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Art

A guide to ENMU library resources related to art

A Selection of Visual Arts Books

John Connell

An important member of the Santa Fe art community during the 1980s and 90s, artist John Connell (1940-2009) is known for his paper and wire sculptures and unconventional still-life paintings. The artist's first monograph includes studio shots, selections from his sketchbooks and a full chronology.

My Skeleton Family

Cynthia Weill's latest bilingual book for young readers teaches basic information about relationships, while also celebrating the colorful tradition of Mexico's Day of the Dead. Artist Jesus Canseco Zarate long-limbed sculptures are a playful twist on traditional Mexican iconography of the skeleton that stretches back through the country's art history to José Gualdalupe Posada's engravings and Aztec sculpture. Jesus Canseco Zarate is a young Oaxacan folk artist whose medium of choice is paper mâché.

Exploring Color 2016

Memorable paintings from more than 30 contributing artists are inside to will inspire you, along with 75+ hands-on exercises, 8 step-by-step demonstrations and countless nuggets of color knowledge--all in your own private workshop! Learn how to master color mixing, assemble the perfect palette for your artistic goals, select just the right color scheme, and communicate color in a way that elevates your designs way beyond the ordinary.

Treasured Landscapes

The National Park Service Museum Management Program collaborated with over 50 national parks to launch the virtual exhibit TREASURED LANDSCAPES: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America's Stories together with a companion book in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial, 1916-2016. This exhibit showcases paintings, watercolors, sketches, and other works on paper from over 50 National Park Service museum collections. These works of art are seen together here for the first time to illustrate and tell the story of the Service's first 100 years.

Drawing from the Inside Out

Drawing from the Inside Out is a 216 page, three-course, college textbook in one affordable volume. This unique textbook offers 140 projects with techniques and strategies in drawing, spanning The Renaissance through Contemporary Art, training young artists into the art of our time.

The Writer's Brush

Donald Friedman's internationally acclaimed book, The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers, brought together in one collection the visual art of more than 200 of the world's great writers. To celebrate its publication, he organized a modest exhibition of writer-art which, after enlisting rare bookseller and art dealer John Wronoski for help, was enlarged to include dozens of poets and writers somehow omitted from the book, and became a museum-scale show. The catalogue documents that historic exhibition.

"I just want to wander the shelves looking for a book..."

Sometimes, it's nice to just wander the shelves looking for just the right book, flipping through to gauge the contents. The book collection is organized according to Library of Congress Call Numbers. Where to start?

  • Call numbers that start with the letter N are for fine arts numbers.
    • Sculpture: NB numbers
    • Drawing: NC numbers
    • Painting: ND numbers
    • Ceramics: NK3700-4695 & TP785-869
  • Of course, you may want to browse some other sections for inspiration or design ideas. The full Library of Congress Classification Outline can be found here.

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