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Printmaking Reading List

• Technique
• Education and Criticism
• History
• Other Helpful Books

PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES

• Antreasian, Garo, and Adams, Clinton.THE TAMARIND BOOK OF LITHOGRAPHY: ART AND TECHNIQUES .New York: Abrams, 1971. Everything you wanted to know about lithography techniques.
• Auvil, Kenneth. SERIGRAPHY: SILK SCREEN TECHNIQUES FOR THE ARTIST. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1965.
   

   
   
   

• Ayres, Julia. MONOTYPE: MEDIUMS AND METHODS FOR PAINTERLY PRINTMAKING. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Biegeleisen, J. I. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SILK SCREEN PRINTING PRODUCTION. New York: Dover Publications, 1963.
   

   
   
   

• Buckland-Wright, John. ETCHING AND ENGRAVING: TECHNIQUES AND THE MODERN TREND. New York: Dover, 1973.
   

   
   
   

• Chamberlain, Walter. THE THAMES AND HUDSON MANUAL OF ETCHING AND ENGRAVING. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1972.
   

   
   
   

• Clemson, Katie, and Simmons, Rosemary. THE COMPLETE MANUAL OF RELIEF PRINTMAKING. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.
   

   
   
   

• Gardner, Andrew B. THE ARTIST'S SILKSCREEN MANUAL. New York: Grosset &Dunlap, 1976.
   

   

• Geisert, Arthur.  THE ETCHER'S STUDIO.  New York.  Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, 1997.  This is a book about etching written and beautifully illustrated for children.  A child spends some time with Grandfather and learns Grandfather's trade.  This is a good description of an obscure, archaic art medium.and how boring it is for a young child.
   

   
   
   

• Henning, Roni. SCREENPRINTING: WATER-BASED TECHNIQUES. New York:Watson-Guptill, 1994.
   

   
   
   

• Kanada, Margaret Miller. COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINTMAKING: THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF UKIYO-E. Tokyo: Shufunotomo Co., Ltd, 1989. This small, well-illustrated book gives a good explanation of traditional Japanese block printing methods.
   

   
   
   

• Lumsden, E. S. THE ART OF ETCHING. New York: Dover, 1962.This book is highly recommended by Professor Emeritus John Ihle.
   

   
   
   

• Martin, Judy. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES. Philadelphia: Running Press, Pennsylvania, 1993.
   

   
   
   

• Mayer, Ralph. THE ARTIST'S HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS ANDTECHNIQUES. Revised and updated by Steven Sheehan. New York: Viking Penguin,1991.
   

   
   
   

• McClain, Robert. MOKU HANGA PRIMER: MAKING WOODBLOCK PRINTS. Eugene, Oregon: Robert McClain, 1981.
   

   
   
   

• Ross, John; Romano, Clare; and Ross, Tim. THE COMPLETE PRINTMAKER. New York: Macmillan, 1990. This is a comprehensive, illustrated reference book which explains many printmaking techniques.
   

   
   
   

• Rothenstein, Michael. RELIEF PRINTING. London: Studio Vista, 1970.
   

   
   
   

• Saff, Donald, and Sacilotto, Deli. PRINTMAKING: HISTORY AND PROCESS.New York: Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1978. Another excellent comprehensive book.
   

   
   
   

• Wax, Carol. THE MEZZOTINT: HISTORY AND TECHNIQUE. New York: Abrams,1990.
   

   
   
   

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CRITICISM AND ART EDUCATION

• Alexander, Kay, and Day, Michael. DISCIPLINE-BASED ART EDUCATION: A CURRICULUM SAMPLER. Santa Monica: The J. Paul Getty Trust, 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Barnet, Sylvan. A SHORT GUIDE TO WRITING ABOUT ART. U.S.A: Harper-Collins,1989.
   

   
   
   

• Cahan, Susan, and Kocur, Zoya. CONTEMPORARY ART AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION. New York: The New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1996.
   

   
   
   

• Chin, Frank; Chan, Jeffery; Lawson, Paul; Inada, Fusao; and Wong, Shawn. AIIEEEEE! AN ANTHOLOGY OF ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS. New York: Penguin Books, 1983.
   

   
   
   

• Dorenkamp, Monica, and Henke, Richard. NEGOTIATING LESBIAN AND GAY SUBJECTS. New York: Routledge, 1995.
   

   
   
   

• Frankenburg, Ruth. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF WHITENESS. Minneapolis:University of Minnesota Press, 1993.
   

   
   
   

• Golding, Sue. THE EIGHT TECHNOLOGIES OF OTHERNESS. London and New York: Routledge, 1997.
   

   
   
   

• hooks, bell. ART ON MY MIND: VISUAL POLITICS. New York: The New Press, 1995.
   

   
   
   

• Kandinsky, Wassily. CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART. New York: Dover Publications, 1977.
   

   
   
   

• Lee, Joann. ASIAN AMERICANS: ORAL HISTORIES OF FIRST TO FOURTH GENERATION AMERICANS FROM CHINA, THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, INDIA, THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA. New York: The New Press, 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Lippard, Lucy R. MIXED BLESSINGS: NEW ART IN A MULTICULTURAL AMERICA. New York: Pantheon Books, 1990. This book should be on everyone's reading list.
   

   
   
   

• Neperud, Ronald W. Context, CONTENT AND COMMUNITY IN ART EDUCATION: BEYOND POSTMODERNISM. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995.I thought this was a thoughtful discourse on current issues in art education.
   

   
   
   

• Price, Sally. PRIMITIVE ART IN CIVILIZED PLACES. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.
   

   
   
   

• Simons, Howard. JEWISH TIMES: VOICES OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

PRINTMAKING HISTORY AND OTHER ART HISTORY

• Acton, David. A SPECTRUM OF INNOVATION: COLOR IN AMERICAN PRINTMAKING 1890-1960. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1990.
   

   
   
   

• Adams, Clinton. PRINTMAKING IN NEW MEXICO, 1880-1990. Albuquerque:University of New Mexico Press, 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Bearden, Romare, and Henderson, Harry. A HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS FROM 1792 TO THE PRESENT. New York: Pantheon Books, 1993.
   

   
   
   

• Bunn, David, and Taylor, Jane. FROM SOUTH AFRICA: NEW WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND ART. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
   

   
   
   

• Campbell, Mary Schmidt. HARLEM RENAISSANCE: ART OF BLACK AMERICA. NewYork: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994.
   

   
   
   

• Castleman, Riva. PRINTS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988.
• Del Castillo, Richard; McKenna, Teresa; and Yarbro-Bejarano, Yvonne. CHICANO ART:RESISTANCE AND AFFIRMATION, 1965-1985. Exhibition catalog. Los Angeles: University of California Wight Art Gallery, 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Garrett, Albert. A HISTORY OF WOOD ENGRAVING. London: Bloomsbury Books,1978.
   

   
   
   

• Gelburd, Gail. A GRAPHIC ODYSSEY: ROMARE BEARDEN AS PRINTMAKER. Exhibition catalog. Council For Creative Projects, Inc., 1992.
   

   
   
   

• Hantover, Jeffrey. AN OCEAN APART: CONTEMPORARY VIETNAMESE ART FROMTHE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM. Exhibition Catalog. Boulder, Colorado: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1995.
   

   
   
   

• Johnson, Robert Flynn; Breuer, Karin; and Goldyne, Joseph R.. TREASURES OF THEACHENBACH FOUNDATION FOR GRAPHIC ARTS. Exhibition catalog. San Francisco: FineArts Museums of San Francisco, 1995.
   

   
   
   

• Kline, Katy. SANDY WALKER WOODBLOCK PRINTS. Exhibition catalog. MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Mass., 1994.
   

   
   
   

• Kuroiwa, Izumi. JAPANESE WOODCUT WORKSHOP: A COURSE IN FOUR SECTIONS. Videotape. Seattle: Kuroiwa-Leonard Media Arts, Washington, 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Lane, Richard. IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD: THE JAPANESE PRINT.London: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, 1978.
   

   
   
   

• Lewis, Samella. AFRICAN AMERICAN ART AND ARTISTS. Berkeley: University ofCalifornia Press, 1990.
   

   
   
   

• Lewis, Samella. ELIZABETH CATLETT: WORKS ON PAPER, 1944 - 1992. Virginia:Hampton University Museum, 1993.
   

   
   
   

• Li, Chu-Tsing, and Watt, James C. Y., THE CHINESE SCHOLAR'S STUDIO: ARTISTICLIFE IN THE LATE MING PERIOD. Exhibition Catalog. New York: Thames and Hudson,1987.
   

   
   
   

• Livingstone, Marco. DAVID HOCKNEY: ETCHINGS AND LITHOGRAPHS. London:Thames and Hudson, 1988.
   

   
   
   

• Locher, J. L. M.C. ESCHER: HIS LIFE AND COMPLETE GRAPHIC WORK. NewYork: Abrams, 1992.
   

   
   
   

• Mayer, A., Hyatt. PRINTS AND PEOPLE: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF PRINTED PICTURES. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971. This is a comprehensive, inexpensive paperback, illustrated with black and white pictures. This is a good overview of printmaking from a Eurocentric perspective.
• McQuiston, Liz. GRAPHIC AGITATION: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL GRAPHICS SINCE THE SIXTIES. Hong Kong: Phaidon, 1993.
   

   
   
   

• Mercer, Valerie J. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART. Exhibition catalog. New York: The Studio Museum of Harlem, 1994.
   

   
   
   

• Miller, Mary Ellen. THE ART OF MESOAMERICA FROM OLMEC TO AZTEC. NewYork: Thames and Hudson, 1986.
   

   
   
   

• Mosby, Dewey F. HENRY OSSAWA TANNER. Exhibition catalog. Philadelphia:Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Mourlot, Fernand. TWENTIETH CENTURY POSTERS. Secaucus, New Jersey: WellfleetPress, 1989.
   

   
   
   

• Nesbett, Peter. Jacob Lawrence, THIRTY YEARS OF PRINTS (1963-1993).Exhibition catalog. Seattle: Francine Seders Gallery Ltd. & University of Washington Press,1994.
   

   
   
   

• Obata, Chiura. OBATA'S YOSEMITE. Yosemite National Park, California: Yosemite Association, 1993.
   

   
   
   

• Picasso, Pablo. THE VOLLARD SUITE. London: Waddington Graphics, 1984.
   

   
   
   

• Powell, Richard J. BLACK ART AND CULTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY. London, Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1997.
   

   
   
   

• Prather, Marla, and Stuckey, CHARLES F. GAUGUIN: A RETROSPECTIVE. New York:Park Lane, 1989.
   

   
   
   

• Rivera, Diego. MY ART, MY LIFE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (WITH GLADYS MARCH). New York: Dover, 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Rothenstein, Julian. JOSE GUADALUPE POSADA: MEXICAN POPULAR PRINTS. Boston: Shambhala Redstone Editions, 1993.
   

   
   
   

• Shucun, Wang. ANCIENT CHINESE NEW YEAR WOODBLOCK PRINTS.Beijing, China: Foreign Languages Press, 1985.
   

   
   
   

• Shucun, Wang. PAPER JOSS: DEITY WORSHIP THROUGH FOLK PRINTS. Beijing,China: New World Press, 1992.
   

   
   
   

• Smith, Lawrence. CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PRINTS. Exhibition catalogof a print show sponsored by the College Women's Association of Japan. New York: Harper andRow, 1985.
   

   
   
   

• Smith, Lawrence. MODERN JAPANESE PRINTS, 1912 TO 1989. New York: Cross RiverPress, 1994.
   

   
   
   

• Smith, Bradley. JAPAN: A HISTORY IN ART. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.,1964.
   

   
   
   

• Sotriffer, Kristian. PRINTMAKING: HISTORY AND TECHNIQUE. New York:McGraw-Hill, 1968.
   

   
   
   

• Stevenson, John. YOSHITOSHI'S WOMEN: THE WOODBLOCK-PRINT SERIES.Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995.
   

   
   
   

• Thomas, David C. AS SEEN BY BOTH SIDES: AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE ARTISTS LOOK AT THE WAR. Exhibition catalog. Indochina Arts Project, Inc., 1991.
   

   
   
   

• Thompson, Robert Farris. FLASH OF THE SPIRIT. New York: Random House, 1983.
   

   
   
   

• Walker, Barry, and Zieve, Karyn. PRINTS OF THE GERMAN EXPRESSIONISTS AND THEIR CIRCLE. Exhibition catalog. New York: The Brooklyn Museum,: 1988.
   

   
   
   

• Weller, Shane. GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST WOODCUTS. New York: Dover Publications, 1994.
   

   
   
   

• Werner, Alfred. EDVARD MUNCH. New York: Dover, 1979.
   

   
   
   

• Willett, Frank. AFRICAN ART. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1971.
   

   
   
   

• Williams, Reba and Dave. ALONE IN A CROWD: PRINTS OF THE 1930's-40's BY AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS. Exhibition catalog. New Jersey: Newark Museum, 1992.
   

   
   
   

• Wye, Deborah. THINKING PRINT:BOOKS TO BILLBOARDS, 1980-95 Exhibition Catalog. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1996.
   

   
   
   

• Yegerov, Alexxaner, and Litvinov, Victor. THE POSTERS OF GLASNOST AND PERESTROIKA. London: Penguin Books, 1989.
   

   
   
   

OTHER HELPFUL BOOKS

• Turabian, Kate L. STUDENT'S GUIDE FOR WRITING COLLEGE PAPERS. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 1976.
   

   
   
   

• University of Chicago. THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
   

   
   
   

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