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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
Tel: 816-751-1215
FAX: 816-751-0498
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