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 Art Books  @ SCPL                              July-Aug 2004       

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New Art Books & Videos

 

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South Carolina

Black Mountain College

The Business of Art

Ceramics

Contemporary Art  

Dada & Surrealism

Digital Photography
& Imaging

Fiber & Textile Art

French Impressionism

The Harlem Renaissance

Islamic Art

Outsider & Folk Art

Printmaking

Van Gogh

   
  • Alice Neel Temkin, Ann.  759.13 NEEL
     
  • American Expressionism:  Art and Social Change 1920-1950 Dijkstra, Bram.  759.13 DIJKSTRA 
     
  • Angels and Monsters:  Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera 1600-1900 Somerset-Ward, Richard.  782.109 SOMERSET-WARD 
     
  • Art Deco 1910-1939 Benton, Charlotte.  709.04012 ART 
     
  • The Art of George Rodrigue Rodrigue, George.  759.13 RODRIGUE 
     
  • The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present. Kushner, Tony.  741.64 KUSHNER
     
  • The Artists of Nathadwara:  The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan Lyons, Tryna.  709.544 LYONS
     
  • Batik: 21 Beautiful Projects Using Simple Techniques Light, Diana.  746.662 LIGHT 
     
  • Botticelli: From Lorenzo the Magnificent to Savonarola Botticelli, Sandro.  759.5 BOTTICELLI
     
  • Cezanne's Garden.  Fell, Derek.  759.4 FELL
     
  • The Chesley Awards for Science Fiction & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective.  Grant, John.  741.6 GRANT
     
  • Edvard Munch: Theme and Variation Munch, Edvard.  759.81 MUNCH
     
  • El Greco.  The National Gallery.  759.6 GRECO
     
  • The Group of Seven and Tom Thompson.  Silcox, David P.  759.11 SILCOX 
     
  • Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century National Gallery of Art.  759.5 NATIONAL
     
  • Jazz in Black and White:  The Photographs of Duncan Schiedt Schiedt, Duncan P.  781.65 SCHIEDT 
     
  • Lee Bontecou: A RetrospectiveSmith, Elizabeth A.T. (exhibition curator).  709.2 Bontecou
     
  • Native American Beadwork: Projects & Techniques from the SouthwestGeary, Theresa Flores.  745.582 GEARY
     
  • Painting with Stitches: Creating Freestyle Embroidery by Hand.  Dove, Sue.  746.44 DOVE
     
  • Picasso's War:  The Destruction of Guernica and the Masterpiece that Changed the World Martin, Russell.  759.6 MARTIN 
     
  • Women Artists Buchholz, Elke Linda.  704.042 BUCHHOLZ 
 
       

Events & Exhibits

 
 

Artists' Masks
 June 23 - August 30
Works in mixed media by the artists of Outside-In Studio of Spartanburg.  BellSouth Exhibition Lobby at Headquarters.

Spartanburg Artist’s Guild
Ongoing
, rotating exhibit of 2D works, located on the main and top levels of the library.  Come in and enjoy the art of your friends and colleagues as you browse for books!

 Frederic Remington
Ongoing: 
Over 20 of Remington’s bronze sculptures on loan from a local collector, located on the top and main levels of the library.

Film Fanatics
(at the Headquarters Library)

All movies are viewed at 7:00 pm in the Irwin Conference Room.  Call the Audio/Visual Desk at 596-3502 for more information.

 
 
 
 
 
     
             

Harlem Renaissance (*updated 5.06)

   

Find It!

 
  • Aaron Douglas : Art, Race, and the Harlem Renaissance Kirschke, Amy Helene.  B DOUGLAS 
     

  • (VIDEO) Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance. 
    Edwards, Amber.  VIDEO 700.89 AGAINST
     
  • The Art of Romare Bearden.  Bearden, Romare.  709.2 BEARDEN
     
  • (DVD) The Art of Romare Bearden.  Moore, Carroll.  DVD/VIDEO 709.2 ART
     
  • Artists and Writers of the Harlem Renaissance.  Beckman, Wendy H.  Y700.92396 BECKMAN
     
  • Extraordinary People of the Harlem Renaissance.  Hardy, P. Stephen.  700.92396 HARDY
     
  • Free Within Ourselves : the Harlem Renaissance Jacques, Geoffrey.  Y700.899 JACQUES 
     
  • Harlem Renaissance Huggins, Nathan Irvin.  709.73 HUGGINS
     

  • Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America704 HARLEM 
     

  • The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930.  Watson, Steven.  700.89 WATSON     
     

  • Homecoming: the Art and Life of William H. Johnson.  Powell, Richard J.  759.13 POWELL 
     

  • Over the Line: the Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence. Nesbett, Peter.  759.13 OVER
     

  • Rhapsodies in Black:  The Art of the Harlem Renaissance.  704.03 RHAPSODIES 
     

  • When Harlem Was in Vogue.  Lewis, David L.  700.899 LEWIS 
     

  • VanDerZee, Photographer, 1886-1983.  Willis-Thomas, Deborah.  779.2092 WILLIS-THOMAS
     

Websites:

 

Locating Items
(Headquarters Library) 

 
New art books
:
main floor, middle

 
Other art books:
upper floor, in the back

 Videos & DVDs:
main floor, on the right

 Art Magazines:
main floor, in the back


All branch libraries have art books, too.  If you
have trouble finding an item, ask a staff member for help—that’s what we’re here for!


Don’t Have a
Library card?

Here’s how to get one.


Putting a Book
on Hold

 If the item you want has been checked out, you can put it on hold.  We’ll put it aside for you when it’s returned, and give you a call.  You can put it on hold yourself through the library’s online catalog, or you can call or come by and we can do it for you. 


Getting & Returning Books
 
 Don’t want to come downtown?  Contact the library branch of your choice and have them send the item you’d like to any of our other 9 locations.   You can pick it up (and return it) at any Spartanburg County Public Library!

 
 
 
 
 
   
     
 

Art Online

 
   

Check out the Library's
online directory of
great
art websites
!

 
 
     
                 

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