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Art & Design

Montgomery Library's Guide to Resources for Art & Design

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Find these books and many others in the reference and circulating collections of Montgomery Library:

VISUAL ARTS
N 350 .M263 2021 Teaching Contemporary Art with Young People: Themes in Art for K-12 Classroom
N 6538 .A4 M35 2020 Making History: IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
N 6538 .A4 M35 2020   Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights
N 6559 .K34 S73 2020 Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist
N 6537 .K878 I64 2019 DVD Kusama Infinity: The Life and Art of Yayoi Kusama
N 6538 .B53 M68 2022   A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
N 8353 .D47 2020 The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech
     
DRAWING, DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION
NC 998 .E85 2019 Graphic Design: A New History
NC 998 .H46 2019 History of Illustration
NC 1766 .U5 M39 2019 Animated Personalities: Cartoon Characters and Stardom in American Theatrical Shorts
     
PAINTING    
ND 237 .H75 A4 2019 Edward Hopper and the American Hotel
ND 237 .K677 A4 2019 Lee Krasner: Living Colour
ND 623 .L5 A4 2019 Leonardo Da Vinci: The Complete Paintings
ND 1123 .W37 2019 Look Again: How to Experience the Old Masters
     
LITERATURE    
PN 6712 .K65 2020    Drawing on Religion: Reading and the Moral Imagination in Comics and Graphic Novels
     
DECORATIVE ARTS / HANDICRAFTS    
NK 1510 .M94 2021   Designing a World for Everyone: 30 Years of Inclusive Design
TT 699 .S696 2019 Stitch + String Lab for Kids: 40 + Creative Projects to Sew, Embroider, Weave, Wrap, and Tie
TT 920 .C3586 2019 From Clay to Kiln: A Beginner's Guide to the Potter's Wheel
TT 922 .H47 2020 Mastering Cone 6 Glazes: Improving Durability, Fit & Aesthetics
     
ART (GENERAL)    
NX 289 .D66 2020 Teacher as Curator: Formative Assessment and Arts Based Strategies
NX 550 .A1 K384 2019 Culture in Nazi Germany

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         Library of Congress Classification Guide for Fine Arts

            N                          Visual Arts (General)                                           
NA Architecture
NB Sculpture
NC Drawing, Design
ND Painting
NE Print Media
NK Decorative Arts, Applied Arts
NX    Arts in General

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