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Fine Art and Illustration: Books

Resources for students on Fine Art and Illustration courses

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Illustrated Map of FCH Library, by Abi Riley, BA Illustration, 2022

Finding books in the library

UoG Library book collections

Search Library Discovery for our print and eBooks. Results show the book location, organised on shelves by topic.

Remember to limit your search results to University of Gloucestershire to just display our own holdings.

Finding books with Library Discovery

Using our eBooks

eBook collections at UoG

UoG eBooks are available through Library Discovery.  They can also be accessed directly via our eBook provider platforms.

The main eBook providers for Creative Arts courses are:

Use eBooks for:

  • immediate access wherever you are
  • accessibility - you can alter the text size and background, or use a screen reader
  • search functionality

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Library Discovery

Selected new books for Fine Art

Unravel : the power and politics of textiles in art
The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Climate Change
Grayson Perry : delusions of grandeur
Aboriginal Art
Donald Rodney : art, race, and the body politic
Cover image: Cold Wax Medium
Why it's ok to enjoy the work of immoral artists
Those Passions : on art and politics
Central Saint Martins foundation : key lessons in art and design
Esther Mahlangu: A Life in Color
Momentum: Art and Ecology in Contemporary Latin America
A World of Our Own: women artists against the odds
The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art
Dada Data: contemporary art practice in the era of post-truth politics
Mothers of Invention: the feminist roots of contemporary art
Van Gogh : poets & lovers
Cover image: Walking
The Routledge Companion to Surrealism
Cover image: Stuff: instead of a memoir
African Art Now: 50 pioneers defining African art for the twenty-first century
The art of feminism: images that shaped the fight for equality, 1857-2022
The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure
Forbidden Territories: 100 years of surreal landscape
A Book about Colab (and Related Activities)
Creative Practices for Visual Artists: time, space, process

Selected new books for Illustration

Cover image: Psychology for Creative Artists
Illustration: a Concise History
The times I knew I was gay
Cover image: Political Illustration
How to Be a Manga Artist
How to Draw a Graphic Novel
Slow Looking: the art and practice of learning through observation
Hokusai's Method
Critique Is Creative: the critical response process in theory and action
How to Make Art at the End of the World: a manifesto for research-creation
Red Lines: political cartoons and the struggle against censorship
Lord of the Flies : the graphic novel
The printmaking bible : the complete guide to materials and techniques
World Without End
Sketched Out: Artistic Sketchbooks and Journals Unveiled
New Folk Art
Cover image: Motion illustration
Risography: loving imperfections
Prints and Their Makers
Swan Song
Futuria: art of the sci-fi age
Riso Art: a creative's guide to mastering risography
Who Understands Comics? questioning the universality of visual language comprehension

Have a look at the full lists of new library resources for Fine Art and Illustration courses 

Inter-Library Loan service for Books

Book not in the library?

Use the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service to obtain print books and chapters from print or electronic books not held by the university. The service is primarily for final year undergrad students, postgrads, researchers and academics. Staff and students have an initial allocation of free requests. More information is available in the Guide to Inter-Library Loans

Main subject areas in the Library

Topic Shelf number
Aesthetics 701.17 or 111.85
Art theory and philosophy 701
Art by country & period 709.04
Colour in painting 752
Colour theory (general) 701.85
Craft 745.5
Drawing 741
Fashion illustration and graphics 741.672
Graphic novels and comic books 741.5
Illustration and graphic design 741.6
Illustration: children's books 741.642
Illustration: professional practice 741.64023
Painting: techniques 751
Painting by country and artist 759
Photography 770-779
Printmaking 760-769
Sculpture 730
Teaching Resources collection see map
Textile arts 746
Visual culture 700.103

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