Biography Resources
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (A Gale directory) This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive index to 10 million+ biographical sketches in over 1000 current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. Covers both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
Contains the complete text of the thirty-three printed volumes as well as all its supplements. Over 55,000 lives are detailed, and over 10,000 portraits are included. Special themes may also be traced through the DNB, such as lists of office holders or members of particular groups. Feature essays appear throughout.
Recent Books
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Self-Representation in an Expanded Field From Self-Portraiture to Selfie, Contemporary Art in the Social Media Age
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ISBN: 3038975648Publication Date: 2020 -
Portraiture
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This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and how have they been interpreted? Issues of identity,modernity, and gender are considered within a cultural and historical context.Shearer West uncovers much intriguing detail about a genre that has often been seen as purely representational, featuring examples from African tribes to Renaissance princes, and from 'stars' such as David and Victoria Beckham to ordinary people. In the process, she shows us how to communicate with the past in an exciting new way.
Call Number: EbookISBN: 0192842587Publication Date: 2004-05-06 -
Portraiture and Photography in Africa
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Beautifully illustrated, Portrait Photography in Africa offers new interpretations of the cultural and historical roles of photography in Africa. Twelve leading scholars look at early photographs, important photographers' studios, the uses of portraiture in the 19th century, and the current passion for portraits in Africa. They review a variety of topics, including what defines a common culture of photography, the social and political implications of changing technologies for portraiture, and the lasting effects of culture on the idea of the person depicted in the photographic image.
Call Number: EbookISBN: 0253008727Publication Date: 2013-07-24 -
The Intimate Portrait
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This scholarly publication accompanies the first major exhibition held in Britain to focus on the more intimate types of Georgian and Regency portraiture.
Call Number: SJSU Library 7th Floor ND1314.4 .L56 2008ISBN: 9781906270148Publication Date: 2009-05-16 -
The Painted Face
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The meaning of a painted portrait and even its subject may be far more complex than expected, Tamar Garb reveals in this book. She charts for the first time the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early nineteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century, showing how these paintings illuminate evolving social attitudes and aesthetic concerns in France over the course of the century. The author builds the discussion around six canonic works by Ingres, Manet, Cassatt, Cézanne, Picasso, and Matisse, beginning with Ingres's idealized portrait of Mme de Sennones and ending with Matisse's elegiac last portrait of his wife. During the hundred years that separate these works, the female portrait went from being the ideal genre for the expression of painting's capacity to describe and embellish "nature," to the prime locus of its refusal to do so. Picasso's Cubism, and specifically Ma Jolie, provides the fulcrum of this shift.
Call Number: SJSU Library 7th Floor ND1329.3.W6 G37 2007ISBN: 0300111185Publication Date: 2007-09-26 -
Life Drawing for Artists
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Offers a fresh approach to figure drawing with a focus on drawing figures in movement or in dramatic poses.
ISBN: 9781631598012Publication Date: 2019-12-24
Journal Article Databases
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Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window This art research database covers a broad range of subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. It features full-text articles, indexing and abstracts for an array of journals, books and more. It also has a collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and other sources
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window Provides full text for hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This resource is for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly, and creative thought. This subscription is supported by an NEH Challenge Grant: "Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this database do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities."
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JSTOR Journals and Books This link opens in a new window The journals archive consists of older (at least 2-5 years) issues of core scholarly journals across a wide range of subjects including the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The eBook collections are DRM-free and allow for unlimited concurrent use and unlimited chapter downloads and printing.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new window Full-text scholarly articles in literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, social science, mathematics.