Background Information
Books & Videos Available at the Landmark College Library
Articles
Websites
Citations

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Find Background Information

Reference area (first floor)

• Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists — 709.22 B615 v. 1-4
  • Brief biographies of artists. 
  • Does not include contemporary artists.

Find Books & Videos at the Landmark College Library

• Use WebCat and search under the artist's name to find books at Landmark College Library.
• Browse the art section of the stacks (700's), on the 2nd floor, for more examples.
• Ask a librarian for help finding additional drawings.

 

Book stacks (second floor)

• The Art of Drawing — Bernard Chaet — 741.2 C432A

• Master Drawings from the Collection of the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, 14th-18th Centuries — 741.9439 V392M

• Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing — 741.9242 V836

Videos (on reserve)

• Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century Seasons 1-3

 

Find Articles

Britannica Online

Search under the artist's name for biographical and background information.

General OneFile

Search under contemporary artists' names for interviews and exhibit reviews.

 

Websites

The Art Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/search/citi

• Use Keyword, "drawing" in the top search box
• Type the artist's name in the Artist or Culture search box
• Includes drawings by most non-contemporary artists plus Kara Walker
  

The ImageBase from Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
http://www.famsf.org/fam/about/imagebase/subpage.asp?subpagekey=420

• Use Keywords, "drawing" in the top search box
• Type the artist's name in the Artist search box
• Includes drawings by most non-contemporary artists plus biographical information
  

MoMA.org
http://www.moma.org/collection/search.php

• Search under the artist's name to find drawings by Kara Walker and John Currin
  

Works: Graham Little | Alison Jacques Gallery

http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com/artists/works/graham-little

• Find drawings by Graham Little and biographical information

Miller Block Gallery: Laylah Ali

http://www.millerblockgallery.com/artists/Laylah_Ali.shtml

• Find drawings by Layla Ali and biographical information

IDA APPLEBROOG:::DRAWINGS

http://www.idaapplebroog.com/drawings.html

• Browse Ida Applebroog's drawings
• Use the bottom navigation to find biographical information

 

Citations

NoodleBib Express: MLA

http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/citeone_s.php?style=MLA

• NoodleBib walks you through the process of creating an accurate MLA citation for a reproduction of a drawing in a book or online.

 

Need Help??

Contact your class librarian Ted Chodock  x6763
Or the Front Desk of the Library x1648

 

 

 

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