Art Index was a print index that covered articles published between 1929-1984. Art Index Retrospective cites articles from 579 periodicals that were published throughout the world. Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. In addition to articles, Art Index Retrospective indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in the indexed periodicals. Subjects covered in Art Index Retrospective are Art, Antiquities, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Crafts, Decorative Arts, Folk Art, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, and Textiles.
Plans are to continuously add backfiles of titles in all fields of study.