February 15, 2011

Lots of great new arts books!

We've received quite a nice haul of newly-published books since our last update. Just put any of these on request to be picked up at any branch if you would like to read it.

Art History / Design / Craft

Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic, exhibition catalog from Tate Liverpool

Anna Sui by Andrew Bolton

Art for All: British Posters for Transport, exhibition catalog from the Yale Center for British Art

The Art of Ancient Greek Theater, exhibition catalog from the Getty Museum

The Art of Classic Rock by Paul Grushkin

The Finest Rooms in America by Thomas Jayne

French Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum by Thomas Kren

Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands in the J. Paul Getty Museum by Thomas Kren

In Giocometti’s Studio by Michael Peppiatt

Jewels of the Romanovs: Family and Court by Stefano Papi

Mata Ortiz Pottery Today by Guy Berger

A Museum of One’s Own: Private Collecting, Public Gift by Anne Higonnet

The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Berge by Robert Murphy

A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection, exhibition catalog from Renwick Gallery/Smithsonian

Syrie Maugham by Pauline C. Metcalf

The Vorticists: Rebel Artists in London and New York , exhibition catalog from Tate Britain


Architecture / Planning / Landscape

American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture by Alice T. Friedman

Cowboys Stadium: Architecture, Art, Entertainment by David Dillon

Frank Williams Architect (this book is 18 inches tall)

Joseph Urban by John Loring

Mosques of Istanbul by Henry Matthews

Peter Pennoyer Architects by Anne Walker-McBay

Small Scale Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement, exhibition catalog MoMA

Sverre Fehn: The Pattern of Thoughts by Per Olaf Fjeld

Terror and Wonder: Architecture in a Tumultuous Age by Blair Kamin


Music

Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World by John Szwed

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess: A 75th Anniversary Celebration by Robin Thompson


Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Bringing up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Woman Who Founded the Academy by Debra Ann Pawlak

Performing Shakespeare by John Hester

Pick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and the American Musical by Charlotte Greenspan

Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History by Constance Valis Hill


Photography

Andre Kertesz by Michel Frizot

Auto Focus: The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography by Susan Bright

The Jazz Image: Seeing Music through Herman Leonard’s Photography by K. Heather Pinson


Antiques / Collectibles

Halloween in America: A Collector’s Guide with Prices, 2nd edition by Stuart Schneider

L. E. Smith: Encyclopedia of Glass Patterns & Products by Tom Felt

The Official M. I. Hummel Price Guide by Heidi Ann Von Recklinghausen