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Art History Reference and Reading

Here you'll find a glossary, information on how to write about art and analyze visual images, online courses in art history, library collections and resources about censorship in the arts. This is also the spot where not-easily-classified subjects, about and related to art history, are stored.
New Year's Resolution for Art History Students, Teachers and Enthusiasts
Everyone who studies art history should make art.
Writing in Art History
A handout (in web form) all about writing an art history paper. From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. See also the included link: Citation and Documentation in the Humanities: MLA Format.
Analysis of Visual Images
Large site full of material relevant to the subject of Art Theory. The language used and references cited are aimed at the level of undergraduate students training as artists, art professionals and art teachers. From the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Theory and Method in the Study of Architecture and Art
Geared to graduate students and part of the Open Courseware program from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). First offered in 2002, the syllabus, readings and assignments remain online as a worthy challenge to all interested, independent learners.
Freedom of Expression at NEA
An education project funded, in part, by the American Bar Association (ABA). Legally expert eyes scrutinize and give overviews and synopses of happenings within the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), including US Supreme Court decisions. An extensive bibliography is included.
Know Your Enemies
A hyperlinked list of individuals and groups (none of whom are thrilled to be here, most likely) known to have "attacked" free expression in the arts.

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