Tom Pergola
Art Appreciation
Books & Reference material:
There are many books and media on art, art history and artist in our collection. This material you will find in the N section or use the CCBC Dundalk Library Catalog.
Some Suggested Books & Reference Material:
Encyclopedia of World Art Ref N31 .E5333 multi volume set
American Art Analog Ref N6505 .A56 multi volume set
The Book of Art Ref N31 .B6
Great artists of America. N6505 .F7
The New-York Historical Society's dictionary of artists in America, 1564-1860 REF. N6536 .N4
The Oxford Companion To Art REF. N33 .O9
World artists, 1950-1980 : an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary REF. N6489 .M37 1984
Contemporary Artists REF. N6490 .C6567 1989
World Artists 1950-1980 Ref N6489 .M37 1984
Dictionary of American Paintings, Sculpture & Engravers Ref N6536 .F5 1986
The Oxford Dictionary of Art Ref N33 .O93 1988
Artists and Illustrators Encyclopedia Ref N33Q5 1977
The photography encyclopedia Ref.TR9 .M39 1999
Focal encyclopedia of photography REF. TR9 .F6 1993
Encyclopedia of practical photography TR9 .E5 (various volumes)
Other Online Encyclopedias
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Magazine, Journals, & Newspapers
Go to our List of databases by subject .Follow the instructions for off-campus access.
The best databases for the Art and Art appreciation would be the Proquest Research Library and check the Arts Module & Humanities Module for a more refined search. In EBSCO use Humanities International Complete and Academic Search Premier. There is a Biography encyclopedia in Gale Reference.
Search Tips for Databases - Remember to try different search words to find information. Use your particular topic or use broad terms.
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Web Resources:
Use Evaluative Web Guides, such as Librarians' Internet Index,and Subject Directories to find web sites on your topic. They will give you links to more specific information. Use Search Engines, such as Google to focus your search for web sites.
To get better results connect your terms with the Boolean term "and"(ex:photography and history,) or put quotes around a phrase (ex:"graphic design".)
Performing Precise Searches on web searching
Evaluate: Evaluate your material for its relevance and authenticity. See evaluation criteria for web sites.
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Research Tips:
How to Do Research - helpful link on research
Citing Sources -Make sure you use the correct citation for your research material.
Art Web Sites:
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*Artchive - http://www.artchive.com/core.html Click on the Art Archive for period & artist. The core of this most excellent art site is a collection of more than 2,200 of the best scans of works of over 200 artists. In addition: Galleries contains scanner and curator Mark Harden's online exhibitions; Juxtapositions is a collection of art exhibit reviews with the images linked; Theory and Criticism has some of the best in art criticism, hyperlinked to the art being discussed.
*Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine - http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ An index to the online exhibits of thousands of artists, searchable by artist's name and browsable by movement, medium, subject of art, nationality of artist, or women artists. Entries include links to museum sites, image archives, and other online resources. The focus is primarily painting and sculpture.
AICT (Art Images for College Teaching) http://www.arthist.umn.edu/aict/html/ "A royalty-free image exchange resource for r the educational community," this project contains images spanning the entire history of art, including non-Western art. The site contains select images from the complete collection of images available on Kodak Photo-CDs. Arrangements can be made to borrow and download the disks for non-commercial purposes.
Intute- Arts & Humanities http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/ Free online service provides access to the best Web resources for education and research, selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists. There are over 21,000 Web resources listed here that are freely available by keyword searching and browsing. ADAM database is now included in INTUTE.
Art Dictionaries: Top
The Getty Vocabularies- http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/ This searchable database will help you learn terms, names, and other information about people, places, things, and concepts relating to art, architecture, and material culture.
*ArtLex: http://www.artlex.com/ A Dictionary of Visual Art Terminology A dictionary of over 1800 art related terms. Some terms are hot linked to illustrations, images, artists and other related websites. This dictionary is maintained by its creator Michael Delahunt at Sonoran Sky Elementary School in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Words of Art: http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/creative/links/glossary.html An On-Line Glossary of Theory and Criticism for the Visual Arts An extensive dictionary of specialized terms compiled by Robert J. Belton of Okanagan University. Under the letter "M", for instance, there are over 100 entries. Some of the entries are quite extensive and contain hyper links that are cross-references to related terms.
Art History: Top
*Art History Resources: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html Provides a survey of art history from ancient times to the present day divided by period with separate links to research resources, an extensive list of museums and galleries by country, online journals, exhibits, and university art departments. Time periods are divided into countries, cultures, and styles. Noted individual artists are also included
Timeline of Art History http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm This timeline features art history through 1600 A.D. The Timeline allows visitors to compare the cultures of peoples around the world beginning in prehistoric times. Explore Roman territories, trade routes, Celtic Gaul, Britain, Pannonia, the Nabataean Kingdom, and more. Coverage includes "key historical and cultural events of the period in chronological order." Information for each piece includes artist's name (if known), title, date, culture, medium, dimensions, credit line, accession number, and a description. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Mother of All Art History Resources - http://www.umich.edu/~hartspc/histart/mother/ An annotated collection of links to art history sites compiled by the Department of the History of Art at the University of Michigan (Video links)
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*Digital Archive of Art: Online Images from Boston College - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/ A collection of images of paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries and sculpture from the ancient Greek period, the Renaissance, and the 19th and 20th centuries. Artists represented include Michelangelo, Monet, Manet, Renoir, Degas, Gauguin, Seurat, Van Gogh, Rodin, Daumier, Munch, Arp, Duchamp, Ernst, and many others.(Can search by medium.)
*Web Gallery of Art - http://www.wga.hu/index.html The Masters. This resource is "a searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1200-1700), currently containing over 6,500 reproductions. Biographies, commentaries...
Digital Imaging Project - http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/ Index or Artist & Architects A collection of images from the classical Greek period to the Post-Modern consisting of architecture and sculpture that is arranged by name of the architect or artist, location, or date. All images include a date and a description
SILS Art Image Database: http://www.si.umich.edu/Art_History/ This is a PROTOTYPE database of art and architectural images, and images of museum objects in digital form. It allows you to locate, and view, works of art. Goal is to be useful to anyone with an interest in exploring art, architecture and museum images. The prototype is being developed for a research project, funded by the United States Department of Education.
World Art Treasures--http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/ a collection of over 100,000 slides. Click on Slide Library Artist or Periods Slide Library on left. The principal purpose of World Art Treasures is to promulgate the discovery and love of art. Thanks to the 100,000 slides belonging to the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, all of them devoted to art, and including the main civilizations, such as Egypt, China, Japan, India, Europe, its purpose is to offer a different approach to art through Internet.
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Folk Art:
Craft in America http://www.pbs.org/craftinamerica/ Companion to a 2007 television documentary designed to allow Americans to discover "the importance that craftsmanship has played in the founding and future of our country." Features education material, video clips, and details about featured artists for three themes: memory (craft's history in America), landscape (relationship between the artists and their physical environment), and community (spiritual connection artists have to their communities). Also includes an online exhibit of works by modern craft artists.
Index of American Design http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iad.htm This exhibit from the National Gallery of Art works on two levels. The first is "watercolor renderings of American decorative arts objects from the colonial period through the nineteenth century" produced as a New Deal project between 1935 and 1942, a time when interest in American folk art was rising. The second is the objects depicted--textiles, costumes, metalwork, carvings, dolls, etc., including objects from the Spanish Southwest, Shaker, and Pennsylvania German folk art traditions.
Off the Map http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/offthemap/ This presentation looks at the "backyard paradises" created by visionary artists (outsider or self-taught artists "who didn't necessarily go to school to be artists"). Includes profiles of the artists (from the U.S., France, India, and South Africa), images and videos of the art (such as Bottle Village, the Owl House and Camel Yard, and Watts Towers), a create-your-own backyard paradise feature, and related material. From Independent Lens and the Electric Shadows Project.
Print Making:
What is a Print? http://www.moma.org/whatisaprint/ The Museum of Modern Art's What is a Print? site provides great interactive demonstrations on the process of making lithographs, woodcuts, etchings, and screen prints.
Drawing:
Drawing Materials and Drawing Techniques: http://dmdt.thedrawingsite.com/ A Guide and Glossary Topics include: Supports ; Dry Media ; Liquid Media ; Function ; Process ; Transmission ; Contemporary Innovations ; Bibliography ; Links ; Glossary. by Michael Miller, New York University
How Prints are Made no longer on line use archive site from Way Back Machine. In general there are three types of prints to be aware of; relief, intaglio or engraving, and planographic, and each leaves clues as to its type, which can usually be seen with the help of a magnifying glass. http://web.archive.org/web/20030608034648/http://www.scharlau.co.uk/prntmake/printmake.html
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Painting:
Wet Canvas: Art School Online http://www.wetcanvas.com/ArtSchool/Oils/SmallLandscape1/ This page from the Wet Canvas Art School demonstrates the small landscape technique with clear step-by-step instructions and images from a work start-to-finish.
*Art Studio Chalkboard - http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/A resource for artists and art students, focusing on the fundamentals of perspective, shading, color, and painting.
Exploring Themes in American Art - http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm This National Gallery of Art teaching resource features essays on various topics including abstraction, figure drawing, historical subjects, landscape and marine art, portraiture, still life, and topographical views. Each section contains annotated images, artists' biographies, and related glossaries Top
Photography:
History of Photography by Robert Leggat from School of Fine Art, University of Newcastle, Australia. On left link for how photography began.
America's First Look into the Camera - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/daghtml/daghome.htm Subtitled Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839 - 1864, this site is a searchable and brows able collection of more than 650 photographs taken between 1839 and 1864. There are also photographic views of buildings and monuments in the Washington-Baltimore area and street scenes in Philadelphia. A background about the medium, a glossary, time line, and bibliography are also included. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
Insight Collection from The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - Contains history of photography, cinema, animation, television... Based in Bradford in West Yorkshire, this free museum contains a collection of television programme and more.The Photography Collection is one of the finest and most extensive anywhere in the world.
American Photographs: The First Century - http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/helios/amerphotos.html This multimedia exhibit covers the period from 1839 to 1939 and contains over 300 photographs with their history and selected links to other sites. Among the photographers are such notables as Matthew Brady, Gertrude Kasebier, and Ansel Adams. From the National Museum of American Art.
American Museum of Photography - http://photographymuseum.com/ The American Museum of Photography has an online collection of ongoing photography exhibits, on subjects like architecture, nature, and portraits.
AccessArt: Visual Arts Online Workshops - http://www.accessart.org.uk/online_workshops.phpThese animated, interactive workshops covering topics such as photography, drawing, installation art, photography and color. Suitable either for teacher or student, the workshops include print-out notes and suggested offline activities. Check links at bottom on photography page.
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Architecture:
SPIRO, Architecture Visual Resources Library Image Database - http://shanana.berkeley.edu/spiro A searchable collection of tens of thousands of architectural images (pre-history through the 20th century). From the Architecture and Visual Resources Library (AVRL), University of California, Berkeley.
The Great Buildings Collection : http://www.greatbuildings.com/ Take a comprehensive look at world architecture through this collection of 3D models, photographic images, architectural drawings, and commentary. Lists- Great Architects and Architectural Types.
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Sculpture:
Sculptor.Org - http://www.sculptor.org/ This is a comprehensive resource for sculptors in all media. On lower left there are links for tools and supplies, sculpting tips, schools, biographies, sculpture in museums and public places, associations, services, events, bibliographies, and more Example: Stone Carving -Tools of the Trade for marble
International Sculpture Center http://www.sculpture.org The International Sculpture Center's site contains a free high school curriculum, "Up Close: A Focus on Contemporary Sculpture." The site also contains information on awards, exhibitions, libraries, and additional resources related to sculpture. Educational Resources has historical sculptures.
19th-Century Photography of Ancient Greece Architecture http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/photography_greece/index.html
A browsable collection of "approximately 200 nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographs of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. ... The majority of the photographs are of Athens, particularly the Athenian Acropolis." Also includes images of "ancient monuments elsewhere in Athens, selected site views in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean, and ancient sculpture." From the Getty Research Institute.
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Illustration & Graphic Art:
What is Graphic Design from AIGA American Association of Graphic Artist. Includes Process of designing website which brings the "Why" brochure to life with a dynamic presentation of the designing framework.
National Museum of American Illustration - http://www.americanillustration.org This museum "exhibits original artworks from the 'Golden Age of American Illustration' (1870-1965) featuring the greatest illustration artists" such as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, and N.C. Wyeth.
Aspects of the Victorian Book - http://www.bl.uk/collections/early/victorian/intro.html Marvelous, detail-rich site that provides insight into the production and publishing of books in Britain during the nineteenth century. Includes signed articles with graphics on printing technology, illustration, lithography, wood-engraved illustration, photographically illustrated books, bookbindings, the novel, yellowbacks, penny dreadfuls, children's books, and magazines for women. Especially noteworthy is the section on the binding designs of John Leighton.
Color, Contrast and Dimension in News Design http://www.poynterextra.org/cp/index.html An online, interactive version of Pegie Stark Adam's book by the same title, this site uses exercises, graphic design samples, and malleable illustrations of art masterpieces to explain color theory and the emotional and physical impacts color, proportion, and contrast have upon a viewer. Intended primarily for journalists and graphic artists, its demonstration of the uses and effects of color will also have relevance for a much wider audience.
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Video & Film making:
Video and Film Making and *Insight Collection and Research Center Info Sheets from The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - Contains history of photography, cinema, animation, television... Based in Bradford in West Yorkshire, this free museum contains a collection of television programme and more.
From The Kennedy Center Arts Edge:
Film making: The Story Becomes a Film This How-To offers tips and suggestions to sharpen the technical and organizational skills involved in film making.
Film making: Creating and Organizing the Story This How-To covers the basics for creating a classroom film project.
Animation:
Carin Perron : topics in animation John Hooker & Carin Perron create integrated documentation, graphics and maps for manuals, web pages, presentations and training materials. See Media & Techniques in Animation. It also provides an overview of animation basics, details of Carin s animated film, information about animation setups, techniques, and effects and tips on creating animated GIFs. It includes the text of Pinscreen in the Era of the Digital Image by Pedro Faria Lopes.
Origins of American Animation -The American Memory Project has released 21 short, animated films, and 2 fragments from 1900-1921 (available in RealMedia, MPEG, and QuickTime formats). "The films include clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings." Be sure to read the Notes on the Origins of American Animation . The essay explains the history of each film in the collection, plus a general history of early animation. From the Library of Congress.
AWN : Animation World Network This is an extensive web site covering all aspects of animation. Site includes the Animation World Magazine and several animation-related directories. There is also an online gallery, FAQs section and information on animation festivals and technologies as well as associations and societies. Opportunity to download the AWN Media kit, which is a document about AWN and all aspects of animation, which can be downloaded and printed out.
Ani-matois a web site for "animation, stop-motion and 3D movie enthusiasts," Authored by professional Finnish animator, Jan-Eric Nystrom, the site contains a wealth of information for animation students, hobbyists and professionals. The site is divided into four main sections. The general information section contains illustrated essays on various aspects of animation, including how a TV commercial and a cartoon film is made, equipment for the hobbyist, history of sub-35mm film, panoramic photography and camera movements. The Do-it-yourself section contains instructions on creating animation equipment at home.
3-D animation workshop is a monthly column (begun June 2003), written by Nathan Segal. Covering the various aspects of 3D, the column contains tutorials, reviews and lessons in how to create 3D graphics and animation step by step. See Animation Tips and Tricks Other lessons cover topics such as: basic modeling geometry, animation tools, character animation, modeling a character figure, creating a realistic stepping motion, and texture mapping. A glossary of 3-D terms is also provided.
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Art Analysis:
Analysis of Visual Images http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/fine-art/theory/analysis/analysis.htm Ross Woodrow of The University of Newcastle has composed a series of very interesting interactive essays that include the subjects of visual analysis, perspective, photography, semiotic analysis and ideological interpretation of images. The use of hotlinks illustrates specific points as well as to direct the reader to additional information on artists, art historians, authors, literary texts, footnotes, bibliographic references, related websites, and collaborating essays.
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Google Image Search - Google finds images by matching search terms to the captions of image files, to adjacent text. Results pages contain up to twenty thumbnail images with name and size of image included. Clicking on the thumbnail brings a framed page with the larger version of the image in the top frame and the Web page on which the image is located in the bottom frame.
Finding Images on the Web http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/findimages/ Excellent web site that provides the reader with information on various of aspects of the topic including searching, downloading, and copyright issues. Of particular interest are the sections titled: Image Search Engines, Arts, Clip Art, and Photography.
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Locate image from your own files or from some of the sources listed above.
On the image that you want to copy right click with mouse.
In the pull down menu click on Save Picture as or Save image as
Save Picture pop up window will appear.
Save your image to the desktop or save to a floppy file, CD or flash drive
Give a file name to your image that you will remember.
Click on Save.
To pull up your image.
On the desktop: Click on the image
or click on "My Computer" and find drive where you stored image and locate the image on your file.
Pull up your image
you can re-size your image
you can print your image
you can copy your image and paste it in another document
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