Summary of Pathfinder
Name: Shari L. Phillips
School: Canal Winchester High School
Workshop Location: ORCLISH, Columbus, OH
Grade Level: 9-10
Subject Area: Art Foundations
Specific Topic: Artist Study

This pathfinder was created to use in connection with a research project for 9th and 10th graders in an Arts Foundations class. The purpose of the project is for students to study an artist of their choice and focus on the following areas:
Artist biography
Description of at least three works by artist
Description of major media used by the artist
Description of overall style of artist
USE THESE INFOHIO RESOURCES
AMICO
EBSCOhost
EBSCOhost Directions:
Go to www.infohio.org
Choose Core Collection
Choose EBSCOhost
Choose Secondary Search
Choose Continue
In the search box, place your artistbs name.
Scroll down the screen and in the publication field type one of the following publications titles, Art Bulletin, Art in America, or Art Journal.
To view the articles, click on the blue title.
To go back to the list of hits, choose Result List at top of screen.
To revise your search by changing publication titles, click on Refine search at the top of the screen.
Web Sites
ArtCyclopedia
ArtNet Library
Biography Online
Now, try searching on your own on your own!
 
Suggested Search Strategy
Book Resources
In the search box, put your artist name in quotation marks and add "and" signs to narrow your search. For example, "Jackson Pollock" + artist + biography
In addition to the closed reserve items, find these books in your school library:
(Use the Dewey Decimal numbers provided).
Latino Visions (704.03 COC)
The Grove dictionary of art (709 GRO)
The Key to Art from Romanticism to Iimpressionism (709.03 REY)
The Key to Modern Art of the Early 20th Century (709.04 CIR)
The Grove Dictionary of Art (759.4 GRO)
Dictionary of the Arts (R 700 DIC)
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art (R 709.73 ENC)
Encyclopedia of Artists (R 920 ENC)
Artists : From Michelangelo to Maya Lin (R 920 ERG)
Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists (R 920 LUC)
World Artists, 1950-1980 (R 920 MAR)