April 1, 2014

Latest arrivals to enjoy in Spring


Whew!  Looks like we're finally through with our long, cold winter.  These new books should put a smile on the face of any arts lover.  If you can't make it to Central to see them and all our other fabulous books, you can always request that they be sent to your neighborhood branch.

Art History / Art Theory
The Armory Show at 100:  Modernism and Revolution
Art & Place: Site Specific Art of the Americas  by Amanda Renshaw
Capital Culture; J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience  by Neil Harris
Nicole Eisenman
Piero’s Light; In Search of Piero Della Francesca  by Larry Witham
Printmaking Off the Beaten Track  by Richard Noyce
 
Architecture / Landscape Design 
Houses without Names; Architectural Nomenclature and the Classification of
       America’s Common Houses  by Thomas C. Hubka
Meier:  Richard Meier & Partners; Complete Works 1963-2013  by Philip Jodidio
World Man  by R. Buckminster Fuller
Sergei Tchoban: Architecture
Tennessee Log Buildings; A Folk Tradition  by John B. Rehder 

Photography
The Art of the Photograph; Essential Habits for Stronger Compositions  by Art Wolfe
Color: A Photographer’s Guide  by Jerod Foster
A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography  by Anne M. Lyden
Work  by Klaus Mitteldorf
 
Design / Interior Decoration / Graphics / Fashion
Graphic Design for Fashion  by Jay Hess
House Beautiful Color  by Lisa Cregan
How to Decorate; An Inspiring and Practical Handbook  by Shannon Fricke
Remodelista; A Manual for the Considered Home  by Julie Carlson

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
Connect the Shapes; Crochet Motifs   by Edie Eckman
Inside Acrylics; Studio Secrets from Today’s Top Artists  by Phil Garrett
Spinning and Dyeing Yarn  by Ashley Martineau
The Steampunk Adventurer’s Guide; Contraptions, Creations, and Curiosities Anyone can Make  by Thomas Willeford

Antiques / Collectibles
Plastic Jewelry, revised 5th edition  by Lyngerda Kelly