Selected References on Art Historical methodology

Art History / Curatorial & Museum Studies

Adams, L.S. The Methodologies of Art: An Introduction, Westview Press, Colorado, 1996.

Baldwin, Michael, Harrison, Charles and Ramsden, Mel, 'Art history, art criticism and explanation', in Eric Fernie, Art History and its Methods, Phaidon, London, 1995.

Barnet, Sylvan, A Short Guide to Writing About Art, Harper Collins, 1993.

Bell, Leonard, 'Colonial eyes transformed: Looking at/in paintings: an exploratory essay', The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, vol 1, no 1, 200.

Carrier, D. Writing about Visual Art, Allworth Press, New York, 2003

Cheetham, M., Holly, M.A. and Moxey, K. The Subjects of A History, Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp.74-93.

Crimp. D. On the Museum's Ruins, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1993.

Frascina, F. and Harris, J. Art in Modern Culture: An Anthology of Critical Texts, Phaidon, London, 1999.

Harrison, C. and Wood, P. Art in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, Blackwell, London, 2003

Hassan, Ihab, 'Bernard Smith, global antipodean: the language of trust', Art Monthly Australia, October 2001.

Kerr, J. 'Somersaults in the antipodes', Australian Journal of Art, vol. 11, 1993, pp. 1-29.

Minor, Vernon Hyde, Art History's History, Prenctice Hall, New Jersey, 1994.

Moxey, K. The Practice of Theory: Poststructuralism, Cultural Politics and Art History, Cornell University Press, 1994.

Nelson, R. and Shiff, R. (ed), Critical Terms for Art History, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1996.

Pointon, M. History of Art: A Students handbook, Routledge, London, 1980.

Preziosi, D. (ed) The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology, Oxford University Press, 1998.

Rigney, Lester-Irabinna, 'Internationalization of an Indigenous Anti-Colonial Cultural Critique of Research Methodologies: A Guide to Indigenous Research Methodologies', Wicazo SA Review, Fall 1999, pp. 109-120.

Smith, B. 'In defence of Art History', part 1 Art Monthly Australia 2000 and Smith, B. 'In defence of Art History' 2, Art Monthly Australia August 2000 and Marsh, A. 'The future of Art History: the discipline in an expanded field', Art Monthly Australia September 2000.

Thomas, Nicholas, Possessions: Indigenous Art/Colonial Culture, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999.

Readings lists Curatorial and Museum Studies

Barker, E. (ed) Contemporary cultures of display, Yale University Press in association with the Open University, New Haven, London, 1999.

Barringer, T. and Flynn, T. (ed), Colonialism and the object: Empire, Material Culture, and the Museum, Routledge, London, New York, 1998.

Bennett, T., The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics, Routledge, London, New York, 1995.

Bennett, T., and Frow, J. Art Galleries, Who Goes: A Study of Visitors to Three Australian Art Galleries, Australia Council, Redfern, N.S.W.,1991.

Bennett, T.; Trotter, R. and McAlear, D. Museums and Citizenship: A Resource Book, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland,1996.

Brown, Michael F. Who owns native culture?, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass:, 2003.

Bradley, S.(ed), A Guide to the Storage, Exhibition and Handling of Antiquities, Ethnographic and Pictorial Art, Department of Conservation, British Museum, 1990.

Case, M. Registrars on Record: Essays on Museum Collections Management, American Association of Museums, Washington, 1988.

Crane, S. Museums and Memory, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2000

Dudley, D. et. al. Museum Registration Methods, American Association of Museums, Washington, 1979.

Duncan, Carol, Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums, Routledge, New York, London, 1995.

Edson, G. (ed), Museum Ethics, Routledge, London, 1997.

Falk, John H. Learning from Museums: Visitor Experiences and the Making of Meaning, AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA, c2000.

Fall, F. Art Objects: Their Care and Preservation: A Handbook for Museums and Collectors. La Jolla, California, 1973.

Gleadowe, T. Organising Exhibitions: A Manual Outlining the Methods used to Organise Temporary Exhibitions of Works of Art, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975.

Hall, M., On Display: A Design Grammar for Museum Exhibitions, London : Lund Humphries, 1987

Heathcote. C. The Exhibition Handbook: A Practical Guide for Organising Exhibitions in Australia Museums, Galleries, Libraries and Community Centres, Museums Australia Inc. (Victoria), Melbourne, 1997.

Hooper-Greenhill, Eilean, Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture, Routledge, New York, 2000.

Holm, S. Facts and Artefacts, 2nd edtiion, MDA, Cambridge, 1998.

Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, B. Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage, University of California Press, Berkeley, c1998.

Johnson, E. V. and Horgan, J. C. Museum Collection Storage, Unesco, Paris, 1979.

Mellor, D. and Janke, T. Valuing Art, Respecting Culture, National Association for Visual Arts, Potts Point, NSW, 2001.

Miles, R. and Zavala, L. (ed), Towards the Museum of the Future: New European Perspectives, Routledge, London, New York, 1994.

Ogden, S. The Storage of Art on Paper: A Basic Guide for Institutions, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, c.2001

Pearce, S. (ed), Museums and the Appropriation of Culture, Atlantic Highlands, NJ : Athlone Press, London. 1994.

Preziosi, D. and Farago, c. (eds), Grasping the World: The Idea of the Museum, Ashgate Publishing, 2003.

Pugh, F. Handling and Packing Works of Art, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978

Rawlinson, E.B. (ed), Cataloguer's Manual for the Visual Arts, Australian Gallery Directors Council, 1978.

Serrell, B., Exhibit Labels: An Interpretive Approach, Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek, c1996.

Shelley, M. The Care and Handling of Art Objects, Abrams, New York, 1987.

Significance: A Guide to Assessing the Significance of Cultural Heritage Objects and Collections, Heritage Collections Council, Canberra, 2001.

Simpson, Moira G., Making Representations: Museums in the Post-colonial Era, Routledge, London, 2001.

Sixsmith, M. (ed), Touring Exhibitions: The Touring Exhibitions Group's Manual of Good Practice, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, 1998.

Stolow, N. Conservation Standards for Works of Art in Transit and on Exhibition, Unesco, Paris, 1979.

Thompson, J.M.A. (ed.) Manual of Curatorship: A Guide to Museum Practice, 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1992

Thomson, Garry, The Museum Environment, 2nd ed. Butterworths, in association with the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, London, Boston, 1986

Vergo, P. (ed.), The New Museology, Reaktion Books, London, 1989.

Varveris, T., Cataloguer's Manual for the Visual Arts, Australian Gallery Directors Council Ltd. Sydney, 1980

Weil, S. Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1990.

Wallace-Crabbe, Marianne, Guidelines for internships, Art Museums Association of Australia, Fitzroy, Vic., c1993.