In the Library catalog, these subjects relate to writing about Art:
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Aesthetics
see--57 Related Subjects
Art criticism -- authorship
Art appreciation
Art --philosophy
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To search for books primarily showing an artist's work,
think of the ARTIST as AUTHOR of his or her artwork
Search by AUTHOR - last name first
Example: Sze, Sarah
To search for books of criticism on an artist's work,
think of the ARTIST as SUBJECT
Search by SUBJECT - last name first
Example: Basquiat, Jean Michel
* Note the subheading, Criticism and interpretation
Art, Art History, & Architecture Databases
Multisearch art databases by subject, Art & Art History
Electronic Full-Text Journals
How to Cite Images:
Image Citation Guidelines
Image Caption Styles
Reference Sources
Dictionary of Artists The new English-language edition of the Benezit dictionary contains over 15,000 entries, including 170,000 artists biographies plus 15,000 signatures and monograms.
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics surveys the full breadth of critical thought on art, culture, and society--from classical philosophy to contemporary critical theory.
Grove Art Online Full-text, includes biographical articles on artists. A comprehensive and authoritative guide with extensive surveys and in-depth, signed full-text articles on the history of art written by noted scholars in their respective field of expertise. This online version of the Grove Dictionary of Art provides external image links to museums, galleries, and art collections around the world.
Example: Vorticism
Image Links lead to visual examples on the subject while Related Articles outline the topic and place it within a broader historical context. Grove Art's Bibliography links are a great source for locating more in-depth treatments of the topic.
Modern arts criticism : a biographical and critical guide to painters, sculptors, photographers and architects from the beginning of the modern era to the present
Twentieth-century artists on art : an index to writings, statements, and interviews by artists, architects, and designers
World Artists 1950-1980 Includes 312 artists who were influential in the post-WW II era.
World Artists 1980-1990 Profiles 120 outstanding artists from around the world who have been influential in the decade of the 1980's. Included are outstanding figures from many countries, representing a wide variety of styles and movements.
Books on Visual Culture & Visual Literacy
The Domain of Images In the domain of visual images, those of fine art form a tiny minority. This book calls upon art historians to look beyond their traditional subjects - painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking - to the vast array of "nonart" images, including those from science, technology, commerce, medicine, music, and archaeology. Such images, James Elkins asserts, can be as rich and expressive as any canonical painting. Using scores of illustrations as examples, he proposes a radically new way of thinking about visual analysis, one that relies on an object's own internal sense of organization.
Exploring Visual Culture : definitions, concepts, contexts offers a view of visual culture that includes images, and other visual media and forms of expression, from architecture to fashion, design and the human body. Rampley adopts a cross-disciplinary perspective drawing on a wide range of examples from the last hundred years. Engaging in current debates about the uses and value of the study of visual culture it explores the limits of visual culture as an interdisciplinary field of study.
Visual Literacy: Writing about Art acquaints the student with the critical issues that shape the discipline of art and teaches them to write about art from a variety of scholarly and rhetorical perspectives. Includes tips on how to approach assignments such as the formal analysis of a work of art, the contextual analysis of a work of art, and an analysis of an exhibition.