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Course Guides: Arts

Courses listed in the General Catalog, 2007/2008:

  • 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 2200: Basic Painting
  • ARTS 2300: Basic Design
  • 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:

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

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SELECTED NETLIBRARY E-BOOKS:

(You will need a NetLibrary account to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see the tutorial, Accessing & Using NetLibrary for more information.)

    General Reference
    • Art and Its Significance: an Anthology of Aesthetic Theory, 1994 Ross, Stephen David.
    • Art Beyond Representation: the Performative Power of the Image, 2004. Bolt, Barbara.
    • Artists, Writers, and Musicians: Lives and Legacies series, 2001. Bossy, Michel-André.
    • Encyclopedia of American Folk Art, 2004. Wertkin, Gerard C.
    • The Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols in Art, 2005. NetLibrary, Inc.
    • The Oxford companion to Christian Art and Architecture, 1996. Murray, Peter.
    Art History:
    • Art History: the Key Concepts, 2006. Harris, Jonathan.
    • Beauty and Art, 1750-2000, 2005. Prettejohn, Elizabeth.
    • The New Art History: a Critical Introduction, 2001. Harris, Jonathan.
    • Interpretation Radical but Not Unruly: the New Puzzle of the Arts and History, 1995. Margolis, Joseph.
    Art Materials, Mediums & Forms:
    • Computers and Art, 2nd ed., 2002. Mealing, Stuart.
    • The Historiography of Modern Architecture, 1999. Tournikiotis, Panayotis.
    • Pencil Sketching, 2002. Wang, Thomas C.
    • Photographers: a Sourcebook for Historical Research, 2000. Palmquist, Peter E.
    • What Painting Is: How to Think about Oil Painting, Using the Language of Alchemy, 2000. Elkins, James.

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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."
    • Encyclopdedia 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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LOCAL ART MUSEUMS & CENTERS

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