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Art & Design (FE): Finding Books

Library resources for FE Art & Design Courses: GCSE, A Level & UAL Diploma
Books in the Library
 
Here you can some of the books the Library has to support you if you are studying an Art and Design course. These can be found in the Hockney Library on the ground floor of the David Hockney building.
 
You can see some key books below in, click on the cover to see the book in the Library Catalogue. You can search for books in the Library Catalogue by using the search box at the top of the screen or by following this link, findbooks.bradfordcollege.ac.uk.
 
You can read an e-book by clicking on its cover. You may need to enter your College login and password in first. For more information about e-book click on the e-book tab.
 
These aren't all the books in the Library,  if you are interested in something else you can use the catalogue  to search  for what your are interested in. The books are arranged in the Library using Dewey Decimal Classification. This is a number sequence from 000-999, with each subject having it own number, so all the book on the same subject should be near each other.  See below to see the important numbers for Art and Design.
Art History
Brilliant history of Art in Color

Brilliant history of Art in Color

Shelfmark:

 

708.8509 FIN

Oxford History of Western Art

Oxford Dictionary of Western Art

Shelfmark:

 

709 OXF

Art History for Dummies

Art History for Dummies

Shelfmark:

 

709 WIL

TATE guide to Modern Art

TATE guide to Modern Art

Shelfmark:

 

709.04003 WIL

Who's afraid of contemporary art?

Who's afraid of contemporary art?

Shelfmark:

 

709.05/AN

The story of Scottish art

Shelfmark:

 

709.411 GOU

Fashion
Art in felt and stitch

Art in felt and stitch

Shelfmark:

 

746.0563 MAC

Fashion Design drawing course

Fashion Design drawing course

Shelfmark:

 

746.672 ARM

Textiles and fashion

Textiles and fashion

Shelfmark:

 

746.92 UDA

Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood

Shelfmark:

 

746.92092 WES

Fine Arts
Drawing masterclass

Drawing masterclass

Shelfmark:

 

741.2 NOB

Drawing perspective

Drawing perspective

Shelfmark:

 

742 FIS

Compendium of acrylic painting techniques

Compendium of acrylic painting techniques

Shelfmark:

 

751.426 BAR

Painting now

Painting now

Shelfmark:

 

759.07 HUD

David Hockney

David Hockney

Shelfmark:

 

759.092 HOC

Screen printing

Screen printing

Shelfmark:

 

764.8 SCR

Graphic Design
Drawing for dummies

Drawing for dummies

Shelfmark:

 

741.2/COM

Make comics like a pro

Make comics like a pro

Shelfmark:

 

741.5 PAK

Cool Illustration

Cool Illustration

Shelfmark:

 

741.6 AME

Graphic icons

Graphic icons

Shelfmark:

 

741.6 CLI

Sculpture and Ceramics
Barbara Hepworth

Barbara Hepworth

Shelfmark:

 

730.92 HEP

Miro - Sculpture

Miro - Sculpture

Shelfmark:

 

730.92 MIR

Modelling and sculpting the figure

Modelling and sculpting the figure

Shelfmark:

 

731.82 RUS

Sculpture today

Sculpture today

Shelfmark:

 

735 COL

Throwing

Throwing

Shelfmark:

 

738.1 PHE

Graphic  clay

Graphic clay

Shelfmark:

 

738.143 BUR

Shelfmarks
These are the main shelf marks for books on Art and Design. If you are unsure where to find a specific title you can always ask at the Library Information Desk or search the Library Catalogue.
Shelf Mark Subject
111.85 / 701.17 Aesthetics
305.3 - 305.4 Gender
306 Culture
700 Art
701 Art Theory
701.85 Colour Theory
704 Special topics in Art
709 Art History
709.04 Art in 20th Century
709.05 Art in 21st Century
709.2 Artists
720 Architecture
730 Sculpture
738 Ceramics
741 Graphic Arts
741.6 Graphic Design
746 Textiles
750 Painting
759.092 Painters
760 Printmaking
770 Photography
791.43 Film Studies
801.85 Critical Theory
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