PRIMARY SOURCES

Articles

Waterhouse, Keith "." The Daily Mirror 19 Feb 1976.

This article by Keith Waterhouse was a negative critique on minimalism. It helped us provide an unbiased view of our topic. It was used in the background section.

Audio

"I'm Going to Bake a Cake." By Philip Glass. The Hours. Nonesuch , 2002.

We are currently using this recording by Philip Glass on the main page of our website. It helped us to find the correct musical tone for minimalism. It will be useful in helping to establish proper tone for the site.

Books

Judd, Donald. Specific Objects. New York: D.A.P, 1964.

Specific Objects was a piece of literature written by artist Donald Judd. This piece was helpful in that it showed the ideas of an artist of the art movement. We used a quote from his piece for the artist section.

Cartoons

"Minimalism Cartoon." The Times Diary 1979:.

This cartoon was in the Times Diary. It helped us show how art critics interpreted minimalism. We used it in the background section.

Charts

The Bricks Abstract. Chart. : October 1976.

This was a chart made by Carl Andre in which he collected criticisms about his use of bricks and compiled them. It helped us further understand the criticisms around in the time. We used it in the artist section.

Interviews

Krauss, Rosalind. Online interview. April 2005.

We interviewed Professor Krauss, an art professor at Columbia University through e-mail. Our interview helped to give us an idea as to how Minimalism affected modern art as well as its place in society. Dr. Krauss specializes in modern sculpture.

Skiba, Karin. Online interview. 29 Jan. 2005.

We interviewed Professor Skiba, an art professor at Riverside Community College through e-mail. This interview helped us put into perspective the opinions of another person who experienced minimalism first-hand while it was developing. We used it for our interview section.

Stavros, Dr. Harry. Personal Interview. 2 Dec 2004.

This interview was helpful in giving us a first-hand description of the minimalist movement and its application to communication. We also gained insight into the time and the inspiration behind the movement.

Johnson, Ellen H. American Artists of Art from 1940 to 1980. New York:

Harper and Row, 1982.

We found this book in the UCR Library. It provided dozens of interviews with artists of the minimalist period. Several minimalist artists are included in this book, which will help us get a clearer idea on the themes of minimalist art as well as its relationship to communication.

Painting/Sculpture

Andre, Carl. Trabum. Guggenheim, New York.

Carl Andre’s Trabum was useful in showing the type of minimalist art he worked on. It also coincided with a chart we used which criticized his use of bricks. We used this picture in the artists section.

Flavin, Dan. Flourescent Light. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

We found the source on the internet. Dan Flavin’s Flourescent Light provides us with a good idea of what Flavin’s artwork is like. We used it with the background section.

Flavin, Dan. Some Light. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

We also found this sculpture on the internet. It helped to increase our understanding. Dan Flavin’s Some Light also helped us to complete the background section. It also improved the aesthetic quality of our website.

Flavin, Dan. Untitled. 1972. New York. Minimalism. By James Meyer.

London: Phaidon P Limited, 2000. 144.

We found this on the internet. It helped us to further understand his art. We are using this sculpture on the main page of our website. Its aesthetic quality will impress the judges and will show our skill and knowledge of web design.

Flavin, Dan. Greens Crossing Greens. Guggenheim, New York.

We found this picture on the internet. We used Greens Crossing Greens in the artists section. This was helpful in helping the viewer to further understand his innovative technique in creating art.

Humphrey, Ralph. Atlanta. Whitney, New York.

Atlanta is one of the earlier minimalist works. It was helpful in showing the viewer how minimalism evolved. We used it in the artists section.

Judd, Donald. Untitled. Guggenheim, New York.

Untitled helped us to show Judd’s reliance on sculpture rather than two-dimensional canvases. It helped us understand variations of the art. We used it in the artists section.

Kelly, Ellsworth. Diptych Dark Blue Dark Green. Meyerovich Gallery Home Artists

Exhibitions Inventory Gallery Info, San Francisco.

Ellsworth Kelly’s Diptych Dark Blue Dark Green was used to introduce the viewer to Kelly’s minimalist approach to art. It helped us to understand the artist, Kelly. We used it in the artists section.

LeWitt, Sol. 123454321+. Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York.

LeWitt’s remarkable sculpture was used to show the viewer LeWitt’s innovative style. It helped us to illustrate this style. We used it in the artists section.

Marden, Brice. Grove IV. Guggenheim, New York.

Brice Marden’s Grove IV is a simple piece which was used so the viewer could understand his technique (he uses a spatula to smooth the paint). It also helped us to understand his technique. It was used in the artists section.

Marden, Brice . Untitled. 1973. Guggenheim Museum , New York. Singular Forms

(Sometimes repeated). 24 Oct. 2004 <http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/singular_forms/images/artworks/image_3a.jpg>.

This website provides several pages of artwork as well as information. It was very useful to our research. We used it in the artists section.

Truitt, Anne. Knight's Heritage. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln.

Knight’s Heritage is a large piece by Anne Truitt. It helped us to understand the different artists. We used it in the background section.

SECONDARY SOURCES

Articles

Bonetti, David "Idea man Sol LeWitt creates the concept, assistants execute the art." St.

Luis Dispatch 3 Oct 2004.

This was an article on Sol LeWitt and his artistic process. It helped us to gain knowledge on the art. We used it in the artists section.

"Cunningham Merce." Encarta. Redmond: Microsoft Corporation, 2003.

CD-ROM.

We found this article on Encarta. It helped us gain knowledge on Cunninham Merce and his indirect inspiration from artists that conveyed contemporary art movements that followed minimalism. We used it in the artists section.

Ewes, Robert "Stella brings more pictorial feeling from abstract art then anyone else

alive" "

This quote was important in giving the viewer an idea of the significance of the minimalist movement, especially that of Frank Stella. It helped us see the significance as well. We used it in the artists section.

Johnson, Reed "JUST BETWEEN YOU AND EYE : ARTIST ELLSWORTH KELLY'S

COLORFUL GEOMETRIC CREATIONS ARE ALL ABOUT PERCE." LA Daily News 16 Feb 1997.

This article was also useful in helping us understand Ellsworth Kelly’s work. It taught us about Kelly’s art and influenced our perception of minimalism.

Pincus, Robert L. "Museums take minimal to the max." San Diego Union-Tribune 11 Apr

2004.

This was an informative article on minimalism’s rising popularity in museums. It helped us to gain knowledge about its popularity. We used it in the artists section.

Richard, Paul "Putting It All on the Lines; When It Comes to Blending Frenzy and Order,

Brice Marden Doesn't Mess A." Washington Post 30 May 1999.

We quoted Paul Richards article in the artists section on Brice Marden. It helped us to understand the way Marden works. We used it in the artists section.

Skeen, Ilene "Donald Judd." Library Journal.

Ilene Skeen’s piece is about Donald Judd. It was helpful in giving us basic ideas on minimalism as well as informing us on Donald Judd’s work. We used the article in the artists section.

"Tate Modern and the crisis of minimalism." The New Republic 19 Jun 2000.

This article gave us information on minimalist architecture which was inspired by minimalism. It helped to gain an idea of the overall impact of the art. We used this in the background section.

Zeaman, John "WTC memorial is minimalism with flourishes." The Record 15 Jan 2004.

We found this on the internet. This recent article helped us to see the impacts of the minimalist movement on contemporary architecture. It was used in the background section.

Books

American Visionaries: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art. New

York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.

This provides biographies and background detail on American artists. It helped to understand the different artists. Many minimalist artists are included.

Bailey, Thomas A., Lizabeth Cohen, and David M. Kennedy. The American Pageant. 11th ed.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company,1998. 959-960.

This source helped us to see the cultural and political atmosphere of the 1960s. It explained the times as a time of change and disillusionment. This is a textbook that we used this year for our AP United States History class. We used a quote from this book in our backgrounds section. It puts into perspective the possible reason minimalism might have developed in that time period.

Minimalism. Ed. James Meyer. London: Phaidon P Limited, 2000.

This is the definitive source of the minimalist movement in the 20 th century. It provided a great deal of background information as well as analysis on paintings and sculptures. This helped us a great deal with relating our topic to communication and finding a central theme throughout the minimalist art.

Sandler, Irving. American Art of the 1960s. New York: Harper and Row,

1988.

This book provided information about the art movements springing up in the 1960s (which includes minimalism). Helped us to find how minimalism fit into the American art scene.

Essays

Chave, Anna C. "Minimalism and Biography." The Art Bulletic (2000).

Another Chave essay. Like “minimalism and the rhetoric of power” this essay also provides extensive analysis. It also provided us with a quote from Carl Andre (“matter matters.”) We used it in the background section.

Chave, Anna C. "Minimalism and the Rhetoric of Power." (1990).

Anna Chave’s essay provides extensive analysis on minimalism: its political motivations, artistic motivations and much more. It was a very important essay and helped us to understand in-depth the meaning of minimalism. We used this in the background section.

Journals

Meyer, James "Unfashionably late." Artform International (1996).

Art critic James Meyer wrote this piece for Artform International. It helped us to see the setting and context of the art movement. We used it in the artists section on Ellsworth Kelly.

Radio Broadcasts

“Dan Flavin's Fantastic Lights.” Morning Edition. NPR. , 6 Oct. 2004.

This audio report on Dan Flavin provided us with information on Dan Flavin’s work as well as its importance in the art community. It helped to understand the artist. We used it in the artists section.

Timelines

Leaning@Whitney: Timeline . Online. 4 Dec 2004.

<http://www.whitney.org/learning/resource/timeline1960s.php>.

This timeline provided extensive chronological data on minimalism and also gave political events of the time. It was helpful in seeing how the movement coincided with politics. We used it this in the background section.

Websites

Brunner, Borgna, and Elissa Haney . Civil Rights Timeline. Pearson Education. 25 Mar. 2005

<http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html>.
This website helped us to see the progression of the civil rights movement in America in the 1960s and 1970s. We found the link through a search engine. It added to our understanding of the social change and overall feeling of the time period. It supports our thesis that minimalism is a product of a society that was undergoing much

Minimal Art . Online. 22 Oct 2004.

<http://wwar.com/masters/movements/minimalism.html>.

This website also provided us with a basic definition of minimalism which was also helpful in the beginning of our research. It helped us with the general idea of the movement. We also used it in the background section.

The New Criterion . Online. 4 Dec 2004.

<http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/21/may03/minimal.htm>.

This website contained quotes from famous artists. It helped us to see points of views. It was used in the artists section.

Themes in American Art . Online. 21 Oct 2004.

<http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aaglossary.shtm>.

The National Gallery of American art provided us with a general definition of minimalism. It was helpful in the beginning of our research. We used it in the background section.

Wolcott, David. 20th Century America. Carnegie Mellon University. 26 Mar. 2005

<http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/79-204/Timeline.html#1960s>.

This website helped provided us with a timeline. It contains much information about the social and political progression throughout the time period that minimalism came from. The fights for civil rights and the Vietnam War helped to contribute to the political and social feeling of uncertainty and disillusionment. We found this by searching for a timeline on a search engine.