Georgia O’Keeffe Research Paper

BACKGROUND

Artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s canvases seem larger than life. Her early New York skylines, the huge closeups of flowers, and desert scenes of bleached skulls and bones are representative of distinct periods in her art. O’Keeffe enjoyed an unconventional life with her husband, the photographer Alfred Stieglitz, and a literary and artistic circle of friends.

BROWSE FOR BOOKS ON THE SHELF USING THESE CALL NUMBERS

Biography section under O’Keeffe, Georgia

759.13

LOOK UNDER THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS IN THE CATALOG (CARD OR COMPUTER)

O’Keeffe, Georgia

Stieglitz, Alfred

Art, Modern—20th century

REFERENCE MATERIALS THAT MAY HELP (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Chanticleer, Press, ed. The Encyclopedia of American Art, 1981.

Janson, H. W., ed. The History of Art, 1986.

Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography Yearbook, 1964.

Osborne, Harold, ed. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art, 1981.

General encyclopedias

PERIODICAL INDEXES TO SEARCH (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Biography Index

EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries

InfoTrac

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

WILSONDISC

ONLINE DATABASES TO SEARCH

America Online

CompuServe

Dialog

Internet

Prodigy
KEY WORDS AND DESCRIPTORS FOR PERIODICAL INDEX AND ONLINE SEARCHES

O’Keeffe, Georgia

VIDEOTAPES ON THIS TOPIC

Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe. Educational Dimensions, 1989.

Georgia O’Keeffe. Home Vision, 1989.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Art Institute of Chicago (Library or Shop), 111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60603–9947.

Metropolitan Museum of Art Bookshop, 5th Ave. and 82nd St., New York, NY 10028.

Museum of Modern Art Shop, 37 W. 53rd St., New York, NY 10019.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NARROWING THIS TOPIC

Choose a particular period or theme to discuss; e.g., flower paintings, desert scenes.

Describe the relationship between O’Keeffe and Stieglitz.

Relate the early life of Georgia O’Keeffe.

What did O’Keeffe reveal about herself and her art in her correspondence?

SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED TOPICS

Alfred Stieglitz

Alice Neel

Faith Ringgold

Flowers as a theme in art

Frida Kahlo

Women artists in the 1920s and 1930s

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