Rachel,

The following books might give you and the student another entry point to the subject:

Film architecture : from Metropolis to Blade Runner (ISBN: 9783791321639) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36817181
The invisible art : the legends of movie matte painting (ISBN: 9780811831369) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45243227
Designs on film : a century of Hollywood art direction (ISBN: 9780060881221) http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/548626463

Best of luck,
Joel


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From: Rachel Beckwith <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:26:32 -0500
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] help with research question

Dear collective wisdom,
I have a student working on an independent study project on the topic of artists who were set designers in the 20th-21st centuries.   While she has found tons of sources on individual artists who worked as set designers, she is looking for more compilations or comprehensive sources on the topic as a whole.    I have tried searching for "set design" and "artists" as subjects in various databases (DAAI, Art Abstracts, to name a couple), but am also getting hit or miss relevancy (lots of articles/ books on individual artists, but no comprehensive articles on the topic as a whole).    Any ideas from the great minds of ARLIS?      Many thanks,
Rachel

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Rachel Beckwith

Arts Librarian 

Hampshire College Library

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Amherst, MA  01002

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