Published by the Getty Research Institute of the J. Paul Getty Trust and the French Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INIST-CNRS), the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is the most comprehensive art bibliography available worldwide, covering European and American visual arts from late antiquity to the present.

Broad in scope, Bibliography of the History of Art's citations encompass fine arts—painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture—as well as decorative and applied arts—crafts, graphic arts, and folk and popular art among them. It includes and extends the coverage of its two predecessor art indexes: Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie (RAA) from 1973 to 1989 and International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA) from 1975 to 1989. The database contains more than 590,000 records drawn from 1,400 journals, as well as books, conference proceedings, essays, exhibition catalogues, selected art dealers' catalogues, doctoral dissertations and microform publications. Records feature detailed abstracts in English or French.

Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include:

• European art from late Antiquity (4th c. A.D.) to present
• American art from European discoveries to present
• Traditional fine arts
• Decorative and applied arts
• Prints, drawing, and sculpture
• Folk and industrial art
• Archaeology
• Architecture and design
• Theater and festivals
• Painting and photography
• Performance art
• Aspects of material culture of interest to art historians
• Art reflecting Western tradition in Asia, Africa, and Australia