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RENAISSANCE ARTISTS COACH SMITH. PRINT SOURCES. Your library staff has pulled books for you! They are on the cart in the front of the room. If you can’t find what you need, ask us or go into Destiny …. POP QUIZ : What is the Dewey Decimal Classification number for art books?.
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PRINT SOURCES Your library staff has pulled books for you! They are on the cart in the front of the room. If you can’t find what you need, ask us or go into Destiny… POP QUIZ: What is the Dewey Decimal Classification number for art books?
THE EASY WAY TO BOOKS &WEBSITES Try the Webpath Express for a list of websites and books. It’s easier to do it all at once! Type in your artist’s name or time period. If nothing appropriate comes up, try typing in alternate search terms such as “artists,” “Renaissance,” or “art history.”
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Other Terrific Websites http://www.artinthepicture.com/-- This site includes a synopsis of many artists’ lives, works, and painting styles. Search by last name of artist. http://www.wga.hu/-- The Web Gallery of Art contains over 17,000 images of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque artists’ works and information about each painting http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Art_History/Periods_and_Movements/Renaissance/Artists/-- Search by artists’ name for a collection of websites about that artist. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ -- Click on Renaissance and find your artist or search by name. This site gives you images and the names of galleries where certain works are located today. http://wahooart.com/ -- Pretend you are at an art museum looking at paintings by your artist! http://www.italiamia.com/art.html -- Click on the name of your artist for loads of information!
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