Terri,
Synthesis is wonderful, but...
I would suggest:
Title: Art in theory, 1648-1815 : an anthology of changing ideas / edited
by Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, and Jason Gaiger.
Imprint: Oxford, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 2000.
Physical Description: xxii, 1220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [1180]-1193) and index.
Title: Art in theory, 1815-1900 : an anthology of changing ideas / edited
by Charles Harrison and Paul Wood with Jason Gaiger.
Imprint: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1998.
Physical Description: xx, 1097 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title: Art in theory, 1900-2000 : an anthology of changing ideas / edited
by Charles Harrison and Paul Wood.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Imprint: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
Physical Description: xxvii, 1258 p. ; 26 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [1188]-1211) and index.
For the last two, any of the Phaidon Art & Ideas or Oxford History of Art
series.
And, it goes without saying (but I'll say it), a subscription to Oxford's
Grove Art Online. If you can not suggest/purchase online titles, then the
print version would be an excellent addition.
Cheers,
Peter Blank
At 12:19 PM 1/25/2008, Jeff Weidman wrote:
>Dear Terri and ARLIs list,
>
>I'd avoid Gardner and the so-called 7th edition of Janson. If you want my
>reasons against the "Janson," see my review essay, "Many Are Culled But
>Few Are Chosen: Janson's History of Art, Its Reception, Emulators, Legacy,
>and Current Demise," Journal of Scholarly Publishing, Volume 38, Number 2,
>January 2007, pp. 85-107.
>
>Because of the audience, I'd recommend 1)Gombrich's Story of Art. Also,
>2) Julian Bell's Mirror of the World: A New History of Art (Thames &
>Hudson, 2007) is a superb World history of art, and has received excellent
>reviews, most recently in TLS, I believe.
>
>Then, 3) Benedetti, Joan M. (Editor), et al. Art Museum Libraries and
>Librarianship (Scarecrow and ARLIS/NA, 2007).
>Then, 4) Marmor, Max, Alex Ross, et al. Guide to the Literature of Art
>History 2 (Chicago: American Library Association, 2005).
>
>As for the fifth title, I'm suggesting a just-published survey that I have
>not read or used extensively yet, but which I know has been eagerly
>anticipated and which is already being used as a textbook. I am offering
>it as a fifth possibility, as MSU is an American university:
>
>Miller, Angela L., Janet C. Berlo, Bryan J. Wolf, and Jennifer L. Roberts,
>with Contributions by Margaretta M. Lovell and David Lubin. American
> Encounters: Art, History, and Cultural Identity (Upper
> Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.
>
>Hope you find these suggestions useful,
>
>Jeffrey
>
>
>Jeffrey Weidman, Ph.D.
>Senior Librarian, Public Services & Collection Development
>Spencer Art Reference Library
>The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
>4525 Oak Street
>Kansas City, KS 64111
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>
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