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Art Now & Studio Art: Drawing/Graphic Design

Reference Collection

The Drawing entry in Oxford Art Online covers the different functions of drawings, materials, and techniques. Also includes a historical overview from ancient times to 20th century.

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In the library search engine, try searching with keywords such as:

  • draw* - finds draw, drawing, drawings, etc
  • draw* AND technique - add more keywords to narrow down results
  • "21st century" - finds only instances with those keywords together
  • charcoal OR graphite - use OR between keywords to find more results

Narrow down your search results using the filters on the left side of the page. Narrowing to include or exclude subject terms may be particularly helpful.

 

Browse the NC section of our collection for examples of books on drawing. 


NC 1-1940            Drawing. Design. Illustration
NC 1-45                General, Including collective biography
NC 50-266            History of drawing
NC 390-670          Study and teaching
NC 673-677          Competitions
NC 703-725          General works
NC 730-758          Technique
NC 760-825          Special subjects
NC 845-915          Graphic art materials
NC 930                 Conservation and restoration of drawings
NC 950-(996)        Illustration
NC 997-1003        Commercial art. Advertising art
NC 1280-1284      Printed ephemera. Imagerie populaire
NC 1300-1766      Pictorial humor, caricature, etc.
NC 1800-1850      Posters
NC 1860-1896      Greeting cards, postcards, invitations, book jackets, etc.
NC 1920-1940      Copying, enlarging, and reduction of drawings

Journal Articles

The UM library search can help you to find journal articles as well. If you're not finding what you're looking for, try the suggestions in the <Articles> tab above, or try searching within one of these journals:

All of these journals are found in the Reading Room of the Arch/FA Library, unless otherwise indicated.