Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: HIST 4475: History of Design: Writing about Art &amp; Design

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Internet Resources on Writing about Art

Purdue Owl: Writing a Museum Catalog
Provides tips on approaching the task of writing catalog entries, and provides an example.of such an entry.
Museum-Ed: Writing for Adult Museum Visitors
Although this essay is concerned with the writing of museum labels for artworks, it contains useful advice on keeping the knowledge level of the reader in mind.
UNC Writing Center: Art History
"Discusses several common types of art history assignments, and talks about various strategies and resources that will help you write your art history papers."
British Museum Curator's Corner (Videos)
British Museum curators discuss their favorite museum items.

Museum Catalogues Online

For examples of writing for art exhibitions, and to gain ideas on how to approach such an assignment, please see the digital catalogues from the following museums:

Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Exhibition Catalogues
More than 500 exhibition catalogs that may be read online or downloaded in PDF format.
Guggenheim Museum Exhibition Catalogue Archive
More than 200 art books and exhibition catalogues available from the Internet Archive.
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Select an exhibition to gain free access to its catalogue.