Art and Art History
The Art collection provides rich material for students and scholars across the humanities.
Subject Librarian: Andrea Meyer Ludowisy
Email: Andrea.Meyerludowisy@london.ac.uk
Phone: 020 7862 8969
Collection Description
Senate House Library’s Art History collections are defined by their breadth and interdisciplinarity. With strengths in European visual culture, aesthetics, ceramics, graphic art, and the history of photography, they provide rich material for students and scholars across the humanities.
These resources become especially powerful when studied in dialogue with collections at the , and in combination with the library’s broader holdings in literature, film, and philosophy. Together, they support innovative approaches to the study of how art shapes and challenges collective memory, particularly in post-war and postcolonial contexts.
Researchers are also encouraged to explore the 91app Art Collection, which complements Senate House Library’s holdings with a curated selection of modern and contemporary artworks engaging with themes of memory, identity, and place.
Locating and accessing material
The best way to start finding history resources at Senate House Library is to use the catalogue.
The Art Library is located on the 5th floor. New acquisitions for the collections are shelved in the Periodicals Room on the 4th floor. Books and journals held in the stacks and off-site can be requested through the fetch service on the catalogue.
Find collection locations through
Ebooks can be found by searching the .
E-resources and databases for history are listed on the on our LibGuides platform.
Special collections and archive material must be and consulted in the special collections reading room. Some of these collections are available as part of our e-Resources. They can be found on our list of on our LibGuides platform.