Recommended Resources by Subject
a broad range of subject guides created by UArts librarians
are available on the library home page:
UArts Library Catalog Subject Headings
Creative Practices
Artistic Collaboration
Communication in Education
Curriculum Planning
Critical Thinking
Interdisciplinary Approach in Education
Teaching Collection University of the Arts
Suggested Readings
Kelly, Michael. Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. New York: Oxford UP, 1998.
(included in Oxford Art Online)
Barnet, Sylvan. A Short Guide to Writing about Art. N.J. : Pearson, 2008.
Barnet, Sylvan, and Hugo Adam. From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins, 2011.
Carrier, David. Writing about Visual Art. New York : Allworth Press, 2003.
Gayford, Martin, and Karen Wright. The Grove Book of Art Writing. New York:
Grove, 2000.
Hieb, Marianne. Inner Journeying through Art-journaling: Learning to See and Record Your Life as a Work of Art. London: J. Kingsley, 2005.
Holly, Michael Ann. Art History, Aesthetics, Visual Studies. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2002.
Holly, Michael Ann., and Marquard Smith. What Is Research in the Visual Arts?: Obsession, Archive, Encounter. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2008.
Hooks, Bell. Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. New York: Routledge, 2010.
Sayre, Henry M. Writing about Art. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006.
Smith, Hazel, and R. T. Dean. Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP, 2009.
Tucker, Amy. Visual Literacy: Writing about Art. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Walsh-Piper, Kathleen. Image to Word: Art and Creative Writing. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2002.
Additional Resources
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Overview." Looking to Write, Writing to Look. Education department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc., 2011.
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