ART: Art & Artists Research for Studio Art Courses (2024)
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International Drawing Annual (INDA) by Call Number: HU-General Coll N4390 .M37
International Painting Annual (INPA) by Call Number: HU-General Collection ND196.2 .I58
Tips - finding books
While searching for your artist's name in OneSearch, try adding the following words:
- Catalogs
- Exhibitions
- Criticism and interpretation (for books discussing an artist's work)
Terms for Figure Painting and drawing:
- Figure drawing, painting
- Figurative Art
- Human Figure in Art
- Women/Men in Art
- Nude in Art
- Male/Female Nude in Art;
Other Useful Art Subject Terms
- Landscape drawing, painting
- Portrait drawing, painting
- Portraits
- Still-life drawing, painting
Or Thematic Terms:
- Children in art
- Flowers in art
- Monsters in art
- etc.
How do I know if a book has illustrations?
Look in the "Details" section for:
"Phys. Desc. 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 27 cm"
ill. = illustrations. col. = color.
More Books
Worldcat: Find books in libraries worldwide, and order them via Inter-Library Loan if Hollins does not have them.
TIP: Using www.worldcat.org will sort your results by relevance; using hollins.worldcat.org will put our books first.
Google Books contains full text for books in the public domain (pre-1923); partial text for books under copyright.
Very useful for finding out which books contain information on your topic; then you can order them via inter-library loan if Hollins doesn't have them.