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Doing research on your play, playwright, place, or time period can help you identify major ideas, concepts, themes, metaphors, dramatic images, visual ideas, etc.?
Image Research for Theater
Drama Research Guide > Image Research for Theater
I. Consult research guides to learn more about image research.
II. Identify artists and events from your play or playwright's time period.
Strategy 1: consult general chronologies and histories.
Strategy 2: consult art histories.
III. Find art reproductions (including painting, sculpture, illustrations, and photographs).
Strategy 1: browse the art books (good for discovery, but imprecise).
Strategy 2: find books about your artist in HOMER (they'll have reproductions).
Strategy 3: consult art indexes (they identify reproductions in anthologies).
Strategy 4: look for reproductions online. See line V below.
IV. Find images in books about specific topics (a place, period, person, occupation, etc.).
Strategy 1: find books containing images (add visual terms to your searches).
Strategy 2: search for pictorial works (picture books) on a topic (e.g., Russia).
Strategy 3: use subject headings to narrow your searches.
Strategy 4: you can also find images in magazine or journal articles.
V. Find images online.
Strategy 1: search library databases containing images.
Strategy 2: search the Web for images (here are starting points and strategies).
VI. Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I identify images depicting "moods," themes,
or concepts (e.g., anger, birth)?
Answer: click the "moods" link. - How do I find art and artists if I have a time and place,
e.g., 18th-century American?
Answer: see chronologies and art history books in section II above, then go to III. - How do I find an art reproduction in a book?
Answer: see III.2 and III.3 above. - What database
has concept/color searches?
Answer: AP Multimedia Archive (V.I above).
VII. Reproducing and Citing Images for Your Projects
Photocopying/Printing in the Library
Citing Resources (general information)
Copyright (general information or images)
VIII. Need Assistance? Contact a reference librarian.
- Art & Design Librarian: Michael
Young (486-2787,
michael.s.young@uconn.edu ) - Librarian with Humanities specialization: Richard Bleiler (486-1246, richard.bleiler@uconn.edu)
- Music/Drama Librarian: Tracey Rudnick (486-0519, tracey.rudnick@uconn.edu)
- Ask a Librarian: Live Online Reference Service (general assistance)
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See also a costume resources page.
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