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Oxford Art Online Reference Resource

Oxford Art Online
Oxford Art Online enables access and cross-search functionality to Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Includes image partnerships with ARTstor, the British Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Images for College Teaching, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society and numerous international art galleries and artists. PLEASE NOTE: The UWM Libraries has 3 simultaneous users for this service. If you can not access the service please try again later.

Books on Art Research and Writing

Artist Scholar by G. James Daichendt
ISBN: 1841506052
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research is part history, introduction, and discussion for artists and designers entering, graduating, and employed by the contemporary art academy in the United States. The evolution of art education in the university continues to expand in the 21st century as the variables of craft, skill, technique, theory, history and criticism shift and expand as the perspective of arts-based research is introduced into this professionalized environment
Inspiring Writing in Art and Design by Pat Francis
ISBN: 9781841502564
Publication Date: 2009-06-15
Art and design students today face a wide range of writing tasks - from reflective and self-promotional pieces to reviews, essays and dissertations. This book is an answer to art and design students and staff, disheartened by negative past experiences, who say that they loathe writing, and encourages different approaches to writing - integrating it into studio practice, and promoting the notion of 'warm up' preparations.
A Short Guide to Writing about Art by Sylvan Barnet
ISBN: 9780205886999
Publication Date: 2014-01-15
This book is intended for art courses where there is a writing component. This text guides art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture. The text includes: coverage of essential writing assignments including formal analysis, comparison, research paper, review of an exhibition, essay examination; clear step-by-step writing instructions guiding students though the research and writing processes; sample essays, with analytic comments by the author, demonstrating the virtues of effective writing.

Design Resources

Design Observer: Topics
Includes a range of topics: graphic design, social innovation, urbanism, popular culture, and criticism. The content of the site includes essays, articles, reviews, blog posts, and peer reviewed scholarship.
Communication Arts Magazine (online)
Exceptional Design, Advertising, Illustration, Photography, Interactive and Typography, since 1959. [Note that you must subscribe to get more than 10 articles per month.]
Typographica
Founded in 2002, Typographica is a review of typefaces and type books, with occasional commentary on fonts and typographic design.
Fonts in Use: An Independent Archive of Typography
Public archive of typography indexed by typeface, format, industry, and period.
AIGA: The Professional Association for Design
Originally founded as the American Institute of Graphic Arts -- it's the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design—with more than 70 chapters and over 18,000 members. Focus is to advance design as a professional craft, strategic advantage, and vital cultural force.