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My library of visual resources keeps outgrowing my shelf space, so I've listed a number of them here but I've left out a lot. Two things I've learned in the search for "books full of pictures" is that Sotheby's puts out wonderful auction catalogs spanning many periods, cultures, and styles, and Dover makes nice reference books but, darn it, they're always black and white.

Ethnic & Traditional

  • Blue & White Japan - Amy Katoh, 1996 Charles E. Tuttle
  • Ukiyoe to Shin Hanga: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints - 1990 Brompton Books
  • Imitation and Inspiration: Japanese Influence on Dutch Art - 1991 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
  • Chinese Gods: The Unseen World of Spirits and Demons - Keith Stevens, 1997 Collins & Brown LTD
  • 5000 Years of Korean Art - 1979 Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
  • A Golden Treasury: Jewelry from the Indian Subcontinent - Susan Stronge, Nima Smith and J.C. Harle, 1988 Rizzoli International
  • Persian Painting - Stuart Cary Welch, 1976 George Braziller
  • Indian Miniature Painting - Anjan Chakraverty, 1996 Lustre Press
  • Traditional Indian Textiles - John Gillow, 1991 Thames & Hudson
  • A History of 100 Years of Greek Vase Painting - P.E. Arias and Max Hirmer, Harry N. Abrams
  • Greek Vase-Painting in Midwestern Collections - Warren G. Moon, 1979 Art Institute of Chicago
  • Greek and Roman Art - Ruskin and Batterberry, 1961 McGraw-Hill
  • The Art of the Etruscan - Leonard Von Matt, 1970 Thames & Hudson
  • Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience - Florence Dunn Friedman, ed., 1998 Thames & Hudson
  • The Art of Ancient Egypt - Gay Robins, 1997 Harvard University Press
  • The Body Decorated - Victoria Ebin, 1979 Thames & Hudson
  • Art and Craft in Africa - Laure Meyer, 1994 Bayard Presse S.A.
  • Mande Potters and Leatherworkers: Art and Heritage in West Africa - Barbara E. Frank, 1998 Smithsonian Institution Press
  • Speaking With Beads: Zulu Arts from Southern Africa - Jean Morris and Eleanor Preston-Whyte, 1994 Thames & Hudson
  • Traditional Textiles of Tunisia - Irmtaud Reswick, 1985 University of Washington Press
  • African Textiles - John Picton and John Mack, 1989 Harper & Row
  • Oriental Rugs and The Stories They Tell - Arthur Gregorian, Nimrod Press
  • The Song of The Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving - Frederick J. Dockstader, 1987 Hudson Hills Press
  • Spirit Faces: Contemporary Native American Masks from the Northwest - Gary Wyatt, 1994 Chronicle Books
  • Buckskin and Buffalo: The Artistry of the Plains Indians - Colin F. Taylor, 1998 Salamander Books
  • The American Indian Parfleche: A Tradition of Abstract Painting - Gaylord Torrence, 1994 University of Washington Press
  • Stained Glass - 1976 Mitchell Beazley
  • The Book of Kells - Peter Brown, 1980 Thames & Hudson
  • Methods

  • Rubber Stamps and How to Make Them - George Thompson, 1992 Canongate
  • The Art of Stencilling - Lyn Le Grice, 1986 Clarkson N. Potter
  • The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting - 1956 Princeton University Press
  • Making Magic Windows (Papel picado) - Carmen Lomas Garza, 1999 Children's Book Press
  • Decorating Eggs - Jane Pollack, 1996 Sterling
  • The Dyer's Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi - Jack Lenor Larsen, 1976 Van Nostrand Reinhold
  • Batik: The Art and Craft - Ila Keller, 1966 Charles E. Tuttle
  • Japanese Stencil Dying - Eisha Nakano with Barbara B. Stephan, 1982 Weatherhill
  • Animals

  • Snakes - Eric S. Grace, 1994 Sierra Club Wildlife Library
  • Beetles - Bernhard Klausnitzer, 1981 Exeter Books
  • Rabbits Everywhere - Alicia Ezpeleta, 1996 Harry N. Abrams
  • Artists

  • Bonnard at Le Cannet - Michel Terrasse, 1993 Thames & Hudson
  • Dufy - Raymond Cogniat, 1978 Crown Publishers
  • Tissot - Russell Ash, 1992 Harry N. Abrams
  • Modigliani - Douglas Hall, 1979 Phaidon Press
  • Manet By Himself - Juliet Wilson-Bareau, ed., 1991 Macdonald and Co.
  • Portrait of a Country Artist: C.F. Tunnicliffe RA - Ian Niall, 1985 Victor Gollancz LTD
  • Cowgirl Rising: The Art of Donna Howell-Sickles - Peg Streep, 1997 Greenwich Workshop Press
  • To Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss - Jeffrey C. Stewart, 1989 Smithsonian Institution Press
  • The World of Donald Evans - Willy Eisenhart, 1994 Abbeville Press
  • Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers - Ronald Pickvance, 1986 Harry N. Abrams
  • Should you wish to acquire any of these books, I can recommend ABE Books as a good place to find them, whether you want a first edition or a serviceable but dog-eared copy. I have no connection to them except as a happy customer!

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