LibGuides: Art: Books

Dewey Decimal Classification

Below you will find a list of call numbers using the Dewey Decimal Classification system which indicate where books concerning the arts can be found.

700 Generalities

710 Civic & landscape art

720 Architecture

730 Plastic arts, sculpture

740 Drawing & decorative arts

750 Painting & paintings (museums)

760 Graphic arts, printmaking & prints, postage stamps

770 Photography & photographs

780 Music

790 Recreational & performing arts

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Art with wire, sugar chocolate and string

Vik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and takes us on a tour of his incredible images.

Brazilian-born, Brooklyn-based fine artist Vik Muniz has exhibited his work all over the world. Using unexpected materials to create portraits, landscapes and still lifes -- which he then photographs -- he delights in subverting a viewer's expectations.

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