Talk to Barb Prior, the Art Librarian, if you have questions about terminology, using evidence, or what is generally considered appropriate when writing about art.
Writing & Citations: Art
A Short Guide to Writing about Art by Call Number: Art Reference N7476 .B37 2015 c.1-2ISBN: 020588699XHow to write a visual (a.k.a. formal) analysis, research papers, critical essays as well as exhibition catalogues, reviews, and opinion pieces. Also addresses using Marxist, Feminist, biographical, psychoanalytic, or iconographical interpretations. Page 309 explains how to cite illustrations (through caption).
- Writing About Art
Use for writing visual descriptions, stylistic analysis, iconographic analysis, as well as citation examples and sample student papers
Visual Literacy by Call Number: Art Reference N7476 .T83 2002ISBN: 0072302224Writing visual/formal analyses. Essay writing strategies. Citation guidelines online resources. Theoretical approaches including biographical, psychoanalytic, formalist, Marxist, Feminist, Postcolonial, structuralist, poststructuralist, semiotic and iconographic.
Research Guides: Art
Researching Authors & Scholars
- Dictionary of Art Historians
Biographies of art historians collected to facilitate analysis of their writings. Designed to support study in the historiography of art history. - Literature Resource Center
Full-text database that includes author biographies and work overviews, literary criticism, and indexed books, essays, and articles on world literature. - Marquis Who's Who (1985 to date)
Includes: Who's Who in America Who's Who in the World Who's Who in American History Who's Who in American Art Who's Who in American Politics.
The Writing Center
- Writing AssociatesWriting Associates (WAs) offer assistance with all stages of the writing process, from brainstorming through final editing. We help define an appropriate topic, organize material, analyze drafts for strengths and weaknesses, develop research strategies, and document sources. WAs are students with lots of writing experience who have been trained in the techniques of effective tutoring.
Location: Mudd Library, 101A -- in the Academic Commons.
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