Book List
Book List
The following list is not comprehensive to every book available in the art room. There are dozens of reference books, textbooks, art magazines, etc. that have been in the room for years. This list of books is meant to showcase my own personal collection that I am going to provide as reference and reading. I believe each of these books holds value for the arts and design field, and for education as a whole. I will also frequently use some of these books for examples and to showcase ideas in lessons. This list will be actively updated as I remove or add books.
Unrestricted Books
Students may check these books out from me. Any books that are not returned to me by the end of a semester will be the responsibility of the students to replace.
100 Selected Poems - e.e. Cummings
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos - Jordan Peterson
Anthology of Japanese Literature - Donald Keene
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards
Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Handbook - Wizards of the Coast
Einstein’s Dreams - Alan Lightman
Enlightenment Now - Stephen Pinker
Game Design - Jim Thompson
Great Tales of Horror - H.P. Lovecraft
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy - Orson Scott Card
Launching the Imagination - Mary Stewart
Memories, Dreams, Reflections - C.G. Jung
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Nature’s Palette - Patrick Baty
Paradise Lost - John Milton
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary - Paizo Publishing
Signature Classic - C.S. Lewis
The Animator’s Survival Kit - Richard Williams
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious - C.G. Jung
The Birth of Tragedy - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Complete Guide to Watercolor - DK
The Conference of the Birds - Peter Sis
The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz
The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell
The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide - Ted Zeff
The Legend of Zelda: Arts & Artifacts - Dark Horse Books
The Undiscovered Self - C.G. Jung
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words - Randall Munroe
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich Nietzsche
What if? - Randall Munroe
Writing Fiction - A Guide to Narrative Craft - Janet Burroway, Elizabeth Stuckey-French
Restricted Books
The following books will NOT be allowed to be checked out, and will require parental permission to be viewed by students. These books contain anatomical nudity, or depict historical/famous pieces of art which contain nudity.
Drawing: The Head & Figure - Jack Hamm
Figure Drawing: Design and Invention - Michael Hampton
MEGG’S History of Graphic Design - Meggs & Purvis
The Art of Drawing People - Walter Foster Publishing
The Visual Arts: A History - Honour & Fleming
The Complete Book of Drawing and Painting - Hugh Laidman