Collections

OER by Subject: Art (Various CC licences)

A list of art-related open educational resources collected by the Bethel University Library.

OER by Subject: Art and Art History (Various CC licences)

A list of art-related open educational resources collected by the Washtenaw Community College Library.

Textbooks

Interpreting Love Narratives in East Asian Literature and Film (CC BY-NC)

This book explores the role of traditional East Asian worldviews, ethical values, and common practices in the shaping of East Asian narratives in literature and film. It offers a specific method for this analysis. The interpretive goal is to arrive at interpretations that more accurately engage cultural information so that narratives are understood more closely in terms of their native cultural rather than that of the reader/interpreter.

Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning (CC BY-SA)

This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts, this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art, its technical applications, and its many uses. It introduces such issues in art as its meaning and purpose; its meaning and purpose; its structure, material, and form; and its diverse effects on our lives.

Websites

Open Art Histories (Various CC licences)

A platform for art, art history, visual art, communication, and museum studies teachers and instructors in Canada.