Art
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Art21 is a tv series that showcases various contemporary artists; painters, drawers, sculptures, etc. Each episode covers three different artist, videos of their work and interviews. We also have companion books available for this series.
American Illustration is a collection of books that catalog various illustrators in America. We have several volumes dating back from 1982 to present.
The Arts & Myths DVDs introduce us to the 'first arts' and to major artistic pieces from Africa, Oceania, South America, and Asia. The films offers insight into the creation of the pieces, their uses, their history, and more.
Art Wiki Pages
Looking for more information on a certain art related topic? Check out some of our grplpedia pages. Each page includes links to prominent artists in the field, guides of technique and mediums, local artists in their fields, and links to great websites.
| Digital Art |
More grplpedia art pages coming soon...
Catalog
Just want to browse our collection? Here are some key searches in our catalog.
| Art Careers | Color | Drawing | Illustration | Painting |
Art History
| Chinese Art | Feminism and Art | Indian Art | Modern Art |
Fiction for the Artist
Looking for a good fiction book where an artist or art plays a feature role? Check out some of these titles.
Magazines and Journals at the Library
- Arts Magazines at the Main Library
- The library owns literally thousands of magazines and newspapers in print, microfiche, microfilm, and electronic formats. These magazines are located in the Reading Room, our Youth Services Department, the Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Department, and our Retrieval Desk at the Main library, as well as at each of our branches.
- Search our catalog for specific titles.
- Search our databases for full-text articles and citations from thousands more magazines and newspapers. Check MeL (the Michigan eLibrary) to find out if a magazine's full-text articles are included in a database.
Databases
These subscription databases are openly accessible to all patrons from any of our library locations. Home access is limited to Grand Rapids Public Library cardholders only.
SIRS Renaissance Provides full-text aricles on the following topics: architecture and design, culture, literature, multimedia, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion, and visual arts. Many articles are accompanied by full-color images, including art reproductions, photographs, and illustrations.
To view other GRPL databases, click here.
Local Interest
Local Art Competitions
Museums/Art Societies
Art Schools
Galleries
Art Supplies
Click Here for framing.
Web Resources
Artbabble - Intended to showcase video art content in high quality format from a variety of sources and perspectives
Artcyclopedia - This site helps you search for resources on artists, artworks, museums, etc. on the web.
ArtLex Art Dictionary - A great site for looking up terms like contrapposto.
AskART - Extensive information about 30,000 American artists, including biographical information, museum holdings, an image gallery. You may also use this site to buy and sell art.
Art Appraisals:
- ArtNet - In this site, click into Online auctions, then search by artist.
- Art Brokerage - At the search window type in the artist's name.
Bridgeman Art Library - A large image database representing thousands of collections from museums around the world.
Core77 - Design magazine and resource.
SmartHistory - a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook.
Timeline of Art History - Richly illustrated chronology of world art from ancient times to the present, compiled by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Of interest to students, teachers and scholars.
The Web Gallery of Art - A virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism periods (1000-1850)
