Suggested+Reading+Bibliography

Below is am expanded bibliography of suggested works to read related to American Art's collection and to museum interpretation. This list will continue to grow as the 2016 docent class training continues.


 * __ American Art Textbook __**

//American Visions// by Robert Hughes (1997)

//American Art// by Gardner

//American Art// by Wayne Craven (2002)

//America as Art// by Joshua Taylor (1976) out of print

//The Fine Arts in America// by Joshua Taylor (1979)

//Art and Life in America// by Oliver Larkin (1949)

//Art in America: A Brief History// by Richard McLanathan

//American Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts, Photography// by Brown, Hunter, Jacobus, Rosenblum, Sokol (1979).

//A History of American Art// by Daniel Mendelowitz (1970)

//American Art since 1900// by Barbara Rose (1975)

//American Painting of the19th Century: Realism, Idealism and the American Experience// by Barbara Novak

//From the Armory Show to the Depression// by Milton Brown

//The Immortal Eight// by Bernard Perlman

//The American Century, Art and Culture 1900–1950// by B. Haskell

//The Shock of the New: The Hundred-Year History of Modern Art--Its Rise, Its Dazzling Achievement, Its Fall// by Robert Hughes (1991)

__** Craft **__

//Skilled Work// by

//Woodturning Masterclass// by Tony Boase

//Glass Art// by Peter Layton

//The Encyclopedia of Jewelry-Making Techniques// by Jinks McGrath

//The Encyclopedia of Pottery Techniques// by Peter Cosentino

//The New Ceramics// by Peter Dormer

//The Complete Potter’s Companion// by Tony Birks

//The Quiltmakers Handbook// by Michael James

//The Basketmaker’s Art// by Rob Pulleyn

__** Interpretation/Aesthetics **__

//Living with Art// by Rita Gilbert (1994 latest edition) – suggested by Carol Wyrick at NPG

//Learning to Look// by Joshua Taylor(1981, most recent edition)

//Color: A Natural History// of the Palette by Victoria Hindley (2007)

//Ways of Seeing// by John Berger (1973)

//The Art of Seeing// by Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher (1999)

//Interpreting Art: Reflecting, Wondering, and Responding// by Terry Barrett (2002)

__** American and U.S. History **__

//A Little History of the United States// by James West Davidson (2016)

//1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus// by Charles C. Mann (2006)

//A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire// by Amy Butler Greenfield (2006)

//American Colonies: The Settling of North America, Vol. 1// by Alan Taylor (2002)

//American Slavery, American Freedom// by Edmund S. Morgan (2003)

// Puritans at Play: Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England// by Bruce C. Daniels (1996)

//Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860// by Anne F. Hyde (2012)

// The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado // by Elliott West (1998)

//Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West// by William Cronon (1992)

//Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877// by Eric Foner (2014)

//Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century// by John F. Sears (1989)

//American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century// by Paula Uruburu (2009)

//The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration// by Isabel Wilkerson (2011)

//Harlem Renaissance Updated Edition by Nathan Irvin// //Huggins// (Author), Arnold Rampersad (Foreword) (2007)

//The Big Sea: An Autobiography// by Langston Hughes

//American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work// by Nick Taylor (2009)

//Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II// by Richard Reeves (2015)

//Capital Culture: J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience// by Neil Harris (2013)

__** Docent/Touring/Museum Resources **__

//The Good Guide: A Sourcebook for Interpreters, Docents and Tour Guides// by Alison Grinder and Sue McCoy (1985)

//The Museum Experience// by John Falk and Lynn Dierking (1992)

//Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning// by John Falk and Lynn Dierking (2000).

//Museums: Places of Learning// by G. Hein and M. Alexander (1998). Published by AAM.

//A Comprehensive Manual for Those Who Teach with Institutional Collections// by Alan Gartenhaus and Jackie Littleton (1998). (Docent Educator)

//The Professional Guide: Dynamics of Tour Guiding// by Kathleen Lingle (1993)

//The Visual Arts and Early Childhood Learning// (NAEA) by Christine Marme Thompson (1995)

//Teaching in the Art Museum: Interpretation as Experience// by Rika Burnham and Elliott Kai-Kee

//The Museum Experience Revisited (Second Edition)// by John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking (2012)

__** Other Possibilities **__

//Yankee Stonecutters// by Gardner (1945)

//Pop Art// by L. Lippard (1967)

//The Hudson River and Its Painters// by J.K. Howat (1972)

//American Art// by M. Brown (1979)

//American Art Since 1945// by D. Ashton (1982)

//American Art Now// by E. Lucie-Smith (1985)

//Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Art// by C. Copeland and J. M. De La Croix (1987)

//The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps 1942-1946// by Delphine Hirasuna (Author), Terry Heffernan (Photographer), Kit Hinrichs (Designer) (2005)

//The Language of New Media// by Lev Manovich (2002)

//The World Without Us// by Alan Weisman (2008)