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A History of Venice The Craftsman's Handbook
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Author: John Julius Norwich
ISBN: 9780679721970

At once the most comprehensive and the most engaging history of Venice available in English, this book will be treasured by all those who share the author's fascination with 'the most beautiful and magical of cities.

Courses: HA-5901-A1/-A2 - Art History of Venice - Instuctor: Gisolfi
             HA-6001-A1 -Materials/Techniques of Venice - Instructor: Gisolfi 		Fifteenth-century handbook, written by a working artist of the day, reveals secrets and techniques of the masters in drawing, oil painting, frescoes, panel painting, gilding, casting, more. Direct link to artists of the Middle Ages. Translation, introduction by D. V. Thompson.

Author: Cennino A. Cennini
ISBN: 978046200545

Courses: HA-5901-A1/-A2 - Art History of Venice - Instuctor: Gisolfi
             HA-6001-A1 -Materials/Techniques of Venice - Instructor: Gisolfi
Vasari on Technique IMPRESSIONISM
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Great craftsman and biographer's full, readable discussions of architecture — orders, pavements, planning and design, etc.; sculpture — modelling in wax and clay, tools and materials used in marble carving, reliefs, bronze figures, etc.; painting — foreshortening, coloring, fresco, tempera, gilding, stained glass windows, niello work, etc. 29 illustrations

Author:  Giorgio Vasari
ISBN: 9780486207179

Courses: HA-5901-A1/-A2 - Art History of Venice - Instuctor: Gisolfi
             HA-6001-A1 -Materials/Techniques of Venice - Instructor: Gisolfi 		IMPRESSIONISM
AUTHOR: RUBIN
ISBN: 9780714838267
Celebrations of city streets; tranquil vistas of the countryside and seashore; enchanting images of the leisured classes in domestic interiors or at fashionable Parisian cafes - the work of the Impressionists gives pleasure to art lovers everywhere. But while Impressionism today may appear "natural" and effortless, contemporaries were shocked by the loose handling of paint and the practice of painting out-of-doors. In defiance of the conservative official Salon, the Impressionists - led by Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas - sought to capture the immediacy of experience. This comprehensive study brings together the most recent research on Impressionism. James Rubin makes accessible its philosophical, political and social context, from Baudelaire's conception to the painter of modern life, to the influences of photography, the burgeoning art market, and contemporary notions of gender and race. As well as the acknowledged masters, our attention is drawn to lesser-known Impressionists such as Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassat and Gustave Caillebotte. Rubin also examines the work of Paul Cezanne and his relationship to the group. Finally, the book explores the legacy of Impressionism and its enduring appeal.
Courses: HA-509-01 Instructor: MORTON
POST-IMPRESSIONISM THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHINESE PAINTING
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POST-IMPRESSIONISM
AUTHOR: THOMSON
ISBN:9780521646093
Hard on the heels of the Impressionists came artists with a different agenda. Dissatisfied with the essentially short-term effects Impressionism had mastered, they strove in their different ways for an art of a more permanent, structured and expressive kind. By refining and codifying, dismantling and reassembling the procedures of Impressionism, artists such as Seurat, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh rewrote the rules for representational painting at the turn of the twentieth century. The arbitrary color, exaggerated forms, and abstraction of their works marked a new distance between artist and nature and prepared the public for the freedoms of the next generation of innovators. In this study Belinda Thomson introduces the artists responsible for these important and influential stylistic changes and sets them in their intellectual and historical contexts.
Courses: HA-509-01
Instructor: MORTON 		THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHINESE PAINTINGS
AUTHOR: BARNHART
ISBN: 9780300094473
This sumptuously illustrated book, written by a team of eminent international scholars, is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some three thousand years.
Courses: HA-510-01/HA-510-02 Instructor: WANG
A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART - ENHANCED EDITION BUILDINGS ACROSS TIME
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A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART - ENHANCED EDITION
AUTHOR: KLEINER
ISBN: 9780495909873
A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART, ENHANCED EDITION is a lavishly-illustrated survey of the art of Rome and the Roman Empire from the time of Romulus to the death of Constantine, presented in its historical, political, and social context. This ENHANCED EDITION has added coverage on Etruscan art in the beginning of the text. All aspects of Roman art and architecture are treated, including private art and domestic architecture, the art of the Eastern and Western provinces, the art of freedmen, and the so-called minor arts, including cameos, silverware, and coins. The book is divided into four parts-Monarchy and Republic, Early Empire, High Empire, and Late Empire-and traces the development of Roman art from its beginnings in the 8th century BCE to the mid fourth century CE, with special chapters devoted to Pompeii and Herculaneum, Ostia, funerary and provincial art and architecture, and the earliest Christian art.
Courses: HA-529-01/HA-529-02 Instructor: HAZZIKOSTAS 		BUILDINGS ACROSS TIME
AUTHOR: FAZIO
ISBN: 9780073053042
This heavily illustrated survey text provides students of both art history and architecture with a worldwide introduction to the history of architecture that is comprehensive and yet accessible. The third edition continues to offer comprehensive coverage in an accessible manner with expanded pedagogy, added social and historical context, and extended coverage of African and Andean architecture, as well as modern designs by women and non-Western architects.
Courses: HA-551-07/HA-551-10 Instructor: NAPOLI
CLASSICAL LANGUAGE OF ARCHITECTURE SKETCHING: DRAWING TECHNIQUES FRO PRODUCT DESIGNERS
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CLASSICAL LANGUAGE OF ARCHITECTURE
AUTHOR: SUMMERSON
ISBN: 9780262690126
In this book, the author's purpose is to set out as simply and vividly as possible the exact grammatical workings of this architectural language. He is less concerned with its development in Greece and Rome than with its expansion and use in the centuries since the Renaissance. He explains the vigorous discipline of 'the orders' and the scope of 'rustication'; the dramatic deviations of the Baroque and, in the last chapter, the relationship between the classical tradition and the 'modern' architecture of today. The book is intended for anybody who cares for architecture but more specifically for students beginning a course in the history of architecture, to whom a guide to the classical rules will be an essential companion.
Courses: HA-551-07/HA-551-10 Instructor: NAPOLI 		SKETCHING: DRAWING TECHNIQUES FRO PRODUCT DESIGNERS
AUTHOR: EISSON
ISBN: 9789063691714
Sketching is an incredibly broad and practical survey of sketching techniques for product designers. It goes without saying that the book is suited for the classroom, but every design studio will also find this manual an asset, because in spite of the ascendancy of the computer, hand-drawn sketches are still a very much used.
Course: IND-145-02 Instructor: WENNERSTROM
INTERIOR LIGHTING JANSON'S HISTORY OF ART/PACKAGE 8TH ED.
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INTERIOR LIGHTING
AUTHOR: GORDON
ISBN: 9780471441182
Enhanced with color photos of design applications and more than one hundred new illustrations, this revised edition presents step by step the lighting design process, while incorporating lighting terminology, perception, tools and equipment, general design strategies, and much more.
Course: INT-221-01 Instructor: LIVINGSTON 		JANSON'S HISTORY OF ART/PACKAGE 8TH ED.
AUTHOR: DAVIES
ISBN: 9780558711610
Rewritten and reorganized, this new edition weaves together the most recent scholarship, the most current thinking in art history, and the most innovative online supplements, including digital art library. Experience the new Janson and re-experience the history of art.
Long established as the classic and seminal introduction to art of the Western world, the Eighth Edition of Janson's History of Art is groundbreaking. When Harry Abrams first published the History of Art in 1962, John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, and Andy Warhol was an emerging artist.  Janson offered his readers a strong focus on Western art, an important consideration of technique and style, and a clear point of view. The History of Art, said Janson, was not just a stringing together of historically significant objects, but the writing of a story about their interconnections, a history of styles and of stylistic change. Janson’s text focused on the visual and technical characteristics of the objects he discussed, often in extraordinarily eloquent language. Janson’s History of Art helped to establish the canon of art history for many generations of scholars.
The new Eighth Edition, although revised to remain current with new discoveries and scholarship, continues to follow Janson’s lead in important ways: It is limited to the Western tradition, with a chapter on Islamic art and its relationship to Western art. It keeps the focus of the discussion on the object, its manufacture, and its visual character. It considers the contribution of the artist as an important part of the analysis. This edition maintains an organization along the lines established by Janson, with separate chapters on the Northern European Renaissance, the Italian Renaissance, the High Renaissance, and Baroque art, with stylistic divisions for key periods of the modern era. Also embedded in this edition is the narrative of how art has changed over time in the cultures that Europe has claimed as its patrimony.
COURSES:  HA-115-(01-15), HA-115-30,31,32
INSTRUCTOR: VARIOUS
NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART HISTORY OF MODERN ART
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NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART
AUTHOR: CHU
ISBN:9780558350475
This survey explores the history of nineteenth-century European art and visual culture. Focusing primarily on painting and sculpture, it places these two art forms within the larger context of visual culture–including photography, graphic design, architecture, and decorative arts. In turn, all are treated within a broad historical framework to show the connections between visual cultural production and the political, social, and economic order of the time. Topics covered include The Classical Paradigm, Art and Revolutionary Propaganda In France, The Arts under Napoleon and Francisco Goya and Spanish Art at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century. For art enthusiasts, or anyone who wants to learn more about Art History.
COURSES:HA-215-(01-12), HA-215-30,31
INSTRUCTOR: VARIOUS 		HISTORY OF MODERN ART
AUTHOR:AARONSON
ISBN:9780136062066
For undergraduate course in Modern Art, Origins of Modernism, Art Since 1945, Contemporary Art and other courses focusing on art in the 20th century. Long considered the survey of modern art, this engrossing and liberally illustrated text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Retaining its comprehensive nature and chronological approach, it now comes thoroughly reworked by Michael Bird, an experienced art history editor and writer, with refreshing new analyses, a considerably expanded picture program, and a more absorbing and unified narrative.
COURSES: HA-216-01,02,03
INSTRUCTOR: VARIOUS
IMPRESSIONISM - USED POST-IMPRESSIONISM - USED
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IMPRESSIONISM - USED
AUTHOR: RUBIN
ISBN: 2900714838266
Celebrations of city streets; tranquil vistas of the countryside and seashore; enchanting images of the leisured classes in domestic interiors or at fashionable Parisian cafes - the work of the Impressionists gives pleasure to art lovers everywhere. But while Impressionism today may appear "natural" and effortless, contemporaries were shocked by the loose handling of paint and the practice of painting out-of-doors. In defiance of the conservative official Salon, the Impressionists - led by Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas - sought to capture the immediacy of experience. This comprehensive study brings together the most recent research on Impressionism. James Rubin makes accessible its philosophical, political and social context, from Baudelaire's conception to the painter of modern life, to the influences of photography, the burgeoning art market, and contemporary notions of gender and race. As well as the acknowledged masters, our attention is drawn to lesser-known Impressionists such as Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassat and Gustave Caillebotte. Rubin also examines the work of Paul Cezanne and his relationship to the group. Finally, the book explores the legacy of Impressionism and its enduring appeal.
Courses: HA-509-01 Instructor: MORTON 		POST-IMPRESSIONISM
AUTHOR: THOMSON
ISBN:9780521646093
Hard on the heels of the Impressionists came artists with a different agenda. Dissatisfied with the essentially short-term effects Impressionism had mastered, they strove in their different ways for an art of a more permanent, structured and expressive kind. By refining and codifying, dismantling and reassembling the procedures of Impressionism, artists such as Seurat, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Van Gogh rewrote the rules for representational painting at the turn of the twentieth century. The arbitrary color, exaggerated forms, and abstraction of their works marked a new distance between artist and nature and prepared the public for the freedoms of the next generation of innovators. In this study Belinda Thomson introduces the artists responsible for these important and influential stylistic changes and sets them in their intellectual and historical contexts.
Courses: HA-509-01
Instructor: MORTON
IMPRESSIONISM: ART LEISURE AND PARISIAN SOCIETY THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHINESE PAINTING - USED
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IMPRESSIONISM: ART LEISURE AND PARISIAN SOCIETY - RECOMMENDED READING
AUTHOR: HERBERT
ISBN:9780300050837
In this "provocative study," Herbert explains how Paris's architecture became raw material for the impressionists and analyzes the social forces that shaped individual painters. According to PW , "Picture after picture is given a fresh, often unexpected reading, and the more than 300 plates (two-thirds in color) are deftly interwoven with the sprightly narrative."
COURSES: HA-509-01
INSTRUCTOR: MORTON 		THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHINESE PAINTINGS - USED
AUTHOR: BARNHART
ISBN: 2900300094472
This sumptuously illustrated book, written by a team of eminent international scholars, is the first to recount the history of Chinese painting over a span of some three thousand years.
Courses: HA-510-01/HA-510-02 Instructor: WANG
A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART - ENHANCED EDITION-USED Public Photographic Spaces: Propaganda Exhibitions from Pressa to The Family of Man, 1928-55
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A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART - ENHANCED EDITION - USED
AUTHOR: KLEINER
ISBN: 9780495909873
A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART, ENHANCED EDITION is a lavishly-illustrated survey of the art of Rome and the Roman Empire from the time of Romulus to the death of Constantine, presented in its historical, political, and social context. This ENHANCED EDITION has added coverage on Etruscan art in the beginning of the text. All aspects of Roman art and architecture are treated, including private art and domestic architecture, the art of the Eastern and Western provinces, the art of freedmen, and the so-called minor arts, including cameos, silverware, and coins. The book is divided into four parts-Monarchy and Republic, Early Empire, High Empire, and Late Empire-and traces the development of Roman art from its beginnings in the 8th century BCE to the mid fourth century CE, with special chapters devoted to Pompeii and Herculaneum, Ostia, funerary and provincial art and architecture, and the earliest Christian art.
Courses: HA-529-01/HA-529-02 Instructor: HAZZIKOSTAS 		Public Photographic Spaces: Propaganda Exhibitions from Pressa to The Family of Man, 1928-55
AUTHOR: RIBALTA
ISBN:9788492505067
This book focuses from a chronological perspective on photography as a tool for a new visuality and the rupture of the role of the spectator: photographic exhibitions from 1928 to 1955, from the spaces designed by Lissitzky's to The Family of Man; the trajectory of utopian architectural-photographic space and from post-Revolutionary Russia to America during the Cold War. This space documents the exhibitions designed by Lissitzky (Pressa, Film und Foto, etc); German, Italian and Spanish exhibitions in the 1930s, and exhibitions in MOMA during the Second World War.
COURSES: HA-551-03/HA-551-02
INSTRUCTOR: ROCCO