Topics

New Art Books & Videos

Ancient Art

Art & Artists in
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

• 3D Toons: Creative 3D Design for Cartoonists and Animators,
  Steve & Raf Anzovin.  Barron's.  741.58 Anzovin  (includes CD)
   
• Architecture is Elementary:  Visual Thinking Through Architectural Concepts, Nathan B. Winters.  Gibbs Smith.  720.1 WINTERS
   
• Chip Kidd, Work, 1986-2006: Album, Chip Kidd.  Rizzoli.  741.64 KIDD
   
• Close-up Photography in Nature, Tim Fitzharris.  Firefly Books.  778.93 FITZHARRIS
   
• The Da Vinci Notebooks, Emma Dickens.  Arcade Publishing.   709.2 LEONARDO
   
• The Education of a Comics Artist: Visual Narrative in Cartoons, Graphic Novels, and Beyond, Michael Dooley and Steven Heller.  Allworth Press, School of Visual Arts.  741.5 Education
   
• Elizabeth Catlett: In the Image of the People, Melanie A. Herzog. 
  Art Institute of Chicago.  760.092 HERZOG
   
• Francis Bacon's Studio, Margarita Cappock.  Merrell.  759.2 CAPPOCK
   
• How to Draw Hip-Hop, Damion Scott and Kris Ex.  Watson-Guptill.  741.2 SCOTT
   
• The Iconic Building, Charles Jencks.  Rizzoli.  724.6 JENCKS
   
• The Last Folk Hero: A True Story of Race and Art, Power and Profit, Andrew Dietz.  Ellis Lane Press.  759.13 Dietz
   
• Letters to a Young Artist, Anna D. Smith.  Anchor Books.  700.23 SMITH
   
• Le Corbusier: Architect of Books, Catherine de Smet.  Lars Müller Publishers.  720.92 SMET
   
• The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece, Jonathan Harr.  Random House.  759.5 HARR   (also available in Large Print)
   
• Painting Nature, Peggy Harris.  North Light Books.  751.4224 HARRIS
   
• The Photographer's Guide to Negotiating, Richard Weisgrau. 
  Allworth Press.  770.684 WEISGRAU
   
• pressPLAY: Contemporary Artists in Conversation, Phaidon Interviews.  Phaidon.  709.22 PRESSPLAY
   
• The Rose Window: Splendor and Symbol, Painton Cowen.  Thames & Hudson.  748.5094 COWEN
   
• Sean Scully: Wall of Light, Stephen B. Phillips, et al.  Rizzoli.  759.13 SEAN
   
• Sketchbook for the Artist, Sarah Simblet.  DK Publishing.  741.2 SIMBLET
   
• Slide Show: The Color Photographs of Helen Levitt, Helen Levitt.  powerHouse Books.  779.092 LEVITT
   
• Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, Zahi Hawass. 
  National Geographic.  709.32 HAWASS

Events & Exhibits

Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island
40 large format color photographs
with text in English and Spanish
May 27- July 23

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.

Scene Examiners
(at the Westside Library)
  Join us for our monthly film discussion. Begins at 12:30--
feel free to bring your lunch!
Call the Westside Library at
574-6815 for more information.

See Events at All Locations

Ancient Art

Find It!

• 5000 Years of the Art of India, Mario Bussagli.  709.54 BUSSAGLI
   
• African Rock Art: Paintings and Engravings on Stone, David Coulson.  709.01 COULSON
   
• Ancient Greece: The Dawn of the Western World, Furio Durando.  938 DURANDO
   
• The Art of Greece.  Kostas Papaioannou.  709.38 PAPAIOANNOU
   
• Art of the Ancient Near & Middle East, Carel J. du Ry.  709.01 RY
   
• The Cave of Lascaux: The Final Photographs, Mario Ruspoli.  709.011 RUSPOLI
   
• Dawn of Art: The Chauvet Cave, Jean-Marie Chauvet.  759.0112 CHAUVET
   
• Hidden Faces of the Maya, Linda Schele.  709.72 SCHELE
   
• The Horizon Book of the Arts of China, Thomas Froncek.  709.51 HORIZON
   
• Israel: Splendors of the Holy Land, Sarah Kochav.  956.94 KOCHAV
   
• Journey Through the Ice Age, Paul G. Bahn.  930.12 BAHN
   
• Larousse Encyclopedia of Prehistoric and Ancient Art, René Huyghe.  709.01 LAROUSSE
   
• Minoan & Mycenaean Art, Reynold Higgins.  709.39 HIGGINS
   
• Oceanic Art, Alberto C. Ambesi.  709.9 AMBESI
   
• Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico,   Elizabeth P. Benson.  709.72 OLMEC
   
• Pompeii, Filippo Coarelli.  709.377 POMPEII
   
• Prehistoric Art: The Symbolic Journey of Humankind, Randall White.  709.011 WHITE
   
• The Pyramids and Sphinx, Desmond Stewart.  913.32 STEWART
   
• Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture, Richard H. Wilkinson.  709.32 WILKINSON
   
• Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World: The Great Monuments and How They Were Built, edited by Chris Scarre.  930 SEVENTY
   
• Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World, Roger Atwood.  364.162 ATWOOD
   
• Treasures of Early Irish Art, Lee Boltin, et al.  709.415 TREASURES
   
• Understanding Greek Sculpture: Ancient Meanings, Modern Readings, Nigel Spivey.  733.3 SPIVEY

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!