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A very good Art History Writing Guide is available from University of NC at Chapel Hill.

Excellent Guide to Modern and Contemporary Art from SF MOMA.

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Research Suggestions
As a starting point, some materials useful for your papers can be found on Reserve or in the Reference Section of the Library. Suggested sources:

Primary Source Material

*Art in Theory 1900 - 1990*	An anthology of writings by artists, critics, philosophers, politicians, and literary figures of the century.	Reserve 6490 A7167

*Art in Theory 1815 - 1900*	An anthology of writings by artists, critics, philosophers, politicians, and literary figures of the century.	Reserve

*Art Retrospective*	Enormous bibliographic database covering hundreds of art magazines from 1926 to 1984. But this is not a full-text database. You will find only citations and then you must find the actual magazine. Most magazines from before 1990 must be paged from the Circulation Desk. The Library owns very few magazines from before 1950.	Available online through the Library Website

*Artists on Art*	An anthology of short excerpts of writing by artists from the 14th to the 20th centuries.	N 79 G57 1972

*Aspects of Modern Art*	An anthology of writings on modern art from L'Oeil, a European art magazine.	N 7443 O3

A Century of Artists' Letters	Reproductions of over 50 letters from many of the most famous painters in Paris between 1855 and 1968. Nicely illustrated.

*Manifesto: A Century of Isms*	An anthology of original writings and manifestoes, 1855 to 1985.	Reserve CB 427 M287

*ModernArt in the USA: Issues and Controverises of the 20th Century*	Short excerpts from journals and books. Organized by decade	N 6512 H47

*Modern Arts Criticism* 4 volumes	Each volume covers 20+ artists and about each artist there is: a biographical introduction, statements written by the artists, and excerpts from criticism about the artist from periods when the artist first grew to prominence.	Ref. N 40 M63

*Primitivism and Twentieth-Century Art: A Documentary History*	Essays of historical importance pertaining to the encounter between Western modern artists and "Primitive art" written mostly in the first half of the 20th C.	Ref. N 72 P68 P75

*Reflections on Art*	Anthology and source books of writings by artists, critics, and philosophers published in 1958.	N 79 L2

*Selected Writings on Art and Artists*	Baudelaire's discussion of Delacroix, Ingres, and Corot, among other writers and musicians of the period.	NX 65 B3813

*Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art*	Anthology of writings by important artists.	Reserve N 6490 S765

*Theories of Modern Art*	Authoritative anthology of theoretical source materials on painting and sculpture since Cezanne.	Reserve N 6450 C62 T396

*Voices of Women Artists*	Anthology of writings from letters, journals, interviews, and autobiographies. Artists include Cassatt, Kollwitz, O'Keeffe, Kahlo, Nevelson, etc.	Reserve N 43 S5

Cultural, Social, and Historical Context	Looking at source materials for the period being studied is a good method to determine context. Luckily there are many histories and anthologies which include reprints of original materials such as diary writing, ads, photographs, and newspapers. These reprinted materials actually could be considered secondary sources because an author/editor selected what to include based on their own bias and interpretation, thereby changing the original context. How we think about what is a primary source, however, is rapidly changing because of the digital revolution. Libraries are now providing digitized images of original sources over the Web.

*Ads That Put America on Wheels*	Early 1900s through 1960s. Shows through actual ads how automobiles were marketed.	Reserve HF 6161 A9 D74

*Advertising and the Motorcar*	Early 1900s through 1960s. Shows through actual ads how automobiles were marketed. An essay in included.	Reserve HF 6161 A8 F74

*American Century: Art & Culture 1900-1950*	Based on a Whitney exhibition, this is an in-depth overview of art of the period.	Reserve N H335 1999

*American Decades* 4 volumes	One volume per decade beginning with 1950s. Organized with chapters on world events, education, politics, lifestyles, media, the arts, etc.	Ref. E 169.12 A419 1994

*Fashions of a Decade* 8 volumes	Just fashion. We have the '20s through the '90s	Ref. GT 596 C837

*Hulton Getty Picture Collection* 6 volumes	One volume per decade. All pictures with captions. We have the '20s through the '70s.	D 426 Y367 1998

*This Fabulous Century* 7 volumes	One volume per decade beginning with 1900-1950. Overview of the popular culture of the period. Mostly images.	Ref. E 161 T55

*20th Century Day by Day: 100 years of News*	Headlines and front pages of newspapers from 1900 through 1999.	D 422 C53

Websites of Interest

*Ad Access*	Images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.

*AdFlip*	Archive of classic ads from 1940 to the present.

*American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century*	The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century. The pages are prepared by the Reference Librarians. Period pictures used.

*Decades in 20th Century America*	Students, or anyone else interested in American history and culture, will find a serviceable collection of print and online sources for each of the century's decades, as well as several that cover more than one decade. Annotated and regularly updated.

*Year by Year 1900-2001*	This site describes historic events of the twentieth century by year and by decade.
*Calisphere*	Provides access to more than 150,000 images, documents and other primary source materials from the libraries and museums across California, including photographs, documents, newspapers, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other cultural artifacts that reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history.

Primary sources are writing or objects created either during the time period being studied or afterward by people reflecting on their involvement in the events of that time.

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