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A comprehensive list of books
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Art
Education
Barford, George. Clay in the Classroom. Worcester, MA: Davis
Publications, 1963.
Braun-Reinitz, Janet and Rochelle Shicoff. The
Mural Book: A Practical Guide For Educators. New York: Crystal Productions, 2001.
Cerny, Charlene. Recycled Re-Seen: Folk Art
from the Global Scrap Heap. New Mexico: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
Frohardt, Darcie Clark. Teaching Art with Books Kids Love: Art
Elements, Appreciation, and Design with Award-winning Books.
Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1999.
Hume, Helen D. A Survival Kit for the Elementary/Middle School
Art Teacher. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 2000.
Martin, Laura C. Nature’s Art Box. Massachusetts: Storey Publishing, 2003.
Martin, Laura C. Recycled Crafts Box. Massachusetts: Storey Publishing, 2004.
Sparkes, Roy. Teaching Art Basics. London: B. T. Batsford; New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1973.
Sparkes, Roy. Teaching Art Basics. London: B. T. Batsford;
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1973.
The Visual Classroom: Integrating Photography into the School
Curriculum. Education Department: Museum of Photographic Arts,
2000. To order, call 619-238-7559x236 or email edudept@mopa.org
to order. It is $25. Additional shipping charges may apply.
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Artists/Artwork
Arnason, H. H. History of Modern Art: Painting,
Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. New York: Harry N. Abrams,
Inc., 1998.
Axson, Richard H. The Prints of Ellsworth Kelly: a Catalogue Raisonne,
1949-1985. New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the
American Federation of Arts, 1987.
Bell, Julian. Five Hundred Self-Portraits. London: Phaidon
Press, 2000.
Cawthorne, Nigel. The Art of Japanese Prints. London: Hamlyn,
1997.
Craughwell, Thomas. CowParade New York. New York: Workman
Pub., 2000.
Davies, Hugh Marlais and Ronald J Onorato. Blurring the Boundaries:
installation art, 1969-1996. La Jolla, CA: Museum of Contemporary
Art San Diego, 1997
Ferrier, R.W. The Arts of Persia. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press, 1989.
Forrer, Matthi. Hokusai: Mountains and Water, Flowers and Birds.
Munich; New York: Prestel, 2004.
Garrels, Gary. Sol LeWitt: a retrospective. San Francisco:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; New Haven: Yale University Press,
2000.
Gibson, Robin. Painting the Century: 101 Portrait Masterpieces
1900-2000. London: National Portrait Gallery, 2000.
Govan, Michael. Dan Flavin: a retrospective. New York: Dia
Art Foundation; Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2004.
Gray, Donna B. From the Eye of the Camera to the Hand of the Artist.
Cincinnati, OH: Betterway Books, 1992. [section titled “Elements
of Art and Principles of Design”]
Griffiths, Antony. Prints and Printmaking: an Introduction to
the History and Techniques. Berkeley, CA: Los Angeles, CA: University
of California Press, 1996.
Kellein, Thomas. Donald Judd, 1955-1968. New York: D.A.P.,
2002.
Meyer, James (Ed.) Minimalism. London: Phaidon, c2000.
Kuwayama, George. Ancient Ritual Bronzes of China. Los Angeles:
Far Eastern Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.
Matsubara, Naoko. Kyoto Woodcuts. Tokyo: Kodansha International;
New York: distributed in the United States through Harper & Row,
1978.
Miller, Donald Richard. The Animal Art of Donald Richard Miller.
Florida: HEP Press, 2004
Porada, Edith. The Art of Ancient Iran: Pre-Islamic Cultures.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1965.
Roochfort, Desmond. Mexican Muralists: Orozco,
Rivera, and Siqueiros. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998.
Rosenthal, Mark. Understanding Installation Art: From Duchamp
to Holzer. Munich : Prestel, 2003.
Swarup, Shanti. The Arts and Crafts of India and Pakistan; a Pictorial
Survey of Dancing, Music, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Art-Crafts
and Ritual Decorations from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
Taraporevala’s Treasure House of Books, 1957.
White, Julia M., et al. Hokusai and Hiroshige: Great Japanese
Prints from the James A Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in association
with the Honolulu Academy of Arts and University of Washington Press,
Seattle and London, 2000.
Zeri, Federico. Arcimboldo, Spring. Richmond Hill: NDE Pub.,
2001.
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Art Technique
Cosentino, Peter. The Encyclopedia of Pottery
Techniques. Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 1990.
Diehn, Gwen. Simple Printmaking: a Beginner's Guide to Making
Relief Prints with Linoleum Blocks, Wood Blocks, Rubber Stamps, Found
Objects & More. New York: Lark Books, 2000.
Gray, Donna B. From the Eye of the Camera to
the Hand of the Artist. Cincinnati, OH: Betterway Books, 1992. [section titled “Elements of Art and Principles of Design”]
Griffiths, Antony. Prints and Printmaking: an Introduction to
the History and Techniques. Berkeley, CA: Los Angeles, CA: University
of California Press, 1996.
Hodge, Susie. How to Draw Portraits: A Step-By-Step Guide For
Beginners With 10 Projects. London: New Holland, 2000.
Lambert, Susan. Prints: Art and Techniques. London: V&A
Publications; New York: Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
Ross, John. The Complete Printmaker: the Art and Technique of
the Relief Print, the Intaglio Print, the Collagraph, the Lithograph,
the Screen Print, the Dimensional Print, Photographic Prints, Children's
Prints, Collecting Prints, Print Workshop. New York: Free Press,
1972.
Simmonds, Jackie. Pastel Workbook: A Complete Course in Ten Lessons.
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 2002.
Topal, Cathy Weisman. Children, Clay, and Sculpture. Worcester,
Mass.: Davis Publications, 1983.
Zaidenberg, Arthur. Prints and How to Make Them. New York:
Harper & Row, 1964.
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Photography
Boesen, Victor. Edward S. Curtis, Photographer
of the North American Indian. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.,
1977.
Carlebach, Michael L. American Photojournalism Comes of Age.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.
Curtis, Edward S. The Plains Indian Photographs of Edward S. Curtis.
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2001.
Curtis, Edward S. Edward Sheriff Curtis: Visions of a Vanishing
Race. New York: Crowell, 1986.
Curtis, Edward S. Portraits from North American Indian Life.
New York: Promontory Press, 1972.
Curtis, Edward S. Prayer to the Great Mystery: The Uncollected
Writings and Photographs of Edward S. Curtis. New York: St. Martin's
Press, 1995.
Curtis, Edward S. The Master Prints. Santa Fe, N.M.: Arena
Editions, 2001.
Curtis, Edward S. The North American Indians: a Selection of Photographs
from Edward S. Curtis. New York: Aperture, 1972.
Davis, Barbara A. Edward S. Curtis: The Life
and Times of a Shadow Catcher. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1985.
Hopkinson, Amanda. 150 Years of Photojournalism. Volume II.
Koln: Konemann; London: Hulton Deutsch Collection Ltd., 1995.
Horton, Brian. Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
James, Christopher. Book of Alternative Photographic Processes.
Albany, N.Y.: Delmar Thomson Learning, 2002.
Jones, Frederic H. Digital Photography Just the Steps for Dummies.
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2005.
Lyman, Christopher M. The Vanishing Race and Other Illusions:
Photographs of Indians by Edward S. Curtis. New York: Pantheon
Books in association with the Smithsonian Institution, 1982.
Magnum. Magnum – Degrees. New York: Phaidon Press Ltd.,
2000.
Nachtwey, James. Civil Wars. Hamburg: Stern Gruner + Jahr
AG, [1997?].
Nachtwey, James and Robert B. Stone. Deeds of War. New York:
Thames and Hudson, 1989.
Nachtwey, James. Ground Level: Photographs by James
Nachtwey. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts College of Art, 1997.
Nachtwey, James. Inferno. London: Phaidon, 1999.
Parrish, Fred S. Photojournalism: An Introduction. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson
Learning, 2002.
Oelbaum, Zeva. Blue Prints: the Natural World in Cyanotype Photographs.
New York: Rizzoli, 2002.
Sandler, Martin A. Photography, An Illustrated History, (Oxford
Illustrated History). New York: Oxford University Press, Inc,
2002
Shull, Jim. The Beginner's Guide to Pinhole Photography.
Buffalo, NY: Amhurst Media, Inc, 1999.
Stevenson, Sara. Magnum’s Women Photographers. Munich:
Prestel, 1999.
Stolley, Richard B. LIFE – Our Century in Pictures.
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1999.
The Best of Photojournalism. Philadelphia, PA: Running Press
Book Publishers, 1977.
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K-2 books
Browne, Anthony. The Shape
Game. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003.
Bryant, Meg E. Shape Spotters. New York:
Grosset & Dunlap, 2002.
Cacavas, Bonnie Becker. Tickly Prickly. New York: HarperFestival, 1999.
Campbell, Kathy Kuhtz. Let’s Draw a Bear with Squares.
New York: Rosen/PowerStart Press & Buenas Letras, 2004.
Campbell, Kathy Kuhtz. Let’s Draw a Fish with Triangles
(Vamos a dibujar un pez usando triángulos). New York:
Rosen/PowerStart Press & Buenas Letras, 2004.
Court, Rob. Texture. Chanhassen, MN: Child’s World. 2003
Court, Rob. Lines. Chanhassen, MN: Child’s World, 2003
Devonshire, Hilary. Printing. London; New York: F. Watts,
1988.
Ehlert, Lois. Color Zoo. New York: HarperFestival, 1997.
Greene, Rhonda Gowler. When a Line Bends, a
Shape Begins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Griffiths, Rose. Printing. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens
Pub., 1995.
Hoban, Tana. Is it Rough? Is it Smooth? Is it Shiny?. New
York: Greenwillow Books, 1984.
Klein, Adria. Formas. San Diego: Dominie Press, 1995. [Spanish
resource, oversize]
Micklethwait, Lucy. I Spy Shapes in Art. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2004
Muehlenhardt, Amy Bailey. Drawing and Learning about Dogs: Using
Shapes and Lines. Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window Books, 2004.
Richardson, Joy. Looking at Pictures: an introduction
to art for young people. New York: Harry Abrams, 1997.
Robins, Deri. Making Prints. New York: Kingfisher Books,
1993.
Steele, Margaret. The Art of Shapes: for children
and adults. Los Angeles: MoCA, 1997.
Westray, Kathleen. A Color Sampler. New York: Ticknor &
Fields, 1993.
Yenawine, Phillip. Colors. New York: Museum of Modern Art:
Delacorte Press, 1991.
Yenawine, Philip. Lines. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1991
Yenawine, Philip. Shapes. New York: Museum of Modern Art: Delacorte Press, 1991.
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3-5 books
Ancona, George. Murals:
walls that sing. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2003.
Arnold, Caroline. Sun Fun. New York: Watts,
1981.
Bidner, Jenni. The Kids’ Guide to Digital Photography: How
to Shoot, Save, Play With & Print Your Digital Photos. New
York: Lark Books, 2004.
Blankston, John. Louis Daguerre and the Story of the Daguerreotype.
Hockessin, DE: Mitchell Lane, 2004.
Brookes, Mona. Drawing for Older Children and
Teens. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1991.
Buckingham, Alan. Photography, DK Eyewitness Books. New York:
Dorling Kindersley, 2004.
Bulloch, Ivan. Design. New York: Thomson Learning, 1994.
Capek, Michael. Murals: Cave, Cathedral, to
Street (Art Beyond Borders). Minneapolis, Minn: Lerner Publishing Group, 1996.
Court, Rob. Color. Chanhassen, MN: The Child’s World, 2003.
Ford, Carin T. George Eastman, The Kodak Camera Man (Famous Inventors).
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2004
Fowler, Allan. All of the Colors of the Rainbow. New York: Children’s Press, 1998
Friedman, Debra. Picture This, Fun Photography and Craft (Kids
Can Do It). Toronto; Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press. 2003.
Gaff, Jackie. 20th Century Art. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens
Pub., 2001.
Gaff, Jackie. Alberto Giacometti (Artists in Their Time).
New York: Franklin Watts, 2002.
Gardner, Robert. Experiments with Light and
Mirrors. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishing, 1995
Gibbons, Gail. Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.
Gibbons, Gail. Sun Up, Sun Down. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1983
Goffstein, M.B. Artists’ Helpers Enjoy the Evening.
New York: Harper Row, 1987.
Graham, Joan Bransfield. Flicker Flash. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999
Greenberg, Jan. Action Jackson. Brookfield, CT: Roaring Book
Press, 2002. A unique picture book about Jackson Pollock and the way
in which he worked
Greenberg, Jan. The Painter’s Eye: Learning to Look at Contemporary
American Art. New York: Delacorte Press, 1991.
Greenberg, Jan. The Sculptor’s Eye: Looking at Contemporary
American Art. New York: Delacorte Press, 1993.
Henson, Paige. Drawing With Charcoal & Pastels. Vero
Beach, FL: Rourke Press, 1999.
Holderness, Jackie. What is a Shadow? Brookfield, Conn: Copper Beech Books, 2002
Jennings, Patrick. The Beastly Arms. New York: Scholastic
Press. 2001.
Kistler, Mark. Draw Squad. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1988.
Kohl, MaryAnn and Cindy Gainer. Good Earth Art:
Environmental Art for Kids. New York: Bright Ring Publishing, 1991.
Laden, Nina. When Pigasso Met Mootisse. Brookfield, CT.:
Roaring Book Press, 2002.
Lithgow, John. Carnival of the Animals. New York: Simon and
Schuster, 2004.
Mason, Antonym. In the Time of Warhol-Art Around the World.
Brookfield, Conn.: Copper Beech Books, 2002.
Miller-Schroeder, Patricia. The Science of
Light and Color. Milwaukee, WI: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2000
Moore, Lilian. Mural on Second Avenue, and other city poems. Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press, 2005.
Murphy, Bryan. Experiments with Light. Princeton: Two-Can Publishing, 2001
Parker, Steve. Eyewitness Pond and River. London; New York:
Dorling, Kindersley, 2000.
Partridge, Elizabeth. Restless Spirit, The Life of Dorothea Lange.
New York: Puffin Books, 1998.
Riley, Peter D. Light and Color. New York: F. Watts, 1999
Roalf, Peggy. Self-Portraits. New York: Hyperion Books for
Children, 1993.
Rodrigue, George. Why is Blue Dog Blue? New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2001.
Rohmer, Harriet (Ed.). Just like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits
by Fourteen Artists. San Francisco, CA: Children’s Book
Press, 1997.
Rosellini, Eleanor, F. The Puzzle in the Portrait. Zionsville,
IN: Guild Press, 1999.
Rosinsky, Natalie M. Light: shadows, mirrors,
and rainbows. Minneapolis, Minn: Picture Window Books, 2003
Sams, Carl R. Lost in the Woods: a Photographic Fantasy.
Milford, MI: Carl R. Sam’s Photography, Inc., 2004.
Schaefer, A.R. Diego Rivera. Chicago, IL: Heinemann Library, 2003.
Schwartz, Linda. Earth Book for Kids: Activities to Help
Heal the Environment. Santa Barbara, California: Learning Works, c1990.
Smith, Heather. Earth-friendly Crafts for Kids: 50 Awesome
Things to Make With Recycled Stuff. New York: Lark Books, 2002.
Strand, Claudia. Hello Fruit Face! The Paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
New York: Prestel, 1999.
Strangis, Joel. Ansel Adams: American Artist With a Camera.
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2002.
Taylor, Barbara. Animal Encyclopedia. New York : Dorling
Kindersley,2000.
Tompert, Ann. Nothing Sticks like a Shadow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
Wirkner, Linda. Mystery of the Blue-Gowned Ghost. Williamsburg,
VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1994.
Woolf, Felicity. Picture this century: an introduction to twentieth-century
art. New York: Doubleday Book for Young Readers, c1992.
Zubrowski, Bernie. Mirrors: Finding out about
the properties of light. New York: Morrow
Junior Books, 1992
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6-8 books
Bolognese, Don. Printmaking. New York:
F. Watts, 1987.
Glubok, Shirley. The Art of China. New York: Macmillan, 1973.
Glubok, Shirley. The Art of Ancient Greece. New York: Atheneum,
1963.
Robins, Deri. Making Prints. New York: Kingfisher Books,
1993.
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9-12 books
Curtis, Edward S. The North American Indians:
a Selection of Photographs from Edward S. Curtis. New York: Aperture,
1972.
Hopkinson, Amanda. 150 Years of Photojournalism. Volume II.
Koln: Konemann; London: Hulton Deutsch Collection Ltd., 1995.
Horton, Brian. Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Lyman, Christopher M. The Vanishing Race and Other Illusions:
Photographs of Indians by Edward S. Curtis. New York: Pantheon
Books in association with the Smithsonian Institution, 1982.
Nachtwey, James. Civil Wars. Hamburg: Stern Gruner + Jahr
AG, [1997?].
Nachtwey, James and Robert B. Stone. Deeds of War. New York:
Thames and Hudson, 1989.
Nachtwey, James. Ground Level: Photographs by James Nachtwey.
Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts College of Art, 1997.
Nachtwey, James. Inferno. London: Phaidon, 1999.
Sullivan, George. Black Artists in Photography, 1840-1940.
New York: Cobblehill Books, 1996.
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