LibGuides: Arts and Creative Enterprises: Visual Arts

Visual Art Reference Books

30,000 Years of Art by Phaidon Press Editors (Editor); Larry Ball; Marshall Becker
Call Number: N5300.A14 2007
Abu Dhabi Library
Abu Dhabi LEC Male
Dubai Library
Art and Visual Perception by Rudolf Arnheim
Call Number: N71.A67 1974
Abu Dhabi Library
Dubai Library
Beginning Modernism by Jeff Wallace
Call Number: N6494.M64W35 2011
Dubai Library
Basic Visual Concepts and Principles for Artists, Architects and Designers by Charles Wallschlaeger; Cynthia Busic-Snyder
Call Number: N7430.5.W35 1992
Abu Dhabi Library
Dubai Library
The Visual Culture Reader by Nicholas Mirzoeff (Editor)
Call Number: NX458.V58 2013
Dubai library
1998 edition available in Abu Dhabi and Dubai Libraries

List of Databases to add once the A-z List is made

Artstor

ArtSource

Oxford Art Online formerly grove art online

Jstor

MoMA Learning
Learn about Modern Art, Conceptual Art, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Dada, Photography and Landscapes.
Google Cultural Institute: Art Project
Online Galleries and Images.
The Art Story: Modern Art Movements, Artists, Ideas and Topics
Art movements, artists, theory, and the progression of art at your fingertips.