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Digital library resources

For the best results, consult these resources at the start of your online research.

The Library's Card Catalog
The Library's Digital Collections 
Museum's online Collection Database
 

 

Library subject guides

These subject guides assist you in specific research endeavors as they regard to permament collections and traveling exhibitions.

Cà d'Zan
Circus 
Deco Japan 
Bertha Palmer 
Peter Paul Rubens 
Paolo Veronese 
 
 

 

To learn more about the Ringling Museum...

Art Collections & Exhibitions Bibliography

Ayers, John.  Chinese ceramics: The Koger Collection. New York: Sotheby's Publications, 1985.

Borys, Stephen, editor. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: a guide to the collections, 2008.

Brilliant, Virginia.  Gothic art in the Gilded Age: Medieval and Renaissance treasures in the Gavet-Vanderbilt-Ringling collection, 2009.

Craven, Roy C. Indian sculpture in The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1961.
Duchamp, Marcel. Marcel Duchamp: works from The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art collection. 1983.
Duval, Cynthia. 500 years of decorative arts from the Ringling collections, 1350-1850. 1982.
Herscher, Ellen. Ancient art from Cyprus: the Ringling Collection: April 14 through May 23, 1983, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. 1983.  
International Rubens Symposium and Nancy Thomson De Grummond. Papers presented at the International Rubens Symposium: April 14-16, 1982, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida. 1983. 
Merling, Mitchell. Ringling: the art museum, 2002.

Janson, Anthony F. Great paintings from The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. New York: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1986.  

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Modern Painting Lent to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 1948. Full Text 
Murray, Marian. A popular guide: 50 masterpieces in The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 1955.
Robinson, Franklin W., William H. Wilson, and Larry Silver. Catalogue of the Flemish and Dutch paintings, 1400-1900. 1980. 
Suida, William E. Catalogue of paintings in The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 1949.  
Tomory, Peter. Catalogue of the Italian paintings before 1800. 1976.
Weber, Joanna. Josef Albers Color Genius. 2006.
Weber, Joanna. Of Lions and Red Hats: Saint Jerome at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 2004.
Wilson, William Harry. Dutch seventeenth century portraiture, the golden age. 1980.  
The Historic Asolo Theater

Austin, Arthur Everett. The Asolo Theater in Sarasota at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 1952. Full Text 

Currie, Dwight and Linda McKee, editors.  Encore!: a new life for the Historic Asolo Theater at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2006; contributors: Creighton Gilbert, Eugene R. Gaddis, Dwight Currie, Michelle Scalera, Tess Koncick, Françoise Hack-Lof.
Gaddis, Eugene R.  Magician of the modern: Chick Austin and the transformation of the arts in America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

Gilbert, Creighton. The Asolo Theater. 1959. Full Text 

Cà d'Zan

Cà d'Zan: Ringling Residence. 1954. Full Text 

De Groft, Aaron H. and David Chapin Weeks. Cà d'Zan: inside the Ringling mansion. 2004.

Hack-Lof, Françoise, Teresa A. Koncick and Linda R. McKee. Cà d'Zan: the Ringling winter residence. 2003.

The house John and Mable Ringling built: a short guide to the Ringling residence. 1952. Full Text 

Scalera, Michelle, Cà d'Zan: the restoration of the Ringling mansion, 2006.

John and Mable Ringling
De Groft, Aaron H. and David Chapin Weeks. A pictorial history of John and Mable Ringling. 2003.
Ormond, Mark, Aaron DeGroft, and Gene Ray, Eds. John Ringling: dreamer, builder, collector: legacy of the circus king. 1996. 
Weeks, David C. Ringling: the Florida years, 1911-1936, University Press of Florida. 1993.
Museum of Art
Austin, Jr. Arthur Everett.The Art Museum John Ringling Built. 1951. Full Text 
De Groft, Aaron H. John Ringling in perpetua memoria : the legacy and prestige of art and collecting. Florida State University dissertation, 2000.
De Groft, Aaron H.  Ringling & Rubens: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 2003.
Hack-Lof, Françoise, and Linda R. McKee. The art galleries of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 2003.
Merling, Mitchell. Ringling: the Art Museum. 2002.
Murray, Marian. The Ringling Museums: a magnificent gift to the State of Florida. 1951. 
Vilas, C.N. and N.R. Vilas. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Chicago: C. D. Heller, 1942.

School of Fine and Applied Art of the John and Mable Ringling Museum. Bulletin 1, no. 1 (May 1931).

Archives
Walk, Deborah W. A guide to the archives of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: the state art museum of Florida. 1994. Full Text 
Circus Museum and Tibbals Learning Center
The Museum of the American Circus. The Museum of the American Circus: one of the Ringling museums owned and operated by the State of Florida. 1952. Full Text 
Walk, Deborah. The Circus in Miniature: the Howard Bros. Circus Model. 2008. 
Walk, Deborah. Heyday: Frederick W. Glasier's American Circus, 1890-1925. 2008.
Library
McKee, Linda R. "The History of John Ringling's Library: Preserving the Heritage of a Great Cultural Institution." Florida Libraries. Special Edition. Florida Library Association. p. 17-29. 2005.
Schmidt, Valentine Lucille. Rare books of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries from the Library of the Ringling Museum of Art: Sarasota, Florida. An exhibition prepared by Valentine L. Schmidt and presented by the Ringling Museum November 3-23, 1969. 1969. Full Text 

 

 

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