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Finnish National Gallery Library
Kaivokatu 2, FI-00100 Helsinki, tel. +358 (0)294 500 526
Kiasma Library
Mannerheiminaukio 2, FI-00100 Helsinki, tel. +358 (0)294 500 526
e-mail:library@nationalgallery.fi
Research service by appointment.
Material is not loaned out.
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- author (author, editor, other authors of the work): krauss rosalind, mcevilley thomas, sederholm helena, kuusamo altti
- title (name of the book or article, or part of the title): arjen murtumia, hallen ja tivan tarina, turun taidemuseo 101, citizen artist, defining modern art
- artist name: siukonen jyrki, clemente francesco, dürer albrecht, sipilä sulho
- organization name (museums, frequent exhibitions, conferences, organizations) porin taidemuseo, biennale di venezia, viipurin taiteilijaseura, muu ry
journal name: art review, modern painters, taide, kaltio
subject keyword (in Finnish): omakuva, surrealismi, yleisö, identiteetti, performanssi
list of subject keywords: not yet available
series: nykytaiteen museon julkaisuja, taidehistoriallisia tutkimuksia, musta taide
ISBN (International Standard Book Number) : 951-608-036-7 (if the search is not able to to find the volume with the hyphens, you can leave a space between numbers or write the numbers without space)
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number): 0284-7027, 1238-4712
Following search types are recommended to be used only with advanced search and/or search limits:
- classification (verbal form of the classification used by the library, in Finnish) kuvataide; maalaustaide, kuvanveisto
- geographical subject (in Finnish): Suomi, Ruotsi, Pohjoismaat, Ranska, Yhdysvallat, Japani
- subject timing (subject timing of the contents of the publication with accurancy of a century or decade): 1400, 1700, 1900, 1930, 1980, 2000
- location: Siff, Kiasma, Kons
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Search results – Browsing and viewing references
- search result opens to a list with summary records
- the list of results can be sorted out by main entry, title, publishing year - ascending (the oldest first), publishing year - descending (the newest first) or by publication type
- you can browse the search results from the 1,2,3... next links
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- if the publication is related to several subject persons you are able to see only the first nine, you can open the complete list of subject persons from the link Show all subject persons, and again close the list from the Hide subject persons link
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- you can select the references which you have opened to full records (see Search results - Browsing and viewing references) from the link Select all (open) link and remove your selection from the Unselect all (open) link
- you can open the selected references to a new list from the Browse selected link
- you can print the selected references from the Print selected link
- you can print a single reference by selecting it from the list, printing it and then unselecting the selection
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- print report opens in the browser to a new window and you can print the report with the browser's Print function
- there are two types of print reports: short format will be printed when you select the part (summaries) from the Print command, long format will be printed when you select the Print... command
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