Library

Every book and reference cited across the blog, in one place. The same source can back more than one article; it's listed here once.

The Persian Carpet

A. Cecil Edwards , Duckworth , 1975
ISBN 978-0-7156-0256-0

The Essential Haiku: Versions of Bashō, Buson, and Issa

Bashō, Buson, Issa (trans. Robert Hass) , Ecco , 1995
ISBN 978-0-88001-351-2

Cited in:

• How to Tell Bashō, Buson, and Issa Apart

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

Bashō, Matsuo (trans. Nobuyuki Yuasa) , Penguin , 1977
ISBN 978-0-14-044185-7

Cited in:

• Matsuo Bashō and the Birth of Haiku as an Art Form

Plains Indian Drawings, 1865-1935: Pages from a Visual History

Berlo, Janet Catherine (ed.) , Harry N. Abrams in association with the American Federation of Arts and the Drawing Center , 1996
ISBN 978-0-8109-3742-0

Islamic Geometric Patterns

Broug, Eric , Thames & Hudson , 2008
ISBN 978-0-500-28721-7

Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson

Buson, Yosa (trans. W. S. Merwin and Takako U. Lento) , Copper Canyon Press , 2013
ISBN 978-1-55659-426-7

Cited in:

• Yosa Buson: The Painter Who Gave Haiku Its Eyes Back

The Skeleton at the Feast: The Day of the Dead in Mexico

Carmichael, Elizabeth and Sayer, Chloe , University of Texas Press , 1992
ISBN 978-0-292-77658-6

Arabesques: Decorative Art in Morocco

Castéra, Jean-Marc , ACR Édition , 1999
ISBN 978-2-86770-124-5

Hokusai's Great Wave: Biography of a Global Icon

Christine Guth , University of Hawai'i Press , 2015
ISBN 978-0-8248-5393-8

Hokusai's Great Wave: Biography of a Global Icon

Christine M. E. Guth , University of Hawai'i Press , 2015
ISBN 978-0-8248-3960-4

Cited in:

• Ukiyo-e: The Japanese Woodblock Prints Behind Our Haiku Art

Cubism

Cox, Neil , Phaidon Press , 2000
ISBN 978-0-7148-4010-9

Tibetan Thangka Painting: Methods and Materials

David P. Jackson and Janice A. Jackson , Snow Lion Publications , 2006
ISBN 978-1-55939-257-0

First Impressions: Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East

Dominique Collon , British Museum Press , 2006
ISBN 978-0-7141-1136-0

The Art of Ancient Egypt

Gay Robins , British Museum Press , 2008
ISBN 978-0-7141-1982-3

Cited in:

• Ancient Egyptian Tomb Painting: Rules for Picturing Eternity

Cubism

Golding, John , Belknap Press of Harvard University Press , 1988
ISBN 978-0-674-17929-5

The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian

Greene, Candace S. and Thornton, Russell , University of Nebraska Press , 2007
ISBN 978-0-8032-2211-3

The Essential Haiku: Versions of Bashō, Buson, and Issa

Hass, Robert (ed.) , Ecco Press , 1994
ISBN 978-0-88001-372-7

Cited in:

• Show, Don't Tell: Using Concrete Images in Haiku
• What Is a Haiku? Origins and Definition
• Kobayashi Issa: Hardship, Humor, and a Soft Spot for Small Creatures

The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku

Higginson, William J. (with Penny Harter) , McGraw-Hill , 1985
ISBN 978-0-07-028786-0

Cited in:

• Kireji: The Cutting Word and the Art of the Pause
• The 5-7-5 Rule: Where It Comes From and Why It Bends in English
• Show, Don't Tell: Using Concrete Images in Haiku
• Kigo: The Season Word at the Heart of Haiku
• Haiku vs Senryu: What's the Difference and Why It Matters
• What Is a Haiku? Origins and Definition
• Haiku Prompts: 20 Everyday Moments to Get You Started
• How to Write Your First Haiku in 10 Minutes
• Common Haiku Mistakes Beginners Make (and How to Fix Them)

Romanticism

Honour, Hugh , Harper & Row , 1979
ISBN 978-0-06-430089-6

Art in Renaissance Italy

J. T. Paoletti and G. M. Radke , Pearson Prentice Hall , 2012
ISBN 978-0-205-01047-9

Cited in:

• What Is Italian Renaissance Art? Perspective, Fresco, and the Human Figure

Viking Art

James Graham-Campbell , Thames & Hudson , 2013
ISBN 978-0-500-20419-1

Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Classical Period, A Handbook

John Boardman , Thames & Hudson , 1989
ISBN 978-0-500-20244-9

Cited in:

• Attic Red-Figure Vase Painting: How Athens Learned to Draw in Clay

The History of Impressionism

John Rewald , Museum of Modern Art , 1990
ISBN 978-0-8109-6035-0

Cited in:

• Impressionism: The French Painting Style Behind Our Sunlit Haiku

Assyrian Sculpture

Julian Reade , British Museum Press , 1998
ISBN 978-0-7141-2141-3

Roman Sculpture

Kleiner, Diana E. E. , Yale University Press , 1992
ISBN 978-0-300-04631-1

Roman Painting

Ling, Roger , Cambridge University Press , 1991
ISBN 978-0-521-31595-1

Bashō and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary

Makoto Ueda , Stanford University Press , 1991
ISBN 978-0-8047-1916-2

Cited in:

• How to Tell Bashō, Buson, and Issa Apart

Dew on the Grass: The Life and Poetry of Kobayashi Issa

Makoto Ueda , Brill , 2000
ISBN 978-90-04-13723-3

Cited in:

• How to Tell Bashō, Buson, and Issa Apart
• Kobayashi Issa: Hardship, Humor, and a Soft Spot for Small Creatures

The Path of Flowering Thorn: The Life and Poetry of Yosa Buson

Makoto Ueda , Stanford University Press , 1998
ISBN 978-0-8047-3042-6

Cited in:

• How to Tell Bashō, Buson, and Issa Apart
• Yosa Buson: The Painter Who Gave Haiku Its Eyes Back

African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia

Marilyn Heldman , Yale University Press , 1993
ISBN 978-0-300-05819-2

Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya

Mary Miller and Simon Martin , Thames & Hudson , 2004
ISBN 978-0-500-05129-0

Cited in:

• Classic Maya Relief: The Carved Stone Art Behind Our Jungle Haiku

Oriental Carpets: A Complete Guide

Murray L. Eiland and Murray Eiland III , Little, Brown , 1998
ISBN 978-0-8212-2548-6

Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600 to 1750

R. Wittkower , Yale University Press , 1982
ISBN 978-0-300-05308-1

Cited in:

• What Is Baroque Art? Drama, Light, and Motion in the 17th Century

Religion and Art in Ashanti

Rattray, R. S. , Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press , 1979
ISBN 978-0-19-823144-8

Cited in:

• Adinkra Symbols and Cloth: Ghana's Proverbs in Print

The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols

Robert Beer , Shambhala , 2003
ISBN 978-1-59030-100-5

Persian Painting

Sheila R. Canby , British Museum Press , 1993
ISBN 978-0-7141-1459-0

Cited in:

• Persian Miniature Painting: The Art Behind Our Arab-Persian Style

Traces of Dreams: Landscape, Cultural Memory, and the Poetry of Bashō

Shirane, Haruo , Stanford University Press , 1998
ISBN 978-0-8047-3098-3

Cited in:

• Matsuo Bashō and the Birth of Haiku as an Art Form

Ethiopian Icons: Catalogue of the Collection of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University

Stanislaw Chojnacki , Skira , 2000
ISBN 978-88-8118-646-4

Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave

Timothy Clark, Shugo Asano, and Roger Keyes , Thames & Hudson , 2018
ISBN 978-0-500-29280-8

The Lives of the Artists, Volume 1

Vasari, Giorgio (trans. George Bull) , Penguin Classics , 1988
ISBN 978-0-14-044500-8

Romanticism and Art

Vaughan, William , Thames and Hudson , 1994
ISBN 978-0-500-20275-3

Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8th-14th Century

Wen C. Fong , The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press , 1992
ISBN 978-0-300-05701-0

Cited in:

• Ink Wash Painting: The Song Dynasty Style Behind Our Chinese Haiku Art

Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa

William Fagg and John Pemberton III , Alfred A. Knopf , 1982
ISBN 978-0-394-71039-6

Cited in:

• West African Masks: The Dogon and Yoruba Carving Traditions Behind Our Style

The Adinkra Dictionary: A Visual Primer on the Language of Adinkra

Willis, W. Bruce , Pyramid Complex , 1998
ISBN 978-0-9661532-0-0

Cited in:

• Adinkra Symbols and Cloth: Ghana's Proverbs in Print

Folk Painting: Handbooks of Korean Art

Yoon, Yeol-su , Laurence King Publishing , 2003
ISBN 978-1-85669-357-8

The Ukiyo-e Woodblock Printing Process

Asian Art Museum (San Francisco) , education.asianart.org

Treasures: Lone Dog's Winter Count

Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Plains Indian Museum , centerofthewest.org

Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief)

Cleveland Museum of Art , clevelandart.org

Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief)

Cleveland Museum of Art , clevelandart.org

Cited in:

• Classic Maya Relief: The Carved Stone Art Behind Our Jungle Haiku

Mask (Kanaga)

Cleveland Museum of Art , clevelandart.org

Mask (Kanaga)

Cleveland Museum of Art , clevelandart.org

Cited in:

• West African Masks: The Dogon and Yoruba Carving Traditions Behind Our Style

Papel picado: Mexico's festive paper art

Horniman Museum and Gardens , horniman.ac.uk

The Yelda Khorsabad Court Gallery

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, University of Chicago , isac.uchicago.edu

Romanticism, topicality, sensuality...

Musee du Louvre , louvre.fr

Lost-wax bronze casting

Musee Rodin , Techniques

Mosaics

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli , mann napoli

Museum of the Viking Age

Museum of the Viking Age (University of Oslo) , vikingtidsmuseet.no

The Jelling Stone

National Museum of Denmark , en.natmus.dk

Dancing Couple (study for Dance at Bougival)

Philadelphia Museum of Art , philamuseum.org

Dancing Couple (study for Dance at Bougival)

Philadelphia Museum of Art , philamuseum.org

Cited in:

• Impressionism: The French Painting Style Behind Our Sunlit Haiku

The Night Watch, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Rijksmuseum , rijksmuseum.nl

The Night Watch, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Rijksmuseum , rijksmuseum.nl

Cited in:

• What Is Baroque Art? Drama, Light, and Motion in the 17th Century

Iconometry

Rubin Museum of Art , Project Himalayan Art

Painting on Cloth

Rubin Museum of Art , Project Himalayan Art

Cubism

Tate , tate.org.uk

Cubism

Tate , tate.org.uk

Futurism

Tate , Tate Art Terms

Romanticism

Tate , tate.org.uk

The Sublime

Tate , tate.org.uk

Tomb-painting (Nebamun, fowling in the marshes)

The British Museum , britishmuseum.org

Tomb-painting (Nebamun, fowling in the marshes)

The British Museum , britishmuseum.org

Cited in:

• Ancient Egyptian Tomb Painting: Rules for Picturing Eternity

'Rustam Avenges His Own Impending Death,' Folio 472r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

'Rustam Avenges His Own Impending Death,' Folio 472r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Cited in:

• Persian Miniature Painting: The Art Behind Our Arab-Persian Style

Chakalte', Relief with Enthroned Ruler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Chakalte', Relief with Enthroned Ruler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Cited in:

• Classic Maya Relief: The Carved Stone Art Behind Our Jungle Haiku

Cloudy Mountains

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Cloudy Mountains

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Cited in:

• Ink Wash Painting: The Song Dynasty Style Behind Our Chinese Haiku Art

Double Diptych Icon Pendant

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Icon Triptych of Ewostatewos and Eight of His Disciples

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Mask

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , Yoruba peoples, metmuseum.org

Mask

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , Yoruba peoples, metmuseum.org

Cited in:

• West African Masks: The Dogon and Yoruba Carving Traditions Behind Our Style

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Cited in:

• Ukiyo-e: The Japanese Woodblock Prints Behind Our Haiku Art

Terracotta pelike (jar), attributed to the Nausicaä Painter

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Terracotta pelike (jar), attributed to the Nausicaä Painter

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , metmuseum.org

Cited in:

• Attic Red-Figure Vase Painting: How Athens Learned to Draw in Clay

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , The Met Collection

The Birth of Venus

Uffizi Galleries , uffizi.it

The Birth of Venus

Uffizi Galleries , uffizi.it

Cited in:

• What Is Italian Renaissance Art? Perspective, Fresco, and the Human Figure

The Ardabil Carpet

Victoria and Albert Museum , collections.vam.ac.uk

The Baroque Style

Victoria and Albert Museum , vam.ac.uk

The Baroque Style

Victoria and Albert Museum , vam.ac.uk

Cited in:

• What Is Baroque Art? Drama, Light, and Motion in the 17th Century

La Calavera Catrina

Whatcom Museum , whatcommuseum.org

About Matsuo Bashō

Academy of American Poets , poets.org

Cited in:

• Matsuo Bashō and the Birth of Haiku as an Art Form

Adinkra Symbols & Meanings

adinkrasymbols.org , adinkrasymbols.org

Cited in:

• Adinkra Symbols and Cloth: Ghana's Proverbs in Print

Minhwa (Korean Folk Painting)

AntiqueAlive , antiquealive.com

Moroccan Zellige (Zillij) in Fez

AramcoWorld , aramcoworld.com

The Cultural Expression of Sadu Weaving

AramcoWorld , aramcoworld.com

How to Lino Print for Beginners

Boarding All Rows , boardingallrows.com

Impressionism

Encyclopædia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica

Impressionism

Encyclopædia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica

Cited in:

• Impressionism: The French Painting Style Behind Our Sunlit Haiku

Ukiyo-e

Encyclopædia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica

Ukiyo-e

Encyclopædia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica

Cited in:

• Ukiyo-e: The Japanese Woodblock Prints Behind Our Haiku Art

The Splendor of Roman Wall Painting (review of Umberto Pappalardo)

Francesca Tronchin , Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.51

Hand Tool Recommendations for Stone Carving

Jeff Powell , Bang the Rocks Together

Adinkra

Julianna Horn , Fashion History Timeline

Cited in:

• Adinkra Symbols and Cloth: Ghana's Proverbs in Print

MINHWA & minhwa: Korean Folk Paintings in Dialogue With the Contemporary

Korean Cultural Center New York , koreanculture.org

Lotus

Korean Folk Art Inc. , koreanfolkart.org

Arts, Crafts, Clothing and Appearance

National Park Service, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site , nps.gov

Persian Miniature Painting

Pegah Eidipour , World History Encyclopedia

Persian Miniature Painting

Pegah Eidipour , World History Encyclopedia

Cited in:

• Persian Miniature Painting: The Art Behind Our Arab-Persian Style

Cubism Movement Overview

The Art Story , theartstory.org

Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Asian Art , Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Asian Art , Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Cited in:

• Ink Wash Painting: The Song Dynasty Style Behind Our Chinese Haiku Art

Day of the Dead

World History Encyclopedia , worldhistory.org

Egyptian Art

World History Encyclopedia , worldhistory.org

Egyptian Art

World History Encyclopedia , worldhistory.org

Cited in:

• Ancient Egyptian Tomb Painting: Rules for Picturing Eternity

Mesopotamia

World History Encyclopedia , worldhistory.org

Red-Figure Pottery

World History Encyclopedia , worldhistory.org

Red-Figure Pottery

World History Encyclopedia , worldhistory.org

Cited in:

• Attic Red-Figure Vase Painting: How Athens Learned to Draw in Clay

Zellige: origin, craft, and history

Zellige.info , zellige.info