This guide is designed to help you get started with your library research.

Click on any of the tabs above to find information about how to locate Fine Art books, journal articles, websites and more

What are Secondary Sources?  Journal articles & chapters etc... written about a work of literature and offering a critical view of that work are called literary criticism.

What are Primary Sources?  Original works of literature and uninterpreted information about an event or period of time.

Beware Wikipedia! It can't be cited in academic essays (avoid sites where authors aren't accountable for contributions). 

Evaluate! Evaluate! Evaluate!
Don't believe everything you read.

Avoid Plaigiarism
That's using an author's work or ideas without referencing it (yes, even if it's not directly quoted & you've changed the words)

'New Titles Received' Lists   

Art, history and the senses : 1830 to the present - Patrizia Di Bello & Gabriel Koureas (eds)

ISBN: 0754668630

Should sight trump the other 4 senses when experiencing & evaluating art? This book questions whether the authority of the visual in 'visual culture' should be deconstructed & focuses on the roles of touch, taste, smell & sound in the materiality of works of art. From the 19th century onward, notions of synaesthesia & the multi-sensorial were important to a series of art movements from Symbolism to Futurism & Installations.

Comic art propaganda: a graphic history - F. Strömberg

ISBN: 0312596790

One of the most effective & powerful forms of communication, it comes as no surprise that comic art has been misappropriated by governments, self-interest groups, do-gooders, & sinister organizations to spread their message. WWII comic book propaganda-with Superman, Batman & Captain America raising war bonds & bashing cartoon Japanese & Germans-was so ubiquitous there was barely a US comic untainted by the war.

Artists re:thinking games - Ruth Catlow, Marc Garrett & Corrado Morgana (eds)

ISBN: 1846312477

Since the beginning of the 21st century, artists have embraced the tools & culture of digital gaming to create artwork that challenges the norms & expectations of both the game and art worlds... explores the themes adopted by artists working at the intersections of computer games & the visual arts

Complete digital illustration : a master class in image-making - Lawrence Zeegen

ISBN: 288893096X

An informative and practical guide to this in-demand area of design. Alongside step-by step tutorials, top image-makers from around the world provide real and practical advice on setting up a studio, creating a killer portfolio, and winning commissions.

Exploring site-specific art : issues of space and internationalism - Judith Rugg

ISBN: 1848850646

Over recent years a greater diversity of spaces has opened up worldwide for the making & display of art beyond the gallery. A new "space consciousness" has developed, with an emphasis on the significance of the spatial. Rugg takes up a range of site-specific artworks internationally located in China, France, Italy, UK, Argentina, Canada, Australia...

Understanding art - Lois Fichner-Rathus

ISBN: 0495905666

Comprehensive & balanced, this widely-adopted introduction to art appreciation communicates the excitement, relevance & beauty of art by combining stimulating discussions of the language & elements of art with extensive treatment of the history of art.

 

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