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Printmaking Reading List
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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