TMC Library: Art and Design: Books and eBooks

About Books and eBooks

We have a large collection of both physical books and eBooks available to staff and students. Each one of our libraries has a physical collection of books suitable for courses that are taught at their campus, however you are welcome to borrow books from any of our libraries. All of our books are arranged on bookshelves, grouped by topic area. These topics and sub-topics are numbered and the books are in number order. So, when you search for a book using our online library search, each book will have a classmark (a number) and this is where you will find the book on the shelf.

You can access our eBooks by searching for something via our library search. If you prefer to read in large print you can change this in the eBook settings, along with background colour and the read aloud feature.

Below you will find a gallery of new books and eBooks that we have recently added to our collection. You will also find key books and eBooks for your subject area - you may recognise some of these from your reading list!

Photography: Key Books and eBooks

Photo-Journalism: Developing Style in Creative Photography by Terry Hope
Call Number: 778.9 HOP
ISBN: 9782880465759
Publication Date: 2002-02-01
Documenting human life and events has long preoccupied photographers, and given them wonderfully varied and challenging subject matter. This book brings together a striking collection of black and white images from a leading selection of international photographers and through them Terry Hope explores the techniques and thought processes behind the art of photojournalism. The result is a mix of vital first-hand information and fine photography, indeed as the author declares in the introduction, "this is a book that's as much about images as it as about technique".
Wolfgang Tillmans by Peter Halley; Caroline Stephen; Wolfgang Tillmans
Call Number: 779 TIL
ISBN: 9780714841922
Publication Date: 2002-11-15
Wolfgang Tillmans' (b.1968) first book, published in 1995 when the artist was just 24 years old, sold 40,000 copies and is a cult manual of young style and photography. Tillmans became known in the early 1990s for his photographs of young people in their social environments: clubs, Gay Pride parades, house parties. His style is enigmatic, sexy and highly innovative, inventing new icons of beauty and style for millions of young readers internationally. Images such as Lutz and Alex Sitting in the Trees(1992) - a couple perched in a tree, naked save for their incongruous raincoats - are emblems of his generation. His subjects are self-stylized and do not conform to standard notions of attractiveness and chic, yet their personalities and youth make them irresistibly seductive.
Ed Ruscha: Photographer by Ed Ruscha (Artist); Margit Rowell (Text by)
Call Number: 779 RUS
ISBN: 9783865212061
Publication Date: 2006-06-01
Although known for his paintings and drawings, California artist Ed Ruscha has also attracted critical attention for his photography. A new exhibition and accompanying catalogue, Ed Ruscha, Photographer, departs from earlier analyses to explore how the artist's different disciplines--painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography--are guided and shaped by a single vision. Margit Rowell is an art historian, critic and museum curator working mostly in Paris and New York. Working independently today, her earlier long-term affiliations were with the Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, where she organized exhibitions of classical modern and contemporary artists (among them Joan Miró, Constantin Brancusi, Sigmar Polke, and Luciano Fabro). In 2004, she organized a major exhibition of the drawings of Ed Ruscha for the Whitney Museum of American Art, which traveled to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and inspired the present study of Ed Ruscha's photographs.
David Bailey Locations by Martin Harrison
Call Number: 779 BAI
ISBN: 9780500542736
Publication Date: 2003-12-01
If David Bailey was the quintessential London photographer during the Swinging Sixties, the photographs he produced in the 1970s reflect a radical reorientation. As can be seen in this comprehensive selection, his subject matter became truly international. across the world that fascinated him. Alongside these photographs, this volume presents images from his 1970s fashion sittings (featuring Marie Helvin, Penelope Tree and Anjelica Huston), as well as his portraits of subjects ranging from Salvador Dali and Mick Jagger to Margaret Thatcher and Mother Teresa. His acclaimed television documentaries on Andy Warhol, Cecil Beaton and Luchino Visconti provided yet more opportunities for compelling stills.

Jewellery: Key Books and eBooks

New necklaces: 400 designs in contemporary jewellery by Nicolas Estrada; Leo Caballero
A selection of impressive pieces by more than 180 artists from 42 countries. looking back to classic forms and materials, daring, experimental ideas
New rings: 500 designs from around the world by Nicolas Estrada
Rings symbolize many things. They can serve as personal statements, adornments, representations of a commitment, or a sentimental reminder.
Research methods for product design by Alex Milton; Paul Rodgers
Provides the reader with a comprehensive, relevant, and visually rich insight into the world of research methods specifically aimed at product designers.

Ceramics: Key Books and eBooks

The Handbook of Glaze Recipes by Linda Bloomfield
The Handbook of Glaze Recipes is an essential studio companion for any potter. Covering a comprehensive range of glazes including porcelain, crystalline and raku as well as stoneware and earthenware, each recipe is illustrated with a useful test tile to demonstrate the effects of opaque, matte, and transparent glazes on different clays and at varying temperatures.

Where to Find Books

We use class numbers to organise books into subject groups in the library. You will find the number on the spine of each book. Here is a selection of class numbers for art and design.

Subject	Class Number
20th Century Art	709.04
African Art	709.6
American Art	709.7
Architecture	720
Asian Art	709.5
British and European Art	709.4
Decorative Arts	745
Graphic Design	741
Individual Artists	709.2
Interior Design	747
Prints	769
Sculpture	730
Textile Art	746
The Arts	700