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Subject Guide - Art
Compiled by Paul Jackson, Visual and Performing Arts LIbrarian Liaison.
Updated 2005.
Selected Reference Books
Ref N 31 .E523 1962 Encyclopedia of World Art
Ref N 5300 .M27 1996 Masterpieces of Western Art
Ref N 6489 .M63 1992 Modern Arts Criticism: A Biographical and Critical
Guide to Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, and Architects from
the Beginning of the Modern Era to the Present
Ref NA 31 .E59 1988 Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering & Construction
Ref NA 2850 .E44 1991 The Elements of Style: A Practical Encyclopedia
of Interior Architectural Details from 1485 to the Present
Ref ND 45 .M6 Index to Reproductions of European Paintings
Ref ND 205 .M57 Index to Reproductions of American Paintings
Ref NK 1370 .B93 2004 The Design Encyclopedia
Ref NK 4215 .C83 1980 Handbook of Pottery & Porcelain Marks
Ref NK 7304 .N43 1981 An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry
Selected Circulating Books
N 72 .E53 .S65 1999 The Computer in the Visual Arts
N 5300 .P6513 1975 A World History of Art
N 7430 .G64 1989 Design and Composition
NA 200 .G527 2000 The Story of Architecture
NB 60 .S3813 1996 Sculpture: From Antiquity to the Present
NC 1764 .E47 2004 Comics and Sequential Art
NK 7304 .P48 1996 Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present
TR 690 .A1 P48 Graphis Photo Annual
TT 298 .O27 Stained Glass: Leaded, Faceted, & Laminated Glass
TT 920 .W54 1986 Pottery: Form and Expression
Full-Text Books Online
NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as Great Jobs for
Art Majors and How to Grow As an Artist.
ArtLex Art Dictionary
Bloomsbury.com.
Guide to Art
Peel Production’s
Art School Online
Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
American Photo
Architectural Digest
Art in America
ARTnews
Crafts ‘n Things
The Library’s subscriptions to magazines that are of interest
to our Art students are primarily in electronic format. Full-text
articles are available in electronic formats through online databases.
(see below)
Magazine, Journal & Newspaper
Article Databases or Online Periodicals
Academic
Search Premier | Off-Campus
Access
Proquest
Research Library | Off-Campus
Access
International Journal of Education
and the Arts
Resource Library: America’s
Representational Art Publication
Zoom
Other Library
Materials
Pamphlet File
Pamphlet File—Native
Americans An American Legacy
Video/DVD
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #3-C09 Why Man Creates
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #4-E20 Painting and the Public : Patronage, Museums
and the Art Market
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #4-E23 Art Safety : Hazzards and Precautions
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #4-F06 Basic Design
MDSV VIDEOCASSETTE #4-F11 The Elephant on the Hill
Searching the Library Catalog
The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you.
The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/ provides
access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the
following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in
the library catalog:
Art, color in art, commercial art, composition (art), mural painting
and decoration, portraits, sculpture
Selected Web Resources
American Museum of Photography
The Animation
Learner's Site
Art
School-- Step-by-Step Demo's
Ceramics Today
How
to Sculpt
Jewelry Making-- What
a Beginner Needs to Know
The Minneapolis Institute
of Arts
National Museum of
American Illustration
The Original Art School
On Line
Timeline of Art
History
Selected Statistical
Resources
Art Sales Index
Statistics
on Stolen Cultural Property
Selected Online Images and
Other Media
Art Images for College
Teaching
Artist Indexes
Other Library
Catalogs
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