April 13, 2016

Latest acquisitions

Almost an embarrassment of riches these days -- all the books we order come in so quickly!  Here are more beautiful and informative books on the visual arts.

Art History / Art Theory / Art World
Andy Warhol / Ai Wei Wei
Another Minimalism: Art after California Light and Space  by Melissa E. Feldman
The Art of American Still Life: Audubon to Warhol, exhibit catalog of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Bill Viola  by John G. Hanhardt
Giacometti: Pure Presence  by Paul Moorhouse
How to Read Chinese Ceramics  by Denise Patry Leidy
Joseph Cornell and Surrealism
Kerry James Marshall: Look See
My Hermitage: How The Hermitage Survived Tsars, Wars, and Revolutions to Become the Greatest Museum in the World  by Mikhail Piotrovsky
Picturing People: The New State of the Art  by Charlotte Mullins
Street Art / Fine Art, exhibit catalog of the Dulwich Outdoor Gallery
The Surrealism Reader; An Anthology of Ideas  edited by Dawn Ades
The Wittgenstein Vitrine; Modern Opulence in Vienna, catalog of the Dallas Museum of Art

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning
For Everyone a Garden (Special Anniversary Edition)  by Moshe Safdie
Gehry in Sydney: The Dr. Chau Chak Wing Building, UTS
Mecanoo Architecten; People Place Purpose  by Francine Houben

Photography
African American Women: Photographs from the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Complete Portrait Manual
Infrared Photography: Artistic Techniques for Brilliant Images  by Laurie Klein
Lartigue: Life in Color
Mastering Composition for Photographers  by Mark Chen
Marc Riboud
Self Publish, Be Happy; A DIY Photobook Manual and Manifesto  by Bruno Ceschel

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics
Postcard America: Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931-1950  by Jeffrey L. Meikle