June 20, 2013

Celebrate Summer's official start with some new visual arts books!

These fine books have recently arrived:

Reference

Handbook of United States Coins, 2014 edition


Art History / Art Theory 

Commissioning Contemporary Art; A Handbook for Curators, Collectors, and Artists  by Louisa Buck 

Gutai; Splendid Playground  by Ming Piampo 

Kienholz: The Signs of the Times, exhibit catalog from the Schirn Kunsthalle 

Matisse: In Search of True Painting, exhibit catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Paolo Veronese: A Master and his Workshop in Renaissance Venice by Virginia Brilliant 

Raw + Material = Art: Found, Scavenged, and Upcycled  by Tristan Manco 

Richard Jackson: Ain’t Painting a Pain, exhibit catalog of the Orange County Museum of Art
 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture 

The Architect’s Home  by Gennaro Postiglione 

Diller Scofidio + Renfro  by Edward Dimendberg 

Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture, exhibit catalog of the Vitra Design Museum 

Pierres Vives  by Zaha Hadid Architects 

Reviving Great Houses from the Past  by Stephen Crafti 

Renzo Piano Museums 

Shelton, Mindel & Associates; Architecture and Design 

The Solar House: Pioneering Sustainable Design  by Anthony Denzer
 

Design / Interior Decoration / Graphics / Fashion 

Elie Saab  by Janie Samet 

Roger Vivier 

Valentino: Master of Couture
 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to Books 

The Artist’s Handbook , 3rd edition  by Ray Smith 

Drawing Portraits  by Carole Massey 

Flower Arranging  by Judith Blacklock 

Knack:  Wedding Flowers  by Sharon Naylor 

Medieval-Inspired Knits  by Anna-Karin Lundberg 

Paper Blooms; 25 Exraordinary Flowers to Make for Weddings, etc.  by Jeffery Rudell
 

Antiques / Collectibles 

Daily Pleasures; French Ceramics from the MaryLou Boone Collection, exhibit catalog from the L. A. County Museum of Art 

A Handsome Cupboard of Plate; Early American Silver in the Cahn Collection 

Freeman-McFarlin Pottery, 1951-1980  by Nancy Kelly

 

 

June 18, 2013

No more free parking meters on Saturdays downtown

Central Library Patrons Please Note:  Beginning July 1, 2013, the City of St. Louis will start to enforce parking violations in the downtown area on Saturdays (again). The meters will be checked between the hours of 8:00 am and 7:00 pm.

Library users will still normally have the option of parking on the lot we own located on the west corner of 15th and Olive Streets (directly behind the Campbell House Museum). You can drive directly onto the lot, but will need to pick up a token at one of the circulation desks in the library in order to exit the lot.

Meters will still not be checked on Sundays (the first floor only of Central Library is open on Sundays from 1 PM-5 PM).