Latest Acquisitions - mid-December, 2010

All these new books are available to be checked out by putting a request for them to be sent to a branch. See previous posts for details.


Art History, Design

Discovering Caravaggio: The Art Lover’s Guide to Understanding Symbols in his Paintings by Stefano Zuffi

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin: 100 Masterpieces by Dietrich Wildung

Legal Guide for the Visual Artist by Tad Crawford

Pop: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture by Steven Heller

Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Masters, new expanded edition by David Hockney


Architecture

Architecture in the Balkans: From Diocletian to Suleyman the Magnificent by Slobodan Curcic

Beyond Modernist Masters: Contemporary Architecture in Latin America by Felipe Hernandez

Heart-Made: The Cutting Edge of Chinese Contemporary Architecture

Shigeru Ban: Paper in Architecture

Venice: An Architectural Guide by Richard J. Goy


Movies, Theater, Dance, TV

Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy by Saul Austerlitz

D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation: A History of “The Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time” by Melvyn Stokes

The New Business of Acting by Brad Lemack


Photography

The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age by Sylvia Wolf


Antiques, Collectibles

Standard Encyclopedia of Opalescent Glass: Identification and Values, 7th edition by Mike Carwile