Genre search:General Nonfiction

The Primate Family Tree: The Amazing Diversity of Our Closest Relatives

by Ian Redmond
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
prosimians, Marmoset, tamarins, night monkey, titi, capuchin, squirrel monkey, sakis, uakaris, howler, spider monkey — 24 more, muriquis, woolly monkey, macaque, baboon, drill, mandrill, mangabey, patas monkey, swamp monkey, vervet, talapoin, guernon, colobus, langur, colobine, proboscis, apes, gibbons, siamang, brachiation, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzee, bonobo
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4476
Status
Available
Call number
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals

Gardner's Art Through the Ages: The Western Perspective Thirteenth Edition Volume II

by Fred S. Kleiner
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
1200s, 1300s, italy, 1400s, northern europe, france, holy roman empire, 1500s, florence, renaissance, mannerism — 20 more, 1600s, the netherlands, spain, dutch republic, rococo, the enlightenment, neoclassicism, napoleon, romanticism, realism, architecture, photography, impressionism, post impressionism, symbolism, sculpture, decorative arts, europe, america, painting
Collection
Your library
Barcode
273
Status
Available
Call number
ART HISTORY / Overview

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design

by Steven Heller
Ebook, 2012
Tags
color, ornamentation, logos, decorative, lettering, swashes, texts, images, puns, visual, format — 22 more, propaganda, poster, cutouts, paper, manifestos, magazines, geometry, typography, corporate, notes, handbooks, zines, collages, riddles, pictograms, motion graphics, panels, frame, parody, comics, pixelation, websites
Collection
Ebooks
Barcode
EBOOK
Status
Access Online
Call number
EBOOK

Middle-Earth from Script to Screen: Building the World of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit

by Daniel Falconer
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
environment, mountain range, character, props, creatures, set design, production
Collection
Your library
Barcode
3773
Status
Available
Call number
FILM / Direction & Production

100 Ideas That Changed Photography

by Mary Warner Marien
Ebook, 2012
Tags
camera, artificial light, halftone, SLR, abstraction, self-portrait, polaroid, kodachrome, digital photography
Collection
Ebooks
Barcode
EBOOK
Status
Access Online
Call number
EBOOK

Architectural Graphics, 6th Ed.

by Francis D. K. Ching
Ebook, 2015
Tags
open access, FIAD, perspective drawing, circles, elevation, buildings, furniture, vehicles, cubes, digital drawing, shadows — 18 more, shade, foreshortening, ellipse, geometric forms, linear perspective, floor plans, point of view, landscape, one-point perspective, scale, 3D, three-point perspective, topography, triangles, vanishing point, 2D, two-point perspective, OER
Collections
Open Access, Ebooks
Barcode
EBOOK
Status
Access Online
Call number
EBOOK

How to Draw and Paint Fantasy Architecture: From Ancient Citadels and Gothic Castles to Subterranean Palaces and Floating Fortresses

by Rob Alexander
Paperback, 2010
Tags
drawing, painting, environment art, Middle Eastern, Romanesque, Gothic, Mesoamerica, Viking, Asian, Modern, Futurist — 21 more, details, textures, composition, concept art, perspective, color, mood, drama, wood, stone, brick, thatching, plaster, marble, weathering, aging, mosaic, tiles, fire, smoke, damage
Collection
Your library
Barcode
2732
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Technique / Painting

Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Illustrator's Guide to Creating Action Figures and Fantastical Forms

by Glenn Fabry
Paperback, 2005
Tags
goblins, action poses
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4238
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Technique / Figure Drawing

Prebles' Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts, 8th Edition

by Patrick L. Frank
Paperback, 2005
Tags
drawing, painting, digital, graphic design, illustration, sculpture, architecture, environment, Bronze Age, Renaissance, Baroque — 23 more, Asia, Islamic, Africa, Oceania, postwar, modern art, global art, green architecture, industrial design, timeline, language, visual experience, culture, design principles, line, shape, mass, space, motion, light, color, texture, visual communication
Collection
Your library
Barcode
3943
Status
Available
Call number
ART HISTORY / Overview

Art in China (Oxford History of Art)

by Craig Clunas
Paperback, 2009
Tags
neolithic, Bronze Age, tombs, sculpture, Tang, Qing, Buddhist, temples, dynasty, monks, Ming — 3 more, calligraphy, Shanghai, Buddha
Collection
Your library
Barcode
3875
Status
Available
Call number
ART HISTORY / Asian / Chinese

Drawing People: How to Portray the Clothed Figure

by Barbara Bradley
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
clothing, folds, costume, motion, movement, proportion, perspective, value, stretch, compression, wraparounds — 7 more, rhythm, continuity, construction, figure, heads, hands, children
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4550
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Technique / Drawing

The Essential House Book: Getting Back to Basics

by Terence Conran
Paperback, 1994
Tags
interior design, kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, office
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4751
Status
Available
Call number
OV DESIGN / Interiors

Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership

by Mark Rashid
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
animal behavior, horse-training
Collection
Your library
Barcode
21
Status
Available
Call number
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology

Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man

by Martin Clayton
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
muscles, skeleton, anatomy, sculpture
Collection
Your library
Barcode
1824
Status
Checked out
Due 2024-05-17
Call number
ART / Individual Artist

The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated

by Ralph Mayer
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
pigments, oil painting, acrylics, tempera, painting, paint, grounds, watercolor, gouache, pastel, encaustic — 11 more, mural, murals, solvents, thinners, mediums, gums, casein, glues, waxes, chemistry, conservation
Collection
Your library
Barcode
140
Status
Available
Call number
DESIGN / Reference

The 20th Century Art Book

by Editors of Phaidon Press
Hardcover, 1996
Collection
Your library
Barcode
3776
Status
Available
Call number
ART HISTORY / Contemporary

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

by James Hall
Paperback, 2014
Tags
art history
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4151
Status
Available
Call number
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Mythology & Symbolism

Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork

by David Chelsea
Paperback, 1997
Tags
depth cues, picture plane, horizon, vanishing point, cubes, one point perspective, one-point perspective, two-point perspective, two point perspective, three-point perspective, three point perspective — 4 more, circles in perspective, human figure, figure in perspective, shortcuts to perspective
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4105
Status
Checked out
Due 2024-05-10
Call number
ART / Technique / Drawing

Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games, Fourth Edition

by Tracy Fullerton
Paperback, 2018
Tags
game designer, design process, structure, players, objectives, rules, system dynamics, conceptualization, prototype, playtesting, accessibility — 10 more, teams, project planning, visualization, flowcharts, game play, game publishing, game developer, production, workflow, game industry
Collection
Your library
Series
Gama Network Series
Barcode
3870
Status
Available
Call number
GAMES / Video & Electronic

Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life

by George B. Bridgman
Paperback, 2009
Tags
FIAD
Collection
Your library
Barcode
2811
Status
Checked out
Due 2023-02-10
Call number
ART / Technique / Figure Drawing

Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life

by George B. Bridgman
Ebook, 1952
Tags
Open Access, FIAD, VISCOM, figure drawing, life drawing, open education resource, OER
Collections
Open Access, Ebooks
Barcode
EBOOK
Status
Access Online
Call number
EBOOK

Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing From Life: Over 1,000 Illustrations

by George B. Bridgman
Paperback, 2008
Tags
FIAD
Collection
Your library
Barcode
2799
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Technique / Figure Drawing

Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life

by George B. Bridgman
Paperback, 2009
Tags
FIAD, draping, folds, baby hand, child.s head
Collection
Your library
Barcode
452
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Technique / Figure Drawing

The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression

by Bruce Barnbaum
Paperback, 2010
Collection
Your library
Barcode
1520
Status
Available
Call number
PHOTOGRAPHY / Techniques / General

Master Shots Vol 1, 2nd edition: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get An Expensive Look on your Low Budget Movie

by Christopher Kenworthy
Paperback, 2012
Tags
fight, chase, pendulum pan, dolly, drama, characters, tension, shock, angles, cars, dialogue — 2 more, arguments, eye contact
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4896
Status
Available
Call number
FILM / Direction & Production

The Ancient Maya

by S. Griswold Morley
Paperback, 1983
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4547
Status
Available
Call number
ART HISTORY / Overview

Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth: Inside the Creation of a Modern Fairy Tale

by Guillermo del Toro
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
concept art, storyboards, creatures, environment, thumbnails, sets, set design, makeup, sfx
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4153
Status
Available
Call number
FILM / Direction & Production

Encyclopedia of Animals

Hardcover
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4932
Status
Available
Call number
NATURE / Animals

Lovely: Ladies of Animation

by Lorelay Bove
Hardcover, 2014
Collection
Your library
Barcode
1919
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Animation

Obey: Supply & Demand : The Art of Shepard Fairey

by Shepard Fairey
Hardcover, 2006
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4496
Status
Available
Call number
DESIGN / Illustration

Comic Artist's Photo Reference: People & Poses

by Buddy Scalera
Paperback, 2006
Collection
Your library
Barcode
3420
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Technique / Figure Drawing

How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design (Playful Thinking)

by Katherine Isbister
Paperback, 2017
Tags
social play, multiplayer, emotional connection
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4499
Status
Available
Call number
GAMES / Video & Electronic

No Strings Attached: The Inside Story of Jim Henson's Creature Shop

by Matt Bacon
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
animatronic, CGI, prosthetics
Collection
Your library
Barcode
1914
Status
Gnomon Offsite Storage
Call number
FILM / Direction & Production

The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

by Gustavo Mercado
Paperback, 2022
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4918
Status
Available
Call number
FILM / Direction & Production

Great Architecture of the World

by John Julius Norwich
Hardcover, 1975
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4191
Status
Available
Call number
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments

The Art of Mass Effect: Andromeda

by Bioware
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
space, spaceship, armor, weapons, character art, concept, character concept, alien, aliens, alien concept, helmets — 17 more, human, LGBTQIA, asari, turian, salarian, remnants, krogan, sci-fi, science fiction, assault rifles, pistols, futuristic, shotguns, angara, kett, environment art, landscape
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4154
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Video Games

Fashioning the Body: An Intimate History of the Silhouette

by Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Adapter
Ebook, 2015
Tags
corset, Medieval, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth century, Charles de Blois, codpiece, iron corset, seventeenth, eighteenth, whalebone stay — 7 more, nineteenth, bustle, brassieres, girdles, waspies, cami-panty, ruff
Collection
Ebooks
Barcode
EBOOK
Status
Access Online
Call number
EBOOK

Images of the World

by Allen
Hardcover, 1981
Tags
famine, hunger, death, culture, ritual, community, underwater, sealife, mountains, colosseum, architecture facades — 28 more, Machu Pichu, religion, religious practices, space, rocket launch, hot air baloon, gymnast, nature, forest, landscape, wildlife, farmland, fire, labor, volcano, eruption, lion cub, chimpanzee, jaguar, giraffe, elephant, polar bears, snakes, eagle, owl, egret, insects, bugs
Collection
Your library
Barcode
5084
Status
Available
Call number
PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections / General

Spectrum 14: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

by Cathy Fenner Editor
Paperback, 2007
Collection
Your library
Series
Spectrum (14)
Barcode
4127
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Collections

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles

by Arthur V. Evans
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
insects, bugs, creatures
Collection
Your library
Barcode
48
Status
Available
Call number
NATURE / Insects

The Making of King Kong : The Official Guide to the Motion Picture

by Jenny Wake
Paperback, 2005
Tags
model construction, miniatures, digital, fur, skin, Weta, motion capture, mocap, animation, creatures design, set design — 5 more, previz, animatic, visual development, storyboarding, Gustave Dore
Collection
Your library
Barcode
2696
Status
Gnomon Offsite Storage
Call number
FILM / Direction & Production

The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

by C. T. Onions Editor
Hardcover, 1966
Tags
lexicography, word, origin, abbreviations, language, English
Collection
Your library
Barcode
136
Status
Gnomon Offsite Storage
Call number
LANGUAGE ARTS / Dictionaries

America's Wild Woodlands

by William Howarth
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
photography, landscape, woods, environment reference, forest, trees
Collection
Your library
Series
National Geographic Special Publications Series (20.1)
Barcode
4207
Status
Available
Call number
NATURE / General

The Art of Movement

by Ken Browar
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
photography, movement, action poses
Collection
LAPL
Barcode
LAPL 068
Status
Available

National Geographic Greatest Landscapes: Stunning Photographs That Inspire and Astonish

by National Geographic
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
summer, winter, spring, fall, forests, environment reference, lakes, underwater, nature
Collection
Your library
Barcode
4223
Status
Available
Call number
PHOTOGRAPHY / Landscapes

The Confident Creative: Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind

by Cat Bennett
Paperback, 2010
Collection
Your library
Barcode
1815
Status
Available
Call number
ART / Technique / Drawing

McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage, 2nd Edition

by Mark Lester
Paperback, 2012
Tags
grammar, phrases, sentence structure, clauses, verbs, pronouns, parallelism, digital communication, email, texting, social media
Collection
Your library
Barcode
3617
Status
Available
Call number
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing

Our Awesome Earth: Its Mysteries and Its Splendors (Special Publications Series 20: No. 4)

by Eckstrom Chris Lee
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
mountains, forests, grasslands, deserts, landscape, photography, ecosystems, lava, volcanoes, arctic, underwater — 2 more, ocean, volcanic eruption
Collection
Your library
Series
National Geographic Special Publications Series (20.4)
Barcode
4209
Status
Available
Call number
NATURE / General

Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation

by Francis Glebas
Paperback, 2008
Tags
basics, beginning, beginner, storytelling, narration, directing, director, critique, audience, character, metaphors — 39 more, show and tell, shot, scheherazade, history, storyboards, production, beat board, reels, pitching, pitch, script, scene, staging, emotion, silhouettes, attention, narrative, visual clarity, composition, design, light and shadows, lenses, framing, camera, mobility, sketchup, depth, continuity, causality, eyeline, editing, cuts, suspense, dramatic irony, structure, hero's journey, mentors, music, color
Collection
Your library
Barcode
1971
Status
Available
Call number
FILM / Direction & Production

Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation

by Francis Glebas
Paperback, 2008
Tags
basics, beginning, beginner, storytelling, narration, directing, director, critique, audience, character, metaphors — 39 more, show and tell, shot, scheherazade, history, storyboards, production, beat board, reels, pitching, pitch, script, scene, staging, emotion, silhouettes, attention, narrative, visual clarity, composition, design, light and shadows, lenses, framing, camera, mobility, sketchup, depth, continuity, causality, eyeline, editing, cuts, suspense, dramatic irony, structure, hero's journey, mentors, music, color
Collection
Your library
Barcode
163
Status
Checked out
Due 2024-05-10
Call number
FILM / Direction & Production
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