May 29, 2014

Author to discuss renowned interior designer George Stacey on June 4


June 4, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
Central’s Auditorium
1301 Olive St.

Please join us as Maureen Footer discusses and signs her recently published book, George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic.
This is the first book to chronicle the life, far reaching aesthetic legacy, and historical context of the groundbreaking American designer, George Stacey.  Stacey's ground-breaking interior designs for the smart sets in New York and Hollywood mixed old, new, luxury, and plain. 


Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Left Bank Books.

May 8, 2014

Latest, greatest acquisitions!


Take advantage of a beautiful May day to come on down and see these beautiful books.  Or, order them sent to your own branch, of course....

Reference

The Image of the Black in Western Art, The Twentieth Century: The Impact of Africa, Vol. 4, Part 1.
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money; Modern Issues 1961-Present, 20th edition
 

Art History / Art Theory
Black Panther; The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas  by Emory Douglas
The Chinese Art Book
Forged: Why Fakes are the Great Art of our Age  by Jonathon Keats
Gao Xingjian; Painter of the Soul  by Daniel Bergez
Imagining M.I.T.; Designing a Campus for the 21st Century  by William J. Mitchell

Keith Haring  by Jeffrey Deitch
Miami Graffiti Art  by H. Love
Treasures of the Royal Courts; Tudors, Stuarts, the Russian Tsars, exhibit catalog of the Victoria and Albert Museum
 

Architecture / Landscape Design
Traditional Architecture; Timeless Building for the Twenty-First Century  by Alireza Sagharchi
Why Architects Still Draw  by Paolo Belardi
Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City  by Anthony Flint
 

Photography
Creative 52: Weekly Projects to Invigorate your Photography Portfolio  by Lindsay Adler
DIY Wedding Photo and Video  by Joanna Silber
The Edge of Vision; The Rise of Abstraction in Photography  by Lyle Rexer
Family in the Picture, 1958-2013  by Lee Friedlander
Fearless Photographer: Sports  by Michael Skepls
Mastering the Business of Photography  by Tony Luna
Our Beautiful, Fragile World  by Peter Essick
Robert Heinecken: Object Matter, exhibit catalog of the Museum of Modern Art
 

Design / Interior Decoration / Graphics / Fashion
The American Flag; Art, Design, Fashion  by Mary Emmerling
Furniture by Architects
John Van Hamersveld; Fifty Years of Graphic Design
Outside the Box: Interviews with Contemporary Cartoonists  by Hillary L. Chute