Latest, greatest acquisitions

Here is a list of our most recent visual art books.  Stop by or request them!

Reference

Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 2018 ed.

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, 1961 – Present, 2018 ed.

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Contemporary Sand Sculpture  by Barbara Purchia

DADA: Art and Anti-Art  by Hans Richter (DADA Centenary Edition)

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Julius Shulman: Modernism Rediscovered  by Pierluigi Serraino

Design / Graphics

Why Art? 4^th ed.  by Eleanor Davis

Fashion / Interior Decoration

Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon; Musings of a Geriatric Starlet (autobiography)

Photography

Faces  by Serge Anton

Harry Benson: Persons of Interest; Photographs That Defined an Era

Where I Find Myself; A Lifetime Retrospective  by Joel Meyerowitz

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Animals & Pets; Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings  by Gary Geraths

Candle Making Basics, 2^nd ed. rev.  by Eric Ebeling

Crewel Embroidery; A Practical Guide  by Shelagh Amor

Dare to Sketch: A Guide to Drawing on the Go  by Felix Scheinberger

Embroidered Garden Flowers; Botanicsl Motifs for Needle and Thread  by Kazuko Aoki

Hand Lettering Step by Step  by Kathy Glynn

Red & White Quilting  by Linda Pumphrey

Release Your Creativity: Discover Your Inner Artist with 15 Simple Painting Projects  by Rebecca Schweiger

Scandinavian Needlecraft  by Clare Youngs

Soy Candles; How to Make Good-For-the-Earth, Long-Lasting Candles  by Glenda Short

Antiques / Collectibles

A Tea Caddy Collection  by Mark Bramble

New Art Books for You

Arts libraries are lucky -- we get to buy and lend the most beautiful books!  Take a look at our latest acquisitions:

Reference

Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry, 2^nd ed.  by Francesca Sterlacci

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

All the Things I Lost in the Flood; Essays on Pictures, Language and Code  by Laurie Anderson

Foucault on Painting  by Catherine M. Soussloff

The Life and Works of Leonardo da Vinci  by Rosalind Ormiston

London’s Statues and Monuments  by Peter Matthews

Modern Art in Detail  by Susie Hodge

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

The Decorated Garden; 25 Craft Projects for Your Outdoor Space

Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone  by John Cary

The Finest Building in America; The New York Crystal Palace  by Edwin G. Burrows

Francis Kere: Serpentine Pavilion 2017

A History of Architectural Conservation, 2^nd ed.  by Jukka Jokilehto

How to Read London: A Crash Course on London Architecture  by Chris Rogers  

How to Read Paris: A Crash Course on Parisian Architecture  by Chris Rogers

The Less is More Garden  by Susan Morrison

Living on Water: Contemporary Houses Framed by Water  by  James Taylor-Foster

Travels with Frank Lloyd Wright  by Gwyn Lloyd Jones

Design / Graphics

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892--1990

Mangasia; The Definite Guide to Asian Comics  by Paul Gravett

Fashion / Interior Decoration

Be Your Own Decorator: Taking Inspiration and Cues from Today’s Top Designers  by Susanna Salk

THINK:  Radical Vintage; Interiors by Swimberghe & Verlinde

Photography

Bystander: A History of Street Photoraphy

Polaroid: The Complete Guide to Experimental Instant Photography  by Rhiannon Adam

Written in the West, Revisited  by Wim Wenders

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Embroidery: A Maker’s Guide…Projects Inspired by the V & A Collection

How to Paint Fast, Loose & Bold  by Patti Mollica

Lalylala’s Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies: A Crochet Story of Tiny Creatures and Big Dreams  by

Loom Knitting  by Lucy Hopping

The Mr. X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch  by Jamie Chalmers

Women Artist Books on Display

March is Women's History Month.  To celebrate women artists, ignored and marginalized for centuries, books on women visual artists are displayed on our display unit and shelving in the Fine Arts Room.  Here are a few pictures of some of these.  Please visit the room to see more!

The general display cart

Photography

Printmakers

Italian painters

American painters

Recent additions for early March, 2018

These great books have been received since our last post -- there is an especially good crop of architecture books this time! 

Reference

Artist’s Market, How and Where to Sell your Art, 2018 ed.

HOK 2017

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

The Silver Caesars; A Renaissance Mystery  by Julia Siemon  

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Architecture Inside-Out; Understanding How Buildings Work  by John Zukowsky  

Don't worry, book is small

Architecture Matters  by Aaron Betsky

The Complete Zaha Hadid

Designing Spaces for Early Childhood Development

Domus, 1928—1939

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg  by Joachim Mischke

Goettsch Partners; Selected Works

How to Build a Skyscraper  by John Hill

New Space: Office II

An Organic Architecture; The Architecture of Democracy  by Frank Lloyd Wright

Open Concept Houses  by Francesc Zamora

Fashion / Interior Decoration

Classical Principles for Modern Design; Lessons from Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman’s The Decoration of Houses  by Thomas Jayne

Eames Furniture Source Book

Photography

Photography at MoMA; 1840--1920

Magnum Atlas: Around the World in 36 Photos from the Magnum Archive

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing from Life, 5^th ed.  

Color: A Practical Guide to Color and Its Uses in Art

Urban Potters: Makers in the City  by Kate Treggiden

Vitamin C: Clay + Ceramic in Contemporary Art

Vogue Knitting, rev. and updated ed.

Our most recent acquisitions, February 2018

Many new books on the visual arts have arrived lately:

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

The Art of Beatrix Potter: Sketches, Paintings, and Illustrations  by Emily Zach

Bernini, catalog of an exhibit at the Galleria Borghese, Rome

Calder: The Conquest of Time; The Early Years  by Jed Perl

Futurism  by Sylvia Martin

Keith Haring – Posters  by Jurgen Doring

Navajo Textiles; The Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

What is Painting? [New Edition]  by Julian Bell

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Architectural Heritage of Yemen; Buildings that Fill my Eye

David Adjaye: Living Spaces

Destination Architecture: The Essential Guide to 1000 Contemporary Buildigs

Lawrence Halprin  by Kenneth Helphand

The Los Angeles Central Library; Building an Architectural Icon, 1872-1933  by Kenneth Breisch

Robert Venturi’s Rome  by Frederick Fisher

Sustainable Architecture [Contemporary Architecture in Detail]

  Design / Graphics

5-Minute Fashion Illustration   by Emily Brickel Edelson

Pioneering Cartoonists of Color  by Tim Jackson

Fashion / Interior Decoration

From Classic to Contemporary: Decorating with Cullman & Kravis

House Beautiful Style Secrets: What Every Room Needs  by Sophie Donaldson

Interior Design Reference + Specification Book, updated ed.  by Chris Grimley

Tricia Guild Paint Box: 45 Palettes for Choosing Color, Texture, and Pattern

World Atlas of Street Fashion  by Caroline Cox

Photography                                                                                                  

Concorde  by Wolfgang Tillmans

Fifty Photographers You Should Know  by Peter Stepan

Final Cut Pro X; Beyond the Basics, 2^nd ed.  by Tom Wolsky

Nan Goldin: The Beautiful Smile

1001 Photographs You Must See in Your Lifetime  by Paul Lowe

Stephen Shore  by Quentin Bajac

Our newest crafty books

We've received a nice hefty shipment of craft books.  Take a look at these, but remember that we do have many more, on any craft you could want!

 All Things Paper; 20 Unique Projects from Leading Paper Crafters  by Ann Martin

Beginner’s Guide to Botanical Flower Painting  by Michael Lakin

Create Your Own Improv Quilts  by Rayna Gillman

Crocheted Gifts for Baby  by Jennifer Stiller
Dresden Quilt Workshop  by Susan Marth

Flowers in Watercolor  by Ann Mortimer

Gradient Knits  by Tanis Gray

How to Embroider; Techniques and Projects for the Complete Beginner  by Susie Johns  

Knit Yourself Calm  by Lynne Rowe

Little Loom Weaving  by Andreia Gomes

The Mitten Handbook  by Mary Scott Huff

More Traditional Dutch Ganseys  by Stella Ruhe

The Practical Handbook of Card-Making  by Cheryl Owen

Secrets of Spinning, Weaving, and Knitting in the Peruvian Highlands  by Nilda Alvarez

Sensational Soutache Jewelry Making  by Csilla Papp 

Welcome Home Kaffe Fassett

January's newest arty books

Happy 2018; we hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season!  Here are our latest arrivals in the Fine Arts Room.  We hope you will be able to stop in sometime this year.

Reference

Graphis Poster Annual 2018

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

At the Crossroads:  Diego Rivera and his Patrons at MoMA, Rockefeller Center, and the Palace of Fine Arts  by Catha Paquette

Desk in Exile: A Bauhaus Object Traversing Different Modernities

Gordon Matta-Clark: Anarchitect

James Ensor  by Luc Tuymans

Lee Bonticou, exhibit catalog of the Gemeentenmuseum den Haag

May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer, exhibit catalog of the William Morris Gallery

Pollock’s Modernism  by Michael Schreyach

Sonia Delaunay: Art, Design, Fashion, exhibit catalog of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza  

The Wall of Respect: Public Art and Black Liberation in 1960s Chicago

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Abandoned Asylums  by Matt Van der Velde

Architect: The Pritzker Prize Laureates in their own Words, rev. ed.

Kensington Palace: The Official Illustrated History  by Edward Impey

Portzamparc Buildings

Studio 44 Architects: Concepts, Strategies, Works

Design / Graphics

Cartoon County: My Father and his Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe  by Cullen Murphy

Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium  by Fred Van Lente

How to Read Nancy; The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels  by Paul Karasik

Like Art: Glenn O’Brien on Advertising

Now You See It, and Other Essays on Design  by Michael Beirut