Design 110                                                                                                Ron Tanzi

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

General:

 

Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. London; British Broadcasting Corporation 1987

 

Gilbert, Rita. Living with Art 4-6th Editions. New York (N.Y.): McGraw-Hill 1997-2001.

 

Feldman, Edmund B. Varieties of Visual Experience 4th Edition. 1992.

 

Knobler, Nathan. The Visual Dialogue: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Art, 3rd Edition. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. 1980.

 

Preble, Duane, and Sarah Preble. Artforms 4-6th Editions. NY: Prentice-Hall 1997-2001.

 

 

Visual Perception:

 

Arnheim, Rudolph. Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye, The New Version, 2nd and enlarged edition. Berkeley, California (CA): University of California Press 1974.

 

Bloomer, Carolyn M. Principles of Visual Perception 2nd edition. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1989.

 

Gombrich, E. H. Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation. Princeton, New Jersey (NJ): Princeton University Press 1961.

 

 

General Design:

 

De Sausmarez, Maurice. Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania (PA): TAB Books 1990.

 

Itten, Johannes. Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus, 2nd revised edition. NY: Van Nostrand  Reinhold  1975.

 

Lauer, David A., and Stephen Pentak.  Design Basics 5th edition. Orlando, Florida (FL): Harcourt Brace College Publishers 2000.

 

Myers, Jack Frederick. The Language of Visual Art. Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1989.

 

Taylor, John F. A. Design and Expression in the Visual Arts. NY: Dover Publications 1964.

 

 

Wong, Wucius. Principles of 2 Dimensional Design. NY: Van Nostrand  Reinhold  1972.

 

Zelanski, Paul, and Mary Pat Fisher. Design Principles and Problems 2nd  or 3rd edition. Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1996. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

 

 

Color, Space & Pattern:

 

Albers, Josef. Interaction of Color revised edition. New Haven, Connecticut (CT): Yale University Press 1975.

 

Birren, Faber, editor. Itten: The Elements of Color. NY: Van Nostrand  Reinhold  1970.

 

Birren, Faber, editor. M. E. Chevreul. The Principles of Contrast Colors. NY: Van Nostrand  Reinhold  1981.

 

Carraher, Ronald G. and Jacqueline B. Thurston. Optical Illusions and the Visual Arts. NY: Van Nostrand  Reinhold  1966.

 

Coulin, Claudius. Step-by-Step Perspective Drawing for Architects, Draftsman and Designers. NY: Van Nostrand  Reinhold  1971.

 

De Grandis, Luigina. Theory and Use of Color. NY: Harry N. Abrams 1987.

 

Montague, John. Basic Perspective Drawing 2nd edition. NY: Van Nostrand  Reinhold  1993.

 

Proctor, Richard M. The Principles of Pattern: for Craftsmen and Designers. NY: Van Nostrand  Reinhold  1969.

 

Zelanski, Paul, and Mary Pat Fisher. Color. (any edition) Englewood Clifts, NJ: Prentice Hall 1989/2002.