Research Guides: Art Research Guide: Research and Writing Guides

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Writing About Art

The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research
Call Number: REFERENCE: H62 .H2455 2018
Exhibitionist
Call Number: ebook

100 sumptuously produced essays by Britain's leading art critic, US born, Richard Dorment.
A Short Guide to Writing about Art
Call Number: N7476 .B37 2011

This best-selling text has guided tens of thousands of art students through the writing process. Students are shown how to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and are prepared with the tools they need to present their ideas through effective writing.

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Books on the Fine Arts have call numbers starting with the letter N.

N - Visual arts
NA - Architecture
NB - Sculpture
NC - Drawing, Design, Illustration
ND - Painting
NE - Print media
NK - Decorative arts
NX - Arts in general

You can find the call number range for more detailed subjects by consulting the Library of Congress Classification Outline. For instance, books on mural painting are in ND2550-ND2733, while books on sculptures made with special materials are in NB1203-NB1270.