ARH293: The Artists' Book in the 20th Century
Modernism for the Masses: Consumer Periodicals of the 1930s to 1950s
Fall 2004 - Martin Antonetti
Reference Contact: Barbara Polowy x2941

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Art Reference TR139 .C664 1995
Contemporary Photographers. 3rd ed. New York: St. James Press, 1995.

Art Reference NK1390 .C655 1997
Contemporary Designers. 3rd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997.

Influences
El Lissitzky, 1890-1941
Aleksandr Rodchenko, 1891-1956
Jan Tschichold, 1902-1974

Art Directors
M.F. Agha, 1896-1978
Lester Beall, 1903-1969
Alexey Brodovitch, 1898-1971
Will Burtin, 1908-1972
Cipe Pineles, 1908-1991
Alexander Liberman, 1912-
Otto Storch, 1913-1999

Photographers, Illustrators & Designers
Richard Avedon, 1923-2004
Lillian Bassman, 1917-
Margaret Bourke-White, 1904-1971
A.M. Cassandre, 1901-1968
Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 1895-1989
Toni Frissell, 1907-1988
George Giusti, 1908-1990
Hiro (Wakabayashi)
George Hoyningen-Huene, 1900-1968
Horst P. Horst, 1906-
Alvin Lustig, 1915-1955
Herbert Matter, 1907-1984
Irving Penn, 1917-
Edward Steichen , 1879-1973
Ladislav Sutnar, 1897-1976
Andy Warhol, 1928-199

FINDING BOOKS, CATALOGS, & OTHER MONOGRAPHS

Helpful subject headings for finding information on periodical design are:
Commercial art -- 20th century
Commercial artists -- Biography
Designers -- Biography
Graphic arts -- History
Magazine covers
Magazine design -- History
Periodicals -- History

Five College Library Catalog
The online catalog provides access to the combined library holdings of Smith, Amherst, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

WorldCat
WorldCat is universal in subject scope and includes records for over 49 million items held in thousands of libraries throughout the United States and Europe. It is an excellent source for developing a bibliography and verifying citations. To request books, catalogs, and other materials found in WorldCat or in other bibliographies and not available at Smith College, use the libraries Interlibrary Loan Service. Allow at least two weeks for delivery of books.

PERIODICALS

Browsing: Selected List of Notable Mid-century Periodicals

Neilson Periodicals HF5001 .F7
Fortune, 1930-

Art Periodical TT500. H3
Harpers Bazaar, 1867-1998

Neilson Periodicals AP2 .H592
Holiday, 1946-77

Sophia Smith Collection uncataloged
McCalls, 1950s – 1960s

Art Periodical N1 .P77
Portfolio, 1950-51

Sophia Smith Collection uncataloged, 1950-
Vogue, 1950- 1990s

Indexes: Finding Articles About Periodical Design

Art Abstracts and Art Index Retrospective
These two databases cover all aspects of the visual arts including architecture, planning, interior design, and furnishings providing cover to cover indexing of over 400 periodicals published throughout the world. Art Abstracts covers 1984 to the present, Art Index Retrospective covers 1929 to 1984. Updated monthly.

ARTbibliographies Modern
ARTbibliographies Modern provides access to information about 19th- and 20-century fine arts, decorative arts, design, and photography in periodicals (500 regularly indexed, 2000 selectively indexed), dissertations, exhibition catalogues, books, and websites published throughout the world. It covers 1974 to the present and is updated monthly.

Design and Applied Arts Index
Annotated references to 115,000 articles, reviews, & illustrations in 500 design and craft periodicals. International scope, covers graphic, industrial, interior, fashion, textile, theater, and multimedia design, architecture, and design management. Covers 1973 to the present with more complete coverage of selected titles.

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Barbara Polowy, the instructor for your library session: bpolowy@email.smith.edu,
121 Hillyer Art Library, X2941.

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