For inspiration and context of our current “Guidebook” project, we looked at examples of a wide variety of artists’ books.

Some of the examples we looked in class:

• Victor Lundy WW2 Sketchbooks: http://mymodernmet.com/victor-lundy-wwii-sketchbooks/
• Peter Beard (scroll down to Diary Pages) http://peterbeard.com/works/
• Liz Steel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPFY9kE9t34
• Josiah Hanchett
• Toyko Totem book: http://www.tokyototem.jp/
• Tbilisi “It’s Complicated” book: https://viceversaartbooks.com/items/tbilisi-its-complicated/

Some other examples for additional reference: 

• Concrete poetry:  http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/concrete_poetry/index.html
• http://exhibitions.guggenheim.org/futurism/words_in_freedom/
• Minotaure: Surrealist Magazine:  https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/findings/minotaure-surrealist-magazine-1930s
• Found magazine: http://foundmagazine.com/
• Diego Rivera, Italian Sketches: http://mamfa.com/pubs/dr-sketch/index.html#/38/
• Richard Diebenkorn https://museum.stanford.edu/diebenkornsketchbooks/

An interesting article from Gagosian magazine about the subject of libraries in contemporary art, including Anselm Kiefer’s “Census” which we looked at in class: https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2020/01/29/essay-libraries-cast-characters/

Archive of antique city maps of Siena: https://www.ilpalio.org/piantaindice.htm
Archive of vintage postcards of Siena: https://www.ilpalio.org/indice_foto_siena.htm

The participation of our Greek students during the Fall 2020 semester is thanks to the collaboration of the Stavros-Niarchos Foundation in supporting our SNF-SART scholarships.