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| Art Collections & Exhibitions Bibliography |
Ayers, John. Chinese ceramics: The Koger Collection. New York: Sotheby's Publications, 1985.
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| Borys, Stephen, editor. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: a guide to the collections, 2008. |
Brilliant, Virginia. Gothic art in the Gilded Age: Medieval and Renaissance treasures in the Gavet-Vanderbilt-Ringling collection, 2009.
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| Craven, Roy C. Indian sculpture in The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1961. |
| Duchamp, Marcel. Marcel Duchamp: works from The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art collection. 1983. |
| Duval, Cynthia. 500 years of decorative arts from the Ringling collections, 1350-1850. 1982. |
| Herscher, Ellen. Ancient art from Cyprus: the Ringling Collection: April 14 through May 23, 1983, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. 1983. |
| International Rubens Symposium and Nancy Thomson De Grummond. Papers presented at the International Rubens Symposium: April 14-16, 1982, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida. 1983. |
| Merling, Mitchell. Ringling: the art museum, 2002. |
Janson, Anthony F. Great paintings from The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. New York: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1986.
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| John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Modern Painting Lent to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 1948. Full Text |
| Murray, Marian. A popular guide: 50 masterpieces in The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 1955. |
| Robinson, Franklin W., William H. Wilson, and Larry Silver. Catalogue of the Flemish and Dutch paintings, 1400-1900. 1980. |
| Suida, William E. Catalogue of paintings in The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 1949. |
| Tomory, Peter. Catalogue of the Italian paintings before 1800. 1976. |
| Weber, Joanna. Josef Albers Color Genius. 2006. |
| Weber, Joanna. Of Lions and Red Hats: Saint Jerome at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 2004. |
| Wilson, William Harry. Dutch seventeenth century portraiture, the golden age. 1980. |
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| The Historic Asolo Theater |
Austin, Arthur Everett. The Asolo Theater in Sarasota at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 1952. Full Text
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| Currie, Dwight and Linda McKee, editors. Encore!: a new life for the Historic Asolo Theater at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2006; contributors: Creighton Gilbert, Eugene R. Gaddis, Dwight Currie, Michelle Scalera, Tess Koncick, Françoise Hack-Lof. |
| Gaddis, Eugene R. Magician of the modern: Chick Austin and the transformation of the arts in America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. |
Gilbert, Creighton. The Asolo Theater. 1959. Full Text
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| Cà d'Zan |
Cà d'Zan: Ringling Residence. 1954. Full Text
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| De Groft, Aaron H. and David Chapin Weeks. Cà d'Zan: inside the Ringling mansion. 2004. |
Hack-Lof, Françoise, Teresa A. Koncick and Linda R. McKee. Cà d'Zan: the Ringling winter residence. 2003.
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| The house John and Mable Ringling built: a short guide to the Ringling residence. 1952. Full Text |
Scalera, Michelle, Cà d'Zan: the restoration of the Ringling mansion, 2006.
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| John and Mable Ringling |
| De Groft, Aaron H. and David Chapin Weeks. A pictorial history of John and Mable Ringling. 2003. |
| Ormond, Mark, Aaron DeGroft, and Gene Ray, Eds. John Ringling: dreamer, builder, collector: legacy of the circus king. 1996. |
| Weeks, David C. Ringling: the Florida years, 1911-1936, University Press of Florida. 1993. |
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| Museum of Art |
| Austin, Jr. Arthur Everett.The Art Museum John Ringling Built. 1951. Full Text |
| De Groft, Aaron H. John Ringling in perpetua memoria : the legacy and prestige of art and collecting. Florida State University dissertation, 2000. |
| De Groft, Aaron H. Ringling & Rubens: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 2003. |
| Hack-Lof, Françoise, and Linda R. McKee. The art galleries of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. 2003. |
| Merling, Mitchell. Ringling: the Art Museum. 2002. |
| Murray, Marian. The Ringling Museums: a magnificent gift to the State of Florida. 1951. |
| Vilas, C.N. and N.R. Vilas. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. Chicago: C. D. Heller, 1942. |
School of Fine and Applied Art of the John and Mable Ringling Museum. Bulletin 1, no. 1 (May 1931).
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| Archives |
| Walk, Deborah W. A guide to the archives of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: the state art museum of Florida. 1994. Full Text |
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| Circus Museum and Tibbals Learning Center |
| The Museum of the American Circus. The Museum of the American Circus: one of the Ringling museums owned and operated by the State of Florida. 1952. Full Text |
| Walk, Deborah. The Circus in Miniature: the Howard Bros. Circus Model. 2008. |
| Walk, Deborah. Heyday: Frederick W. Glasier's American Circus, 1890-1925. 2008. |
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| Library |
| McKee, Linda R. "The History of John Ringling's Library: Preserving the Heritage of a Great Cultural Institution." Florida Libraries. Special Edition. Florida Library Association. p. 17-29. 2005. |
| Schmidt, Valentine Lucille. Rare books of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries from the Library of the Ringling Museum of Art: Sarasota, Florida. An exhibition prepared by Valentine L. Schmidt and presented by the Ringling Museum November 3-23, 1969. 1969. Full Text |
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