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Great Books that All Artists Should Read….

We have prepared a book list for you to peruse through.  These are books that your professors have recommended, many which inspired us and many which often informed our work.  We will add more books to this list periodically and welcome suggestions for additions from all of you!
Inspiring Book Recommendations:
Kahlil Gibran. The Prophet
Robert Adams. Why People Photograph
Gerry Badger. The Pleasures of Good Photographs
Matthew Kelly. The Rhythm of Life
Immaculée Ilibagiza. Left to Tell
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Stuart Horodner. The Art Life: On Creativity and Career
Marty Neumeier. Zag
Marshal Berman. All that is Solid Melts into Air
Octavio Paz. In Search of the Present
Andre Aciman. Alibis
Italo Calvino. Mr. Polomar
Italo Calvino. Invisible Cities
Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass
Eric Karjaluoto. The Design Method: A Philosophy and Process for Functional Visual Communication
Chip Kidd. And Cheese Monkeys: A Novel in Two Semesters
George L. Hersey. Falling in Love with Statues
Francette Pacteau. Symptom of Beauty
James Joyce. Ulysses
Jim Ziolkowski. Walk in Their Shoes
From our Freshmen Book Discussions:
Robert Henri. The Art Spirit
Rainer Maria Rilke.  Letters to a Young Poet
Mark Dotty. Still Life with Oysters and Lemon
John Berger. Ways of Seeing
Michael Kimmelman. The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa. 
Selections of books authored by our faculty:
Paul Fabozzi, Artists, Critics, Context: Readings and and Around American Art since 1945
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Aaris Sherin, Introduction to Graphic Design
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Aaris Sherin, Design Elements, color Fundamentals: A Graphic style Manual for Understanding How Color Affects Design
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Aaris Sherin, SustainAble: A Handbook of Materials and Applications for Graphic Designers and Their Clients (Design Field Guide)
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Susan Rosenberg, Trisha Brown
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