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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