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Book

Gardner, Helen. Art through the ages. Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c2001.

Kosuth, Joseph. "Art after philosophy." Conceptual art : a critical anthology. Cambridge,
Mass. : MIT Press, c1999. 158-177.

Periodical Article:

Ratcliff, Carter. "Jackson Pollock and American painting's Whitmanesque episode." Art in
America 85 Feb 1994: 64-69+.

Chave, Anna C. "Minimalism and biography." Art Bulletin 82.1 (2000): 149-163.

Newspaper Article:

Kangas, Matthew. "A Northwest veteran tosses a little symbolism into the
realistic world." Seattle Times 18 Oct 2002: H51.

Markoff, John. "The Voice on the Phone Is Not Human, but It's Helpful." New York
Times on the Web 21 June 1998. 25 June 1998 <http://www.nytimes.com/library/
tech/98/06/biztech/articles/21voice.html>.

Online Database:

The Print Council Index to Oeuvre-Catalogues of Prints by European and American
Artists. Print Council of America, 2000 <http://www.printcouncil.org/search.html>.

Victorian Women Writers Project. Ed. Perry Willett. June 1998. Indiana U. 26 June
1998 <http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/>.

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