Frye Art History Lecture Series Bibliography
February 2007: The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait
The art of arts : rediscovering painting / Anita Albus. Knopf, 2000.
The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces/ Dirk de Vos. Princeton, 2003
The mirror of the artist : northern Renaissance art in its historical context / Craig Harbison. Abrams, 1995
March 2007: Andrew Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth : memory & magic / Anne Classen Knutson. Rizzoli, 2005.
Andrew Wyeth : a secret life / Richard Meryman. HarperCollins, 1996.
Andrew Wyeth, autobiography / Wyeth, Andrew. Little, Brown, 1995.
April 2007: The Calling of Caravaggio
The lost painting / Jonathan Harr. Random House, 2005.
Caravaggio : painter of miracles / Francine Prose. HarperCollins, 2005.
M : the man who became Caravaggio / Peter Robb. Henry Holt, 2000
Caravaggio / Catherine Puglisi. Phaidon, 1998.
May 2007: Pioneering Women Photographers
Against the Odds: Women Pioneers in the First Hundred Years of American Photography /
Martin Sandler. Rizzoli, 2002.
American Photography / Miles Orvell. Oxford Univ. Press, 2003
The American Tintype / Floyd Rinhart, Marion Rinhart, & Robert W. Wagner. Ohio State University Press, 1999
June 2007: Rembrandt & Saskia
Rembrandt’s Women / Julia Lloyd Williams. Prestel, 2001.
Rembrandt / Gary Schwartz. H.N. Abrams, 1992
Rembrandt’s Eyes / Simon Schama. Knopf, 1999
July 2007: Stolen Art
The Irish Game: A True Story of Crime and Art / Matthew Hart. Walker & Co., 2004
The Rescue Artist / Edward Dolnick. HarperCollins, 2005.
Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theft / Simon Houpt. Sterling, 2006
August 2007: Women in Renaissance Venice
The Art of Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting 1460-1590 / Norbert
Huse & Wolfgang Wolters. Chicago University Press, 1990
Painting in Renaissance Venice / Peter Humfrey. Yale University Press, 1995
Tintoretto: Tradition and Identity / Tom Nichols. Reaktion Books, 2004
Veronese / Clare Robertson. Scala Books, 1992
September 2007: Rodin & Claudel
Camille Claudel: A Life / Odile Ayral-Clause. Abrams, 2002
“Myths of Creation: Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel.” In Significant Others: Creativity
and Intimate Partnership, ed. Whitney Chadwick & Isabelle DeCourtivron. Thames and
Hudson, 1993
Rodin: The Shape of Genius / Ruth Butler. Yale, 1993
Camille Claudel / videorecording of 1989 film starring Isabelle Adjani & Gerard Depardieu
October 2007: Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch / Larry Silver. Abbeville Press, 2006
Hieronymus Bosch / Walter Gibson. Thames & Hudson, 1985
Hieronymus Bosch, Garden of Earthly Delights / Hans Belting. Prestel Publications, 2002
November 2007: Pre-Impressionism: The Barbizon School
Impressions of light : the French landscape from Corot to Monet / George T.M. Shackelford
and Fronia E. Wissman. Boston: MFA Publications, 2002
The Barbizon School & the origins of Impressionism / Steven Adams. Phaidon, 1994
December 2007: Documenting the Dust Bowl: Female Photographers of the FSA
FSA: The American Vision / Gilles Mora and Beverly Brannan. Abrams, 2006
The worst hard time : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl /
Timothy Egan. Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006
Dorothea Lange : the heart and mind of a photographer / Pierre Borhan. Little, Brown, 2002
Looking for the Light: The Hidden Life and Art of Marion Post Wolcott / Paul Hendrickson.
Knopf, 1992
January 2008: Carnevale a Venezia: Eighteenth-Century Painting in Venice
Canaletto / Christopher Baker. Phaidon, 1994
The glory of Venice : art in the eighteenth century / Jane Martineau and Andrew Robinson,
co-editors. Yale University Press, c1994
The Punchinello Drawings / Domenico Tiepolo ; introduction and legends by Adelheid Gealt ;
preface by James Byam Shaw. G. Braziller, c1986.
A Venetian Affair / Andrea di Robilant. Alfred A. Knopf, 2003
February 2008: Early Modern Marriage: Double Portraits in 17th Century Holland and Flanders
The embarrassment of riches: an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age / Simon
Schama. Vintage Books, 1997
Rembrandt’s Eyes / Simon Schama. Knopf, 1999
Masters of Art: Rubens / Charles Scribner. Abrams, 1989
March 2008: The Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II
Ancient Iraq / Georges Roux. Penguin Books, 1992
Assyrian sculpture / Julian Reade. Harvard University Press, 1983
Nimrud: an Assyrian imperial city revealed / Oates, Joan & David. British School of
Archaeology in Iraq, 2001.
April 2008: Gianlorenzo Bernini, Sculptor of Ecstasy
The Genius in the Design: Bernini, Borromini and the Rivalry That Transformed Rome / Jake
Morrissey. HarperCollins, 2005
Bernini / Howard Hibbard. Penguin, 1965
Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque / Rudolf Wittkower. 4th ed. Phaidon, 1997
May 2008: Civilized Pleasures: Wine and Art
Archaic and classical Greek art / Robin Osborne. Cambridge University Press, 1998
Phillips, Roderick. A short history of wine. Ecco, 2001.
Pellechia, Thomas. Wine : the 8,000-year-old story of the wine trade. Thunder's Mouth
Press, 2006.
McGovern, Patrick E. Ancient wine : the search for the origins of viniculture. Princeton
University Press, 2007 [1st ed 2003].
June 2008: Dada 1916-1920: The Daddy of Contemporary Art
Gale, Matthew. Dada & surrealism. Phaidon, 1997.
Kuenzli, Rudolf E. Dada. Phaidon, 2006.
Dachy, Marc. The Dada movement, 1915-1923. Rizzoli, 1990.
July 2008: Dürer’s Woodcuts
Kurth, Willi., ed. The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer. Dover, 1963.
Bartrum, Giulia. Albrecht Dürer and His Legacy: The Graphic Work of a Renaissance Artist. Princeton, 2003.
Wolf, Norbert. Albrecht Dürer. Taschen, 2006.
August 2008: Albert Bierstadt and the Painting of the American West
Anderson, Nancy K. Albert Bierstadt : Art & Enterprise. Hudson Hills Press, 1990.
Baigell, Matthew. Albert Bierstadt. Watson-Guptill, 1988.
Scott, Amy (ed.). Yosemite: Art of an American Icon. University of California, 2006.
September 2008: The Pilgrim’s Path: Romanesque Art on the Road to Santiago
Christofides, Constantine George, 1928. Notes toward a History of Medieval and
Renaissance Art: With a Translation of The Pilgrim's Guide to Saint-James of
Compostela. University of Washington Press, 1978.
Petzold, Andreas. Romanesque Art. Prentice Hall, 2003.
Toman, Rolf. Romanesque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting. Könemann, 1997.
October 2008: Mutilated Masterpieces
Freedberg, David. The Power of Images. University of Chicago, 1989. Chapter 14: “Idolatry
and Iconoclasm.”
Gamboni, Dario. The Destruction of Art: Iconoclasm and Vandalism since the French
Revolution. Yale University Press, 1997.
Goss, Steven. A Guide to Art Vandalism Tools: Their History and Their Use. Printed Matter,
1999
November 2008: Art in Egypt’s New Kingdom
Aldred, Cyril. Akhenaten, King of Egypt. Thames and Hudson, 1988.
Freed, Rita, ed. Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen. Bulfinch, 1999
Hornung, Erik. Akhenaten and the religion of light. Cornell University Press, 1999.
December 2008: Renaissance Venice and the Orient
Carboni, Stefano, ed. Venice and the Islamic world, 828-1797. Yale, 2007.
Howard, Deborah. Venice & the East : the impact of the Islamic world on Venetian architecture 1100-1500. Yale University Press, 2000.
Brown, Patricia Fortini. Venetian Narrative Painting in the Age of Carpaccio. Yale University Press, 1988.
January 2009: Dreaming the Seraglio: The Harem Theme in 19th C French Painting
Davies, Kristian. The Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, the Sahara, Persia & India. Laynfaroh, 2006.
Lemaire, Gerard-Georges. The Orient in Western Art. Perly International, 2008.
Peltre, Christine. Orientalism in Art. New York: Abbeville Press, 1998
February 2009: Artists’ Children
Mavor, Anne. Strong Hearts, Inspired Minds: 21 Artists Who Are Mothers Tell Their Stories. Rowanberry Books, 1996
Renoir, Jean. Renoir, My Father. New York Review of Books Classics, 2001 (1962).
Spies, Werner. Picasso’s World of Children. Prestel, 1996
March 2009: Vienna Secession
Neret, Gilles. Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918. Taschen, 1999.
Powell, Nicolas. The Sacred Spring: The Arts in Vienna, 1898-1918. New York Graphic Society, 1974
Vergo, Peter. Art in Vienna 1898-1918: Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their Contemporaries. Phaidon, 1993.
Waissenberger, Robert. Vienna Secession. Rizzoli, 1997.
April 2009: Ultramarine
Albus, Anita. The Art of Arts: Rediscovering Painting; translated by Michael Robertson.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
Pastoureau, Michel, 1947. Blue: The History of a Color. Princeton University Press, 2001.
Finlay, Victoria. Color: A Natural History of the Palette. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004.
May 2009: Bayeux Tapestry
Bridgeford, Andrew. 1066: The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry. Walker & Company, 2005.
Wilson, David M. The Bayeux Tapestry: The Complete Tapestry in Color. Thames & Hudson, 2004.
Bloch, R. Howard. A Needle in the Right Hand of God : the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making and meaning of the Bayeux tapestry. Random House, 2006.
June 2009: Dutch Still Life
Alpers, Svetlana. The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the 17th Century. University of Chicago, 1984
Bryson, Norman. Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still-life Painting. Reaktion Books, 2001.
Schama, Simon. The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age. Knopf, 1997
July 2009: Madness and Romanticism
Brown, David Blayney. Romanticism. London: Phaidon, 2001.
Jamison, Kay Redfield. Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic
Temperament. Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Miles, Jonathan. The Wreck of the Medusa. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.
Porter, Roy. Madness: A Brief History. Oxford University Press, 2002.
August 2009: Raphael in the Papal Apartments
Beck, James. Raphael: The Stanza Della Segnatura. George Braziller, 1993.
Partridge, Loren. The Art of the Renaissance in Rome 1400-1600. Prentice Hall, 2005. Thoenes, Christof. Raphael: 1483-1520. Taschen, 2005.
September 2009: Max and Mysticism
Hibbard, Howard, Bernini. Penguin, 1984
Hildegard of Bingen. Selected Writings. Penguin Classics, 2001
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Symbolist Art. Thames & Hudson, 1985
October 2009: Jacob Lawrence
Hills, Patricia. Jacob Lawrence: Moving Forward, Paintings 1936-1999. DC Moore Gallery, 2008
Nesbett, Peter. Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence. University of Washington Press, 2001
Wheat, Ellen Harkins. Jacob Lawrence: American Painter. University of Washington Press 1990
November 2009: The Ashcan School
Henri, Robert. The Art Spirit. Basic Books, 2007
Perlman, Bennard. Painters of the Ashcan School: The Immortal Eight. Dover Publications, 1988
Tottis, James. Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925. Merrell, 2007
December 2009: Index of American Design
Bustard, Bruce. A New Deal for the Arts. National Archives and Records Administration in association with The University of Washington Press, 1997
Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Drawing on America's past : folk art, modernism, and the Index of American Design. National Gallery of Art. 2002
Contreras, Belisario. Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art. Bucknell University Press, 1983
January 2010: Veronese’s Fabulous, Scandalous Feasts
Cocke, Richard. Veronese. Chaucer Press, 2005.
Rosand, David. Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto.
Cambridge University Press, 1997
Brown, Patricia Fortini. Art and Life in Renaissance Venice. Prentice Hall, 2005.
February 2010: Byzantium West: Ravenna’s Mosaics
Hutton, Edward. Ravenna, A Study. BiblioBazaar, 2006 (1913).
Cormack, Robin. Byzantine Art. Oxford University Press, 2000.
Norwich, John Julius. Byzantium: The Early Centuries. Knopf, 1989.
March 2010: What Van Gogh Admired
Roskill, Mark, ed. (or any version, really) Letters of Vincent Van Gogh. Touchstone, 2008.
Kendall, Richard. Van Gogh’s Van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam. Abrams, 1998.
Metzger, Rainer & Ingo Walther. Van Gogh. Taschen, 2008.
http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh