Recommended Reading List
Week 1: Henry Ossawa Tanner and African American Art
- Marley, Ann O. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit. University of California Press. 2012
- Childs, Adrienne L. Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition. Rizzoli Electa, 2020
- Patton, Sharon F. African-American Art (Oxford History of Art) 1st Edition. Oxford University Press. 1998
Week 2: Gustave Dore and 19th Century Popular Art
- Kaenel, Philippe. Gustave Dore (1832-1883): Master of Imagination (Musée d’Orsay). Flammarion. 2014
- Roosevelt, Blanche. Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Dore. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York. 1885.
- Jerrold, Blanchard. Life of Gustave Dore: Illustrated Enlarged Special Edition. CGR Publishing. 2021
Week 3: Manet, Monet and the Dawn of Impressionism
- Herbert, Robert. Impressionism: Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society. Yale University Press. 1991
- Rosenblum, Robert. 19th Century Art. Prentice Hall. 1984
- King, Ross. The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism. Bloomsbury USA. 2007
Week 4: Rubens and the Age of Baroque
- Wedgwood, C.V. The World of Rubens, 1577-1640 (Time-Life library of art). Time Life Books. 1972
- Hodge, Susie. Rubens: His Life and Works: An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist, His Life and Context, with a Gallery of 300 Paintings and Drawings. Lorenz Books. 2017
- Barringer, Tim. Rubens and His Legacy. Royal Academy Books. 2014.
Week 5: David and Neo-Classicism
- Bordes, Philippe. Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile. Yale University Press. 2005.
- Brookner, Anita. Jacques-Louis David. Thanes & Hudson. 1987
- Noon, Patrick. Crossing the Channel: British and French Painting in the Age of Romanticism. Tate. 2003
Week 6: Overbeck and German Nazarene Art
- Grewe, Cordula. The Nazarenes: Romantic Avant-Garde and the Art of the Concept. Penn State University Press. 2015
- Frank, Mitchell Benjamin. German Romantic Painting Redefined: Nazarene Tradition and the Narratives of Romanticism. Routledge. 2001
- Vaughan, William. German Romantic Painting. Yale University Press; 2nd edition. 1994
Week 7: Sofonisba Anguissola, Vigee Le Brun and Portraiture
- Cole, Michael W. Sofonisba’s Lesson: A Renaissance Artist and Her Work. Princeton University Press. 2020
- Sheriff, Mary D. The Exceptional Woman: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art. University of Chicago Press. 1997
- Oberer, Dr. Angela. The Life and Work of Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757): The Queen of Pastel (Visual and Material Culture, 1300-1700, 24) Amsterdam University Press. 2020
Week 8: Salvator Rosa and the Esoteric in Art
- Langdon, Helen. Salvator Rosa. Dulwich Picture Gallery & Kimbell Art Museum in assoc. with Paul Holberton Publishing. 2010
- Scott, I. Jonathan. Salvator Rosa: His Life and Times. Yale University Press. 1996
- Morden, Barbara C. John Martin: Apocalypse Now! McNidder & Grace; First Edition. 2014
