01. My favourite References.
Introduction. . . I began teaching art courses at my own Art School in the early 90's and since we needed a History of Art Curriculum, I began compiling a course outline. Naturally I needed some good reference books so I started at the beginning collecting all the references I had used during my student years. Books are often compared to old friends, we have a relationship with them. This is especially so in Art History and I too feel a certain affection for books I have long owned and frequently refer to. The following list was my standard collection of Required reading we all used for Art School useful as a kind of template to pin a chronological timeline of the most important names and periods. 1. The Story of Art - Ernst Gombrich - ISBN-10: 0714832472 ISBN-13: 978-0714832470 2. Art Through the Ages - Helen Gardner- ISBN-10: 015100241X ISBN-13: 978-0151002412 The Story of Art by Ernst Gombrich and Helen Gardner...