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Studio Art Research Guide

A research guide designed to help students find resources for studio art

Books in the libary's physical collection

Books on Art History

  • A People's Art History of the United States: 250 years of activist art and artists working in social justice movements by Nicolas Lampert
    • Call Number: N72.P6 L37 2013
  • Art History: A Study Guide by Janet Fuller Masters and Joyce McKeon Smith 
    • Call Number: N5305 .M32
  • Art History: A Very Short Introduction by Dana Arnold 
    • Call Number: N7425 .A646 2004 v102
  • The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Art History by Nancy Frazier  
    • Call Number: N5300 .F64 2000

Books on Drawing

  • Color Drawing: Design drawing skills and techniques for architects, landscape architects, and interior designers by Michael E. Doyle 
    • Call Number: NC892 .D69 1999
  • Anatomy, perspective and composition for the artist by Stan Smith 
    • Call Number: NC760.S65 1984
  • Drawing by Philip S. Rawson  
    • Call Number: NC735 .R35 1987
  • The Colored Pencil by Bet Borgeson and Edwin Borgeson  
    • Call Number: NC892 .B67 1983
  • Sketching with Markers by Thomas C. Wang 
    • Call Number: NC878.W36
  • Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A course in enhancing creativity and artistic confidence by Betty Edwards 
    • Call Number: NC730 .E34 1979
  • Color Drawing: Design drawing skills and techniques for architects, landscape architects, and interior designers by Michael E. Doyle  
    • Call Number: NC892 .D69 1999
  • The Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques by Ian Simpson and Lawrence Wood
    • Call Number: NC730 .S48 1987
  • Ink Drawing Techniques by Henry Clarence Pitz 
    • Call Number: NC905 .P49
  • The Natural Way To Draw: A working plan for art study by Kimon Nicolaides 
    • Call Number: NC650 .N5
  • The Art of the Storyboard: A filmmaker's introduction by John Hart  
    • Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 H42 2008
  • Exploring Drawing for Animation by Kevin Hedgpeth and Stephen Missal  
    • Call Number: NC1765.H35 2004
  • Techniques of Drawing by Fred Gettings  
    • Call Number: NC730 .G4

Books on Graphic Design

  • No More Rules: Graphic Design & Post Modernism by Rick Poynor 
    • Call Number: NC998.45.P67 P69 2003
  • Typography and Graphic Design: From Antiquity to Present by Roxane Jubert
    • Call Number: Z246 .J8313 2006
  • A History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs 
    • Call Number: Z244.5 .M42 1983 
  • Design for Information: An Introduction to Histories, Theories, & Best Practices Behind Effective Information Visualization by Isabel Meirelles 
    • Call Number: QA76.9.I52 M45 2013
  • Becoming A Successful Illustrator by Derek Brazell and Jo Davies  
    • Call Number: NC1001 .B73 2013
  • Becoming a Graphic Designer by Steven Heller and Teresa Fernandes  
    • Call Number: NC1001 .H45 2010

Books on Painting

  • American Painters on Technique: 1860 - 1945 by Lance Mayer and Gay Myers 
    • Call Number: ND1471 .M393 2013
  • The Story of Painting, from cave painting to modern times by H.W. Janson and Dora Jane Janson 
    • Call Number: ND1146 .J35 1966
  • Spanish Painting by Gotthard Jedlicka 
    • Call Number: ND804 .J43 1964
  • Modern Painting, Contemporary Trends by Nello Ponente 
    • Call Number: ND195 .P63 1960
  • Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopaedia by Rutherford J. Gettens and George L. Stout 
    • Call Number: ND1500 .G4 1966
  • Oil Painting: Techniques and Materials by Joseph A. Mugnaini 
    • Call Number: ND1260 .M8
  • Pastel Painting: Step by Step by Elinor Lathrop Sears 
    • Call Number: NC880 .S37 1968
  • Painting As An Art by Richard Wolheim
    • Call Number: ND1140 .W78 1987

Books on Photography

  • The Camera & The Press: American Visual and Print Culture in the Age of the Daguerreotype by Marcy J. Dinius  
    • Call Number: PS374.P43 D56 2012
  • Photography: Art & Technique by Alfred A. Blaker 
    • Call Number: TR145 .B54
  • Photography, Essays, & Images: Illustrated Readings in the History of Photography by Beaumont Newhall 
    • Call Number: TR185 .P487
  • Photography, History of an Art by Jean Luc Daval
    • Call Number: NC892 .B67 1983
  • Digital Photography: A Basic Guide to New Technology by Jenni Bidner 
    • Call Number: TR267 .B54 2000
  • Color Rush: American Color Photography from Stieglitz to Sherman by Katherine A. Bussard and Lisa Hostetler 
    • Call Number: TR645.M52 M523 2013
  • Documentary Photography by Life Library of Photography
    • Call Number: TR820.5 .T55 1975

Books on Printmaking

  • New Media in Printmaking by John H. Bickford
    • Call Number: NE850 .B52 1976
  • Printmaking, A Beginning Handbook by William C. Maxwell 
    • Call Number: NE850 .M385 1977
  • The Complete Collagraph: The Art & Technique of Printmaking from Collage Plates by Clare Romano and John Ross
    • Call Number: NE2232 .R65 
  • Innovative Printmaking: The Making of Two & Three-Dimensional Prints and Multiples by Thelma R. Newman 
    • Call Number: NE850 .N47 1977
  • The Complete Printmaker: Techniques, Traditions, & Innovations by John Ross, Clare Romano, & Tim Ross 
    • Call Number: NE850 .R59 1990
  • Introducing Dyeing & Printing by Beryl Ash and Anthony Dyson 
    • Call Number: NE855 .A8

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