August 30, 2016

Close out August with these new books

Now that vacations are over and school has started again, we hope you have time to enjoy these great new additions to our collection.  We continue to receive beautiful, informative, and fun new publications in all of the visual arts.  Take a look!

Reference
Graphis Photography Annual 2016
Standard Catalogue of World Coins, 2001—date, 11th ed., 2017

Art History / Art Theory / Art World
C.F.A. Voysey: Arts & Crafts Designer  by Karen Livingstone
Ed Ruscha and the Great American West, exhibit catalog of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Karel Appel; A Gesture of Color, exhibit catalog of the Phillips Collection
Please Touch: Sculpture for a City [about City Garden here in STL!]

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning
Backyard Blueprints; Design, Furniture and Plants for a Small Garden  by David Stevens
Churches; An Architectural Guide  by Simon Bradley
Contemporary Designers’ Own Gardens  by Barbara Baker
Heaven is a Garden; Designing Serene Outdoor Spaces  by Jan Johnsen
Northamptonshire [The Buildings of England]  by Bruce Bailey/Nikolaus Pevsner
Suffolk West [The Buildings of England]  by James Bettley/Nikolaus Pevsner
Somerset: South and West [The Buildings of England]  by Julian Orbach/Nikolaus Pevsner

Photography
Dream of Venice Architecture
How to take Great Photographs  by Robert Hull

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics
House Rules; An Architect’s Guide to Modern Life  by Deborah Berke
World War I in 40 Posters  by Ann P. Linder

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
Arne & Carlos: 30 Slippers to Knit and Felt
Beginner’s Guide to Knitting in the Round  by Kristin Omdahl
Cross-stitch to Calm; Stitch and De-stress with 40 Simple Patterns  by Leah Lintz
Drawing Perspective  by Matthew Brehm
Learn Drawing Quickly  by Sharon Finmark