include: The Medieval Art of Love: Objects and Subjects of Desire. By Michael Camille. 1998
Art and Love in Renaissance Italy. By Andrea Bayer. 2008
