Topic: Artists

Definition/Introduction

 

§   What is the topic? What does it cover?

The study of art would not be complete without the study of the men and women who create the art. By learning about their lives, their influences, and their beliefs, it helps us to better understand their work.

 

§   Catalog Subject Headings or Keywords

Artists

       See also names of individual artists or styles of art

 

§   Dewey Numbers

709.2 Persons in the arts

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 


                                                                   

 

 

 

 

Suggested Databases

 

DISCUS – www.scdiscus.org

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-         Biography Resource Center

-         SIRS Knowledge Source

 

Print Resources

 

701 PROF. LIB.

Ronan, Helen. Exploring Art in South Carolina. Worcester,MA: Davis Publications, [2001].
The purpose of the Exploring Art in South Carolina resource package is to provide teachers with materials that will allow them to bring the riches of South Carolina art into their curriculum. The materials in this binder are arranged in three sections: A World of Art in South Carolina; South Carolina Art & Artists; Museums of South Carolina.

709 COLE

Cole, Alison. Renaissance. London ; : Dorling Kindersley, c2000.
Text and photographs interweave biography and social history to provide an understanding of the historical setting of the Renaissance artists.

709.02 FITZPATRICK

Fitzpatrick, Anne, 1978-. The Renaissance. 1st ed. Mankato, Minn. : Creative Education, c2006.
Examines Renaissance art as a reflection of the culture of the period which lasted from the fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century, and includes discussion of selected artists, and examples of their work.

709.03 FITZPATRICK

Fitzpatrick, Anne, 1978-. The Baroque period. 1st ed. Mankato, Minn. : Creative Education, c2006.
Examines the history of the Baroque art period and its influence on seventeenth-century European scientific, religious, political, and social thinking.

709.04 DICKINS

Dickins, Rosie. The Usborne introduction to modern art. London : Usborne ;, 2005.
Presents an introduction to modern art, including information on its development, from its beginning in the 1850s, to the first artists of the avant garde, with photographs and examples of over one hundred major works, and Internet links to more information of featured artists. and the works of related artists.

709.73 FITZPATRICK

Fitzpatrick, Anne, 1978-. Late modernism. 1st ed. Mankato, Minn. : Creative Education, c2006.
Presents an illustrated introduction to art movement of late modernism, providing information on its most important artists, including Warhol, de Kooning,and Lichtenstein.

759.06 ROBINSON

Robinson, Shannon. Cubism. 1st ed. Mankato, Minn. : Creative Education, c2006.
Presents an introduction to Cubism, in simple text with illustrations, describing the art movement's basic tenets, how and when it started, and its most significant artists.

759.4 WELTON

Welton, Jude. Impressionism. London ; : Dorling Kindersley, c2000.
Examines the lives of impressionist painters and the influences that shaped their work through re-created albums of letters, sketches, and photographs.

BIO DALI

McNeese, Tim. Salvador Dali. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2006.
Sur-realite -- The trauma -- The young artist -- Finding his art -- Surrealism -- The golden age -- An American odyssey -- War and exile -- A world of new realities. A biography of Salvador Dali, the surrealist painter who applied psychoanalysis to the art of painting, providing information on his early life, his education, and his accomplishments in art, Includes photographic reproductions of some of his paintings.

BIO GOGH

Bernard, Bruce. Van Gogh. London ; : DK, c2000.
Text and accompanying photographs present a study of the works and life of artist Vincent van Gogh.

BIO GOGH

Greenberg, Jan, 1942-. Vincent Van Gogh : portrait of an artist. New York : Dell Yearling, [2003], c2001.
Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century painter Vincent Van Gogh, describing his childhood in Holland, his years in France, his relationships with his brother and with fellow artist Paul Gaugin, his difficulties with women, his mental health, and his artistic vision.

BIO MICHELANGELO

Somervill, Barbara A. Michelangelo : sculptor and painter. Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, c2005.
Profiles the life of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo, discussing his early years, his schooling, and his work habits, looking at some of his best-known paintings and sculptures, and providing information about the world in which he lived and worked.

BIO MONET

Welton, Jude. Monet. London ; : Dorling Kindersley, c2000.
Explores the life and work of nineteenth-century French artist Claude Monet, with illustrations that show the methods and meterials he used to create his paintings.

BIO REMBERT

Rembert, Winfred. Don't hold me back : my life and art. 1st ed. Chicago : Cricket Books, 2003.
Through words and paintings, an artist tells about growing up on a cotton plantation in Cuthbert, Georgia, serving time in prison for his actions during a civil rights demonstration, and finding a purpose and direction in life.

BIO WARHOL

Greenberg, Jan, 1942-. Andy Warhol : prince of pop. New York : Delacorte Press, c2004.
Chronicles the life of pop artist Andy Warhol, describing his childhood in Pittsburgh, the development of the Factory, and his rise to fame.

MAG ART

Margaret Howlett, editor. Scholastic Art.

REF 709.2 CHI

Chilvers, Ian. The artist revealed : artists and their self-portraits. San Diego : Thunder Bay Press, c2003.
Presents sixty self-portraits painted or drawn by some of history's best-known artists, each with a brief biographical profile, an analysis of style and technique, and discussion of other aspects of the artist's life and times; arranged chronologically by birth date from 1390 to 1937.

REF 709.2 Har

Harris, Enriqueta. Goya. London : Phaidon Press Limited, 1994.

REF 759.13 KNU

Knutson, Anne Classen. Andrew Wyeth : memory & magic. Atlanta [Ga.] : High Museum of Art ;, c2005.
Contains a collection of over one hundred fifty paintings, watercolors, and drawings by twentieth century American artist Andrew Wyeth along with an examination of his life and career.

REF 759.4 SEI

Seitz, William Chapin. Claude Monet. Concise pbk. ed. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003, c1960.
Presents a study of nineteenth-century French artist Claude Monet, discussing his influence on the development of impressionism, and sharing details of his eventful life. Features forty color plates, each with commentary, as well as black-and-white reproductions.

REF 759.6 Bro

Bronstein, Leo. El Greco (Domenicos Theotocopoulos). New York : H.N. Abrams, 1990.
An account of the life and work of late sixteenth-early seventeenth century Greek artist El Greco, discussing his unique style, and including forty full-page reproductions of his paintings, each with an individual commentary.

REF 759.6 DES

Descharnes, Robert. Salvador Dalí. New York : Abrams, 1985.
Reproductions and text present critical commentary on the artist and his work.

REF 759.6 HAM

Hammacher, Abraham Marie, 1897-. Rene Magritte. New York : Abrams, 1985.
Reproductions and text present critical commentary on the artist and his work.

REF 759.9 COP

Copplestone, Trewin. Michelangelo. New York: Barnes & Noble, [2002].

REF 759.9 FIE

Field, D.M. Van Gogh. Edison,NJ: Regency House, [2005].

REF 799.2 WAS

Wasserman, Jack, 1921-. Leonardo da Vinci. Concise pbk. ed. New York : Abrams, 2003.
Presents and discusses drawings and paintings by Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci including "The Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper," lesser-known works, and selections from his notebooks, and features forty full-color plates.

SC 709 Bilodeau

Bilodeau, Francis W. Art in South Carolina 1670-1970. [Columbia] : South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, 1970.

SC 709 Morris

Morris, Jack A. Contemporary artists of South Carolina. [Columbia, : South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, 1970].

 

Suggested Web Resources:

 

Artcyclopedia

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

 

Artists.org                                                                                                                                  

http://www.the-artists.org/

Major modern and contemporary visual artists.

 

The Web Gallery of Art

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/welcome.html

The Web Gallery of Art contains more than 7300 digital reproductions of European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150-1750.

 

WWW Virtual Library: Museums Around the World

http://www.icom.org/vlmp/world.html

This site is a collection of World Wide Web services connected with museums around the world.