Boolean operators can limit or expand searches depending on which one is used.
To find biographies put in the name of the person and biography and click on the subject. The Art Index and Art Index Retrospective are a pair of databases that cover the periodical literature in Art. The Art Index Retrospective is online and covers the time period between 1932-1984. The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals indexes over 1,000 journals in the field of architecture from 1930 to the present. The dictionary of Art Online includes over 44,000 articles related to art, including painting, architecture, photography and other topics from prehistory to the present.