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Fine Art Subject Guide
Painting & Drawing Subject Guide
Painting & Drawing eBooks
- Charcoal Nudes (2009)
- Figure drawing for dummies (2009)
- American painting of the nineteenth century : realism, idealism, and the American experience (2007)
- Helen Frankenthaler : painting history, writing painting (2007)
- Nature and culture : American landscape and painting, 1825-1875 (2007)
- Drawing from life : the journal as art (2005)
- Painting outside the lines : patterns of creativity in modern art (2001)
Painting
History
- Nineteenth-century European art (2012)
- History of Italian Renaissance art : painting, sculpture, architecture (2011)
- How to read Italian Renaissance painting (2010)
- A closer look : conservation of paintings (2009)
- Painting today (2009)
- American painting of the nineteenth century : realism, idealism, and the American experience (2007)
- The power of art (2006)
- Masterworks of American painting at the de Young (2005)
- One thousand years of painting : an atlas of Western painting from 1000 to 2000 A.D. (2001)
- Understanding paintings : themes in art explored and explained (2000)
- Masterworks of European painting in the California Palace of the Legion of Honor (1999)
- Painting on the left : Diego Rivera, radical politics, and San Francisco's public murals (1999)
Technique
- Portrait painting atelier : old master techniques and contemporary applications (2010)
- Imaginative realism : how to paint what doesn't exist (2009)
- Classical painting atelier : a contemporary guide to traditional studio practice (2008)
- Drawing and painting animals : the essential guide (2008)
- Still life (2008)
- Traditional oil painting : advanced techniques and concepts from the Renaissance to the present (2007)
- Secret knowledge : rediscovering the lost techniques of the old masters (2006)
- What every artist needs to know about paints & colors (2000)
Figurative
- Painting people : figure painting today (2008)
- Reclining nude (2002)
- Key to painting faces & figures (1999)
- Figure painting in oil (1996)
- The painting the nude handbook : learning from the masters (1991)
Abstract
Drawing
Basic Techniques
- The classical drawing atelier : a contemporary guide to traditional studio practice (2006)
- A drawing manual (2005)
- Sketchbook for the artist (2005)
- The drawing bible (2005)
- Drawing from life (2004)
- Drawing school : the complete course (2001)
Perspective
- Extreme perspective! for artists : learn the secrets of curvilinear, cylindrical, fisheye, isometric, and other amazing drawing systems that will make your drawings pop off the page (2011)
- The art of perspective (2011)
- Basic perspective drawing : a visual approach (2010)
- Perspective : from basic to creative (2006)
Figurative
- Figure drawing : design and invention (2010)
- Henry Yan's figure drawing : techniques and tips (2006)
- Anatomy and perspective : the fundamentals of figure drawing (2004)
- The artist's complete guide to drawing the head (2004)
Clothed Figure
Current Magazines
- A Journal
- African Arts (Available Online)
- American Art Review
- Apollo
- Art Asia Pacific
- Art in America
- Artforum (Available Online)
- Artist's Magazine, The
- ARTnews
- Arts of Asia
- Bomb
- Draw
- Fine Art Connoisseur
- Flash Art International (Available Online)
- Hi-Fructose
- International Artist
- International Review of African American Art (Available Online)
- Master Drawings
- Modern Painters (Available Online)
- Professional Artist
- Southwest Art (Available Online)
- Woman's Art Journal
Back Issues Only
- American Artist (Available Online)
- Art & Antiques (Available Online)
- Art Calendar
- Art International
- Art Journal (Available Online)
- Art Monthly (Available Online)
- Art On Paper
- Arts & Architecture
- Arts Magazine
- Artscribe
- Artweek (Available Online)
- Asian Art News
- Beautiful/decay
- Beaux Arts Magazine (Available Online)
- Big
- Calyx
- Craft Arts International
- Dazed & Confused
- FMR
- Form Function Finland
- October (Available Online)
- Plein Air Magazine
- Studio International
- Wizard the Comics Magazine
- Women Artists News
- Andy Warhol (2011)
- Design dynamic paintings (2010)
- Every picture tells a story (2009)
- Matisse/Picasso (2008)
- My kid could paint that (2008)
- The private life of a masterpiece. The complete seasons 1-5 (2008)
- Simon Schama's Power of art (2007)
- Charlie Rose : an interview with Chuck Close : an interview with Robert Rauschenberg (2006)
- Piece by piece : the history of San Fancisco graffiti, documented (2006)
- Great artists of the Italian Renaissance (2004)
- David Hockney's secret knowledge (2002)
- Art 21 : art in the twenty-first century (seasons 1-6) (2001-2012)
- Sister Wendy's American collection (2001)
Articles and Reference Resources
- Full Text Online Journal and Magazine Articles
- ebrary – Full Text Online Books
Image Websites
- Academy of Art University Digital Image Resources
- Art Images for College Teaching
- Art Renewal Center (ARC)
- British Museum Collection Database
- CalPhotos
- Historical Anatomies on the Web
- Rare Book Room
- SFMOMA ArtScope
- Tate Online
- Web Gallery of Art
- WorldImages
Professional Organizations
Grant Information
- Fine Art: Sculpture Subject Guide
- Fine Art: Printmaking Subject Guide
- Anatomy Subject Guide
- Image Resources in the Library
- Picture Files
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