Prescott Library: The Age of Anxiety (Clark, Lytle, Thomas): Fine Art

Art & Artists

Our library has too many great art books to list them all here, but here are a few highlights. For more great titles, visit the 700's!

---Isms : understanding art
by Stephen Little
Call Number: 701.1 Lit
Publication Date: 2004
Presents an introductory guide to the visual arts, and offers a look at the various "isms" that are used to define art movements, the different art historical periods, and their most important artists and their works.
A Bitter truth : avant-garde art and the Great War
by Richard Cork
Call Number: 704.94 Cor
Publication Date: 1994
Marcel Duchamp : works, writings, and interviews by Marcel Duchamp (Artist); Gloria Moure (Text by)
Call Number: 709.2 Duc
Publication Date: 2009
Works, writings, and interviews of Marcel Duchamp who played a key role in the development of Surrealism, Dada, and Conceptual Art.
Dada : Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris
by Leah Dickerman (Editor); Brigid Doherty (Contribution by)...
Call Number: 709.04 Dic
Publication Date: 2005
A comprehensive overview of the dada art movement, profiling key figures in the movement, exploring the wide range of art-making practices that emerged between 1916 and 1924, and cataloging influential pieces.

1925: The year in review
An exhibit of artist's creations at the time. Including Kandinsky and Mondrian, as well as others. From the artchive.

Clocking in with Salvador Dali
Lesson plan from the Dali museum in Florida that helps explain the images and ideas of the Persistence of Memory.
Dada Manifesto
Full text of Tristan Tzara's "Dada Manifesto 1918”
European art in the 20th Century
This list of 60+ thematic essays from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History can provide a great starting point when learning about art movements or particular artists.
French Art Deco
From Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
An Imminent Art Explosion
from The Great War . Historians . Sarah O'Brian-Twohig of the Tate Gallery | PBS
MoMA | Exhibitions & The Collection
Main page for the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Great for learning more about Modern art.

Grove Art Online
Oxford Art Online

A comprehensive encyclopedia of art, artists and art terms including resources from the Grove Dictionary of Art. An excellent source.

Rivera Court: Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Fresco Paintings
Information from The Detroit Institute of Arts on Rivera's frescos. A link to a multimedia tour is also available from this site.
Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931
Great information and description on Dali's masterpiece including a video explanation. From the MoMA
Surrealism
Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art