A Short Guide to Writing about Art by
Are you writing about art? This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing.
Use the Catalog to search for books in the Monmouth University Library.
Many art books, particularly those with photographs and reproductions, are found in the Oversize section, located on the Library's main level. Most Main collection art books are located on the third floor.
Art books are great for browsing. Check the following areas in Oversize and Main.
N Visual arts
NA Architecture
NB Sculpture
NC Drawing. Design. Illustration
ND Painting
NE Print media
NK Decorative arts
NX Arts in general
TR Photography
TT Handicrafts, Arts and Crafts
You can locate books, which are not available at the MU Library by searching for your topic in WorldCat.
Books may be requested through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Allow up to 2 weeks for delivery.
The Art BookFull-text and online, these books can be accessed anywhere on campus or remotely, using your university username and password to log in.
Contemporary Citizenship, Art, and Visual Culture by
This edited volume examines the role of visual art and visual culture as sites for the construction and contestation of both state-sanctioned and cultural citizenships from the late 1970s to today.
Black Art in Brazil by
Kimberly Cleveland analyzes how certain modern and contemporary Brazilian artists visually convey "blackness." Through the work of Brazilian artists from different parts of the country who utilize a wide range of media, including photography, sculpture, and installation art, Cleveland investigates how each artist articulates "blackness" through his or her unique visual vocabulary and points out the ways it reflects their lived experiences.
David Hockney by
This book is the catalogue for the acclaimed exhibition originating at Tate Britain in February 2017 and traveling to the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Michelangelo
The Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) was especially celebrated for his disegno, a term that embraces both drawing and conceptual design. Featuring more than 200 drawings as well as paintings, sculpture, and architectural plans and views, this authoritative book examines Michelangelo as "the divine draftsman and designer" whose work, according to Giorgio Vasari, embodied the unity of the arts.
