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Course Guides: Arts

Courses listed in the General Catalog:

  • ARTS 1010: Introduction to Visual Arts
  • ARTS 1100: Art Appreciation
  • ARTS 2000: Introduction to Computer Images I
  • ARTS 2010: Introduction to Digital Media
  • ARTS 2100: Basic Drawing
  • ARTS 2150: Basic Design
  • ARTS 2200: Intermediate Drawing
  • ARTS 2300: Basic Painting
  • ARTS 2400: Watercolor painting
  • ARTS 2510: Art History Survey I
  • ARTS 2520: Art History Survey II
  • ARTS 2610: Modern Art

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PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

  • Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
  • Art Abstracts - Provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts for over 450 international art publications, including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. NOTE that this database is not FULL-TEXT.
  • Biography Resource Center - Provides full-text biographies, magazine articles, images, and website links for more than 900,000 people.
  • JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive - Provides a multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly journals and other resources across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Please note that when accessing the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to login.

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SELECTED E-BOOK SOURCES:

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LOCATIONS OF ART RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

Arts-related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

  • N1 to NX820 - Fine arts.
  • N1 to N9211 - Visual arts.
    • N61 to N72 - Visual arts . Theory. Philosophy. Aesthetics of the visual arts.
    • N5300 to N7418 - Visual arts .History.
  • NA1 to NA9428 - Architecture.
    • NA190 to NA1555.5 - Architecture. History.
  • NB1 to NB1952 - Sculpture.
    • NB60 to NB1115 - Sculpture. History.
  • NC1 to NC1940 - Drawing.
    • NC50 to NC266 - History of drawing.
    • NC390 to NC670 - Study and teaching.
  • ND25 to ND3416 - Painting.
    • ND49 to ND813 - History.
    • ND1115 to ND1120 - Study and teaching.
  • NE1 to NE3002 - Print media

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SELECTED BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY:

Please note that many art books are large and may be located in the Oversized Section, located along the back wall of Room C-124. In addition, we have numerous books on several artists, artistic styles & movements, countries, regions & historical periods, far too many to list here. Just browse the "Ns" to see what we have!

General Reference
  • Anatomy for the Artist, 2000.
    Call number:NC 760 .B33 1999 OVERSIZED
  • The Art Book, 1994.
    Call number: N 33 .A575 1994 OVERSIZED; "an A to Z guide to 500 great painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times."
  • Encyclopedia of Artists, 2000.
    Call number: N 31 .E53 2000 REF; in 6 volumes.
  • A Dictionary of Art Titles: The Origins of the Names and Titles of 3,000 Works of Art, 2000.
    Call number: N 33 .R56 2000 REF.
  • Dictionary of the Arts, Movements, Terms, People: From Ancient Art to World Music, 1994.
    Call number: NX 80 .D53 1994 REF
  • The Oxford Companion to Art, 1970.
    Call number: N 33 .O9 1970 REF.
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Art, New Edition, 1997.
    Call number: N 33 .O93 1997 REF.
  • The Yale Dictionary of Art & Artists, 2000.
    Call number: N 33 .L353 2000 REF
Art History
  • Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art, 1998.
    Call number: N 5310 .B34 1998
  • Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series, 1993.
    Call number: NX 456 .G72 1993 REF, in 5 volumes.
  • History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography, 4th Edition, 1998.
    Call number: N 6490 .A713 1998 OVERSIZED
  • The Oxford History of Western Art, 2000.
    Call number: N 5300 .O96 2000
  • The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Art History, 2000.
    Call number: N 5300 .F64 2000
  • The Print in the Western World: An Introductory History, 1996.
    Call number: NE 400 .H79 1996 OVERSIZED
  • The Story of Painting, 2nd American Edition, 2000.
    Call number: ND 450 .B43 2000
  • The World's Greatest Architecture, Past and Present, 2003.
    Call number: NA 200 .F54 2003
  • A World History of Photography, 3rd Edition, 1997.
    Call number: NH 70 .R67 1997
Art Materials, Mediums & Forms
  • The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, 5th Edition, Revised and Updated, 1991.
    Call number: ND 1500 .M3 1991
  • Dictionary of Architecture and Construction, 4th Edition, 2006.
    Call number:NA 31 .H32 2006 REF
  • Digital Photography Fine Print Workshop, 2006.
    Call number: NH 567 .D49 2006
  • The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, 1999.
    Call number: NC 1766 .U5 L46 1999
  • Encyclopedia of Interior Design, 1997.
    Call number: NK 1165 .E48 1997 REF, in 2 volumes.
  • Photography for Dummies, 2nd Edition, 2004.
    Call number: NH 467 .H37 2004
  • Sculpture, 1997.
    Call number: NB 60 .R36 1997
  • What is Painting? Representation and Modern Art, 1999.
    Call number: ND 1140 .B45 1999
  • The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, 2nd Edition, 1999,
    Call number: NC 1325 .W67 1999 OVERSIZED, in 7 volumes.

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

General Reference
Art History
Art Materials, Mediums & Forms

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LOCAL ART MUSEUMS & CENTERS

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