Art & Art History

Background info, usually found in reference sources is invaluable. 

Reference sources provide the following types of information on virtually any topic:

• Reliable background information;

• Criticism;

• Articles written by subject experts;

• Dates, timelines, events, people related to your topic;

• Biographical information;

• A list of further readings, normally found at the end of encyclopedia articles.  Use these references as springboards for further research.

Image source: Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503-1506. Wikimedia, Public Domain.