Art

Recommended Reading

Please, see below for a selection of some of the best texts that will introduce you to some of the key ideas of Art, ideal for expanding your ideas at A level.

This is Modern Art - Matthew Collings

A world History of Art - Honour and Fleming

Ways of Seeing - John Berger

Art 4 Now - Hans Werner Holzwarth

Illustration Now 5 - Julius Wiedemann

Recommended Websites

A level Pinterest Account - https://www.pinterest.co.uk/sarahsharp1990/

The British Museum - https://www.britishmuseum.org/

Victoria and Albert Museum - https://www.vam.ac.uk/

Dulwich Picture Gallery - https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/

Hayward Gallery - hayward-gallery

National Gallery - https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

National Portrait Gallery - https://www.npg.org.uk/

Tate Britain/Modern - https://www.tate.org.uk/

Whitechapel Gallery - https://www.whitechapelgallery.org

Horniman Museum - https://www.horniman.ac.uk/

Photographers Gallery - https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/

Serpentine Gallery - https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/

Course Materials

  • A3 sketchbook - Spiral bound is best as you can add in pages.
  • Set of shading pencils - ranging from 2B - 6B
  • Good rubber and sharpener