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Books and eBooks

Looking for books and e-books for your research? We've got LOTS of those. Over 4 million, in fact! In recent years, we've prioritized the acquisition of ebooks digital collections to ensure ease of access for everyone, but we've still got books on the shelf if you like the serendipity of browsing by subject.

As an academic library that uses the Library of Congress Classification System, it's important to understand what a call number is and how call numbers work.

For Fine Arts, the letter N is your friend, and most books are are found in the class and subclasses of N, as outlined below:

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Visual Culture In Contemporary China by Zhou Xian
ISBN: 9781003415367
Publication Date: July 2023
First volume of a two-volume set that examines the interaction between social transformation and visual culture in contemporary China.
Death's Futurity: The Visual Life of Black Power by Sampada Aranke
ISBN: 9781478023937
Publication Date: 2023
In Death’s Futurity Sampada Aranke examines the importance of representations of death to Black liberation. Aranke analyzes posters, photographs, journalism, and films that focus on the murders of Black Panther Party members Lil’ Bobby Hutton, Fred Hampton, and George Jackson to construct a visual history of the 1960s and 1970s Black Power era.
Historical Narratives of Global Modern Art by Costache, Irina Dana, editor.; Kunny, Clare, editor.
ISBN: 9781003247678
Publication Date: July 2023
This edited volume presents the untold story of modern art by exposing global voices and perspectives excluded from the privileged and uncontested narrative of "isms."
Making Art History by Elizabeth Mansfield (Editor)
ISBN: 9780203757581
Publication Date: 2014-05-01
Making Art History is a collection of essays by contemporary scholars on the practice and theory of art history as it responds to institutions as diverse as art galleries and museums, publishing houses and universities, school boards and professional organizations, political parties and multinational corporations.
The Routledge Companion to African American Art History by Eddie Chambers (Editor)
ISBN: 9781351045193
Publication Date: 2019-11-12
This companion authoritatively points to the main areas of enquiry within the subject of African American art history.
Masters of Modern Art by Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr. (Editor); John Hay Whitney (Foreword by); Rene D'Harnoncourt (Foreword by)
Call Number: N6490 N38
ISBN: 9781258217150
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Published and prepared by the Museum of Modern Art on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the institution.
The Armory Show At 100 by Marilyn S. Kushner; Kimberly Orcutt
Call Number: N6448 A74A76 2013
ISBN: 9781907804045
Publication Date: 2013-10-15
The 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art (or Armory Show) marked a turning point in the history of American art and culture. Organized by a small group of American artists and presented in the huge space of the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City, this ambitious exhibition of 1,400 works was the moment when the American public was introduced to European avant-garde art. This outstanding interdisciplinary volume re-examines the exhibition and its historical and cultural context. It includes over thirty essays by eminent scholars across diverse fields to evoke the wider social, political, and economic climate during the 1913 show.