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
April 2010: The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp
Canby, Sheila. The Golden Age of Persian Art: 1501-1722. Abrams, 2000.
Ferdowsi, Abolqasem. The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings. Trans. D. Davis. Penguin Classics, 2007.
Welch, Stuart Cary. Persian Painting: Five Royal Safavid Manuscripts of the Sixteenth Century. G. Braziller, 1976.
May 2010: Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel
Bellinati, Claudio. Giotto: The Scrovegni Chapel. Grafiche Vianello, 2006
Cole, Bruce. Giotto: The Scrovegni Chapel, Padua. G. Braziller, 1993
Stubblebine, James, ed. Giotto: The Arena Chapel Frescoes. Norton, 1996.
June 2010: Hellenistic Pergamon
Green, Peter. The Hellenistic Age: A Short History. Modern Library, 2008.
Pollitt, Jerome. Art in the Hellenistic Age. Cambridge, 1986.
Smith, R. R. R. Hellenistic Sculpture: A Handbook. Thames and Hudson, 1991.
September 2010: Spanish Still-Life
Brown, Jonathan. The Golden Age of Painting in Spain. Yale, 1991.
Hirschauer, Gretchen. Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still-life. Yale, 2009.
Jordan, William. Spanish Still-life in the Golden Age, 1600-1650. Kimbell Art Museum, 1985
Musical selections from: Tomas Luis de Victoria, Devotions to Our Lady. The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers. Coro, 2005 and IBERIA! Spanish and Portuguese Music of the Golden Age. The Waverly Consort. Collegium, 2003
October 2010: German Symbolism
Buhrs, Michael, ed. The Munich Secession 1892-1914. Edition Minerva, 2008.
Treitel, Corinna. A Science for the Soul: Occultism and the Genesis of the German Modern. Johns Hopkins, 2004.
Varnedoe, J. K. T, ed, Graphic Works of Max Klinger. Dover, 1979.
Musical selections: Brahms, Song of Destiny (Schicksalslied), Opus 54, Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Telarc, 1989) and selections from Bernarda Fink, Brahms Lieder (Harmonia Mundi 2007), and Angelika Kirchschlager, When Night Falls (Sony Classical, 2009)
November 2010: Keller and Picasso
Keller catalog
Caws, Mary Ann. Pablo Picasso. Reaktion Books, 2005.
Daix, Pierre. Picasso: Life and Art. Icon, 1993.
Musical selection: Arnold Schoenberg, Erwartung (Expectation), 1909, from Schoenberg: Orchestral Works, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano; Simon Rattle, conductor. EMI Classics
December 2010: Crows and Ravens
Marzluff, John and Angell, Tony. In the Company of Crows and Ravens. Yale, 2007.
Joseph, Robert, ed. Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the Pacific Northwest Coast. National Geographic, 2005.
Wood, Ramsay. Kilila and Dimna: Fables of Friendship and Betrayal. Saqi Books, 2008.
January: 2011 Jan Steen
Chapman, Perry, ed. Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller. National Gallery, 1006
Kloek, Woeter. Jan Steen 1632-1679. Waanders Uitgevers, 2006.
Schama, Simon. An Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the
Golden Age. Vintage, 1997 (2nd ed)
Musical selection: Camerata Trajectina, The Musical World of Jan Steen, Painter and
Storyteller. Globe, 1996. (Available for download from Amazon or iTunes)
February 2011: Gothic Cathedral
Ball, Philip. Universe in Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral. Harper, 2008.
Scott, Robert. The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral.
University of California, 2006.
Wilson, Christopher. The Gothic Cathedral: The Architecture of the Great Church 1130-
1530. Thames & Hudson, 2005.
Musical selection: Ecole Notre Dame, Messe de Noel (mid 12th C) performed by Ensemble Organum/Marcel Peres. harmonia mundi, 2006 (1985).
March 2011: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Daly, Gay. Pre-Raphaelites in Love. Quality Paperback Club, 2002.
de la Sizeranne, Robert. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Parkstone Press, 2008.
Prettejohn, Elizabeth. The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites. Princeton, 2000.
April 2011: Olmec
Benson, Elizabeth and de la Fuente, Beatrice. Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico. Abrams, 1996.
Diehl, Richard. The Olmecs: America's First Civilization. Thames & Hudson, 2005.
Miller, Mary Ellen. The Art of Mesoamerica from Olmec to Aztec. Thames & Hudson, 2001.
May 2011: Pissarro
Levitov, Karen and Shiff, Richard. Camille Pissarro: Impressions of City and Country. Jewish Museum, 2007
Lloyd, Christopher. Pissarro. Phaidon, 1998.
Pissarro, Camille. Letters to His Son Lucien. Peregrine Smith, 1981.
June 2011: Mannerist Gardens
Godwin, Joscelyn. The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance. Weiser Books, 2005.
Shearman, John. Mannerism. Penguin, 1967.
Sheeler, Jessie. The Garden at Bomarzo: A Renaissance Riddle. Frances Lincoln, 2007.