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"The artist's expression is the result of...the interaction between what the subject was and that particular artist, with his own feelings, interests, imagination, background of experience and so on."

Violette de Mazia, "Method," The Barnes Foundation Journal of the Art Department, Vol. II, No. 1, Spring, 1971, p. 25

 

If you are enrolled or planning to enroll in a Violette de Mazia Foundation course, consult the following reading lists to learn which texts you will need. You may purchase texts from the instructor during the first class.

Suggested Reading

Dewey, Barnes, Buermeyer, Mullen & de Mazia. Art and Education, Third Edition, The Barnes Foundation Press, Merion, PA, 1969 (out of print)

Barnes, Albert C. and Violette de Mazia. The French Primitives and Their Forms, Barnes Foundation Press, Merion, PA, 1931 (out of print)

The Barnes Foundation Journal of the Art Department, Volume I, Number 1, 1970-Volume IX, Number 2, 1978 (out of print)

Vistas. Merion Station: V.O.L.N. Press, 1979-1991
Volume I, Number 1, 1979-Volume V, Number 2, 1991(out of print)

Required Books for the First-year Class

Dewey, John. Art as Experience, New York: Capricorn Books, 1934

Barnes, Albert C. The Art in Painting. Third Edition. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937

Required Books for the Second-year Class

Barnes, Albert C. and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Renoir. Merion: Barnes Foundation Press, 1963

Barnes, Albert C. and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Henri-Matisse. Merion: Barnes Foundation Press, 1963

Barnes, Albert C. and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. Merion: Barnes Foundation Press, 1967
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