Along with Dr. Albert C. Barnes, Violette de Mazia coauthored four books. She also wrote a number of essays. Between 1970 and 1978, she initiated The Barnes Foundation Journal of the Art Department, based on the Barnes Foundation’s Journal of the Barnes Foundation from the 1920s. In 1979, she began a journal of her own design, Vistas, which she continued to work on until her death.
Below, is a list of her books and essays.
Books
Barnes, Albert C. and Violette de Mazia.
The French Primitives and Their Forms, Barnes Foundation
Press, Merion, PA, 1931
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
Essays
Published in The Barnes Foundation Journal
of the Art Department:
“Method,” Volume 1, Number 1, Spring, 1970
“What to Look for in Art,” Volume 1, Number 2, Autumn,
1970
“Aesthetic Quality,” Volume II, Number 1, Spring, 1971
“The Case of Glackens vs. Renoir,” Volume II, Number
2, Autumn, 1971
“Learning to See,” Volume III, Number 1, Spring, 1972
“Creative Distortion,” Volume III, Number 2, Autumn,
1972
“Creative Distortion: The Case of the Levitated Pear,” Volume
IV, Number 1, Spring, 1973
“Creative Distortion: III. In Portraiture,” Volume IV,
Number 2 Autumn, 1973
“Creative Distortion IV: Portraiture II,” Volume V, Number
1, Spring 1974
“Expression,” Volume V, Number 2, Autumn, 1974
“The Decorative Aspect in Art,” Volume VI, Number 1,
Spring, 1975
“Three Aspects of Art,” Volume VI, Number 2, Autumn,
1975
“E Pluribus Unum,” Volume VII, Number 1, Spring, 1976
“E Pluribus Unum—Cont'd,” Volume VII, Number 2,
Autumn, 1976
“Naiveté,” Volume VII, Number 2, Autumn, 1976
“E Pluribus Unum—Cont'd: Part III,” Volume VIII,
Number 1, Spring, 1977
“E Pluribus Unum—Cont'd: Part IV,” Volume VIII,
Number 2, Autumn, 1977
“What's In A Frame?,” Volume VIII, Number 2, Autumn,
1977
“Corrigenda,” Volume VIII, Number 2, Autumn, 1977
“Transferred Values: Part I—Introduction,” Volume
IX, Number 2, Autumn, 1978
Da Capo: Prometheus' Unwittingly
Solicited Encore, Winter, 1978-1979
Published in Vistas:
“Transferred Values: Part II,” Volume I, Number 1, Spring-Summer,
1979
“Transferred Values: Part III,” Volume I, Number 2, Autumn,
1979-1980
“Subject and Subject Matter,” Volume II, Number 1, Spring-Summer,
1980
“Subject and Subject Matter: Part II,” Volume II, Number
2, 1981-1982
“The Barnes Foundation - The Display of its Art Collection,” Volume
II, Number 2, 1981-1982
“Subject and Subject Matter: Part III,” Volume III, Number
1, 1984-1986
“Tradition: An Inquiry - A few Thoughts,” Volume III,
Number 1, 1984-1986
“The Lure and Trap of Color Slides in Art Education,” Volume
III, Number 1, 1984-1986
“A Timely Reminiscence,” Volume III, Number 2, 1987-1988
“A Last Minute Addendum,” Volume III, Number 2, 1987-1988
“Academicism,” Volume IV, Number 2, Winter 1988-1989
“The Nature of Form,” Volume IV, Number 2, Winter 1988-1999
“The Form of Seurat's ‘The Models,’ Volume V, Number
1, Spring-Summer 1990
“Form and Matter,” Volume V, Number 2, 1991
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