July 10, 2017

Newly arrived art books for a hot mid-July

We're pleased to offer these wonderful new books to our patrons.

Reference
Buildings and Landmarks of Medieval Europe: The Middle Ages Revealed  by James B. Tschen-Emmons

Art History / Art Theory / Art World
Matisse in the Studio, exhibit catalog of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s, exhibit catalog of the Cooper Hewitt Museum

Decorative Arts
Arts and Crafts Lighting from the Collection of the Two Roses Foundation
Arts and Crafts Metalwork from the Collection of the Two Roses Foundation
Arts and Crafts Tile from the Collection of the Two Roses Foundation
Ceramics in America, 2016, ed. by Robert Hunter
The Mola; Traditional Kuna Textile Art  by Edith Crouch

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning
Architects’ Gravesites: A Serendipitous Guide  by Henry H. Kuehn
Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen [The Buildings of Scotland]  by Joseph Sharples
Ayrshire and Arran [The Buildings of Scotland]  by Rob Close
Buckinghamshire [The Buildings of England]  by Nikolaus Pevsner
Gardens of the High Line; Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes  by Piet Oudolf
Glasgow [The Buildings of Scotland]  by Elizabeth Williamson
Inside an Ancient Assyrian Palace  by Ada Cohen
London: The City Churches [The Buildings of England]  by Simon Bradley
Retired, Rehabbed, Reborn; The Adaptive Reuse of America’s Buildings and Schools  by Robert A. Simons
Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style and Modernist Buildings  by Kevin D. Murphy
South Ulster: Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan [The Buildings of Ireland]  by Kevin V. Mulligan

Photography
Photography at MoMA  The Museum of Modern Art, New York   


Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
A – Z of Whitework; The Ultimate Resource for Beginners and Experienced Needleworkers
Mini Knitted Charms  by Sachiyo Ishii
Mittens from around Norway  by Nina Granlund Saether
Painting the Sacred Within  by Faith Evans-Stills
Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing 8: Expressive Texture  by Rachel Rubin Wolf
Whitework with Colour  by Trish Burr