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43 Fine Arts – General

Last update: Aug 21/25

Collections

OER by Subject: Art by various (various CC licences).

A list of art-related open educational resources collected by the Bethel University Library.

OER by Subject: Art and Art History by various (various CC licences).

A list of art-related open educational resources collected by the Washtenaw Community College Library.

Textbooks

Exploring the Arts – A Brief Introduction to Art, Theatre, Music, and Dance by Darius Spieth; Doris Hall; Kimberly Berkeley; and Laura Kamath (CC BY)

This textbook was created as part of the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment project, facilitated by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and funded by a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education.

 

Illustration, an Introductory Course by Amelia Stepnowski, Arnold Tatis-Algarin, Benjamin Alexander Taveras González, Donivan Bonilla, Dr. Jessica Boehman, Isaac Ramos, Johanna Guzman (CC-BY-NC-ND).

 

This book offers a general introduction to illustration for the college-level student, with guidance for faculty using this book. Students will learn the basics of putting together illustrations for various purposes as well as professional aspects of the field. It includes assignments in botanical, poster, middle grade narrative, comic and picture book illustration, as well as illustration for self promotion. Student contributors offer their reflections on assignments and examples of their work.  Chapters on illustration for picture books, comics, and graphic novels are forthcoming.

Interpreting Love Narratives in East Asian Literature and Film by John R. Wallace (CC BY-NC) .

This book explores the role of traditional East Asian worldviews, ethical values, and common practices in the shaping of East Asian narratives in literature and film. It offers a specific method for this analysis. The interpretive goal is to arrive at interpretations that more accurately engage cultural information so that narratives are understood more closely in terms of their native cultural rather than that of the reader/interpreter.

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning by Pamela Sachant,  Peggy Blood, Jeffery LeMieux,  Rita Tekippe (CC BY-SA).

This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses. It introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, and form; and its diverse effects on our lives.

Websites

This is a Canadian created resourceOpen Art Histories by various (various CC licences).

A platform for art, art history, visual art, communication, and museum studies teachers and instructors in Canada.

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