After-Thanksgiving: Arts books to enjoy

More new books have arrived. Take a break from holiday preparations, sit back, and appreciate these beautiful and informative additions to our collection:

Reference

John Singer Sargent: Figures and Landscapes, 1908-1913

Who’s Who in Fashion, 6^th edition

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Breakfast at Sotheby’s  by Philip Hook

Conversations; Up Close and Personal with Icons of Fashion, Interior Design, and Art  by Blue Carreon

Lost Art: Missing Artworks of the Twentieth Century  by Jennifer Mundy

Pop Art; 50 Works of Art You Should Know  by Gary Van Wyk

Rendez-vous with Art  by Philippe de Montebello

The Sunflowers are Mine; The Story of Van Gogh’s Masterpiece  by Martin Bailey

 Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

Art Nouveau Fashion  by Clare Rose

Fashion Print Design: From Idea to Final Print  by Angel Fernandez

How to Create a Portfolio & Get Hired  by Fig Taylor

Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion  by Alison Gwilt

Vintage Industrial: Living with Machine Age Design  by Misha de Potestad

Vogue & The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute  by Hamish Bowles

What They Didn’t Teach You in Design School  by Phil Cleaver

Why it Does Not Have to Fit: Modern Fashion Explained  by Marnie Fogg

Photography

David Busch’s Nikon D4/D4s

George Hurrell’s Hollywood  by Mark A. Viera

PetCam: The World Through the Lens of our Four-Legged Friends  by Chris Keeney

Wonderful new books coming in

At last our new orders for the  fiscal year that started last month are coming in.  This list is heavy on architecture and photography, but has some holiday craft books and other gems to enjoy.

Reference

Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2015

Holiday Crafts

Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree  by Edie Eckman

Christmas Quilling  by Elizabeth Moad

Felt-o-Ween; 40 scary-cute projects to celebrate Halloween

Holiday Character Coaster Sets  by Darlene Neubauer

Natural Christmas Crafts  by Ilona Butterer

Art History / Art Theory

Gilbert & George: A Family Collection, exhibit catalog of the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco

Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, exhibit catalog of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Savage Samurai; Warrior Prints 1800-1899

Architecture / Landscape Design

 Afritecture:  Building Social Change catalog of the Architekturmuseum der TÜ München

Americans in Paris: Foundations of America’s Architectural Gilded Age  by Jean Paul Carlhian

Building as Ornament by Michiel van Raaij

Contemporary Mexican Architecture  by Sandy Baum

Gardens in Detail; 100 Contemporary Designs  by Emma Reuss

Houses for all Regions: CRAN Residential Collection

Richard Rogers: Inside Out, exhibit catalog of the Royal Academy of Arts

Who Built That?  Skyscrapers: An Introduction to Skyscrapers and Their Architects  by Didier Cornille

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Tattoo a Banana and Other Ways to turn Anything and Everything into Art  by Phil Hansen

Photography

Candida Höfer: Spaces of Their Own

Complete Digital Photography, 8^th edition  by Ben Long

Pet Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots  by Alan Hess
Photographer's Master Guide to Color  by Jeff Wignall

Photography: The Definitive Visual History  by Tom Ang

Post-Photography: The Artist with a Camera  by Robert Shore

Secrets of Backyard Bird Photography  by J. Chris Hansen

Wynn Bullock: Revelations

Antiques / Collectibles

Jewish Antiques: From Menorahs to Seltzer Bottles  by Tsadik Kaplan

Check out a TELESCOPE from SLPL

Although not exactly arts-related, we wanted everyone to know about this wonderful new collaboration.  Here are excerpts from the library's press release:

The St. Louis Public Library, along with St. Louis County, Kirkwood Public, and University City Libraries, is proud to announce an exciting partnership with the St. Louis Astronomical Society.  Beginning November 10, 2014, the Library Telescope Program will enable patrons age eighteen-years or older with a valid library card and state ID to check out a telescope for seven days.

Throughout the year, St. Louis Public Library and St. Louis County Library Branches and the Kirkwood and University City Libraries will also host star parties where the public can gather to view the wonders of the universe through telescopes.

Because of the cost of the telescopes, there are stringent requirements and restrictions when checking them out.  For all the details, call 314-539-0384.

New books for the New (Fiscal) Year

Some books are trickling in, from the last orders of the previous fiscal year, and the first of this one.  Much more to come!

Art History / Art Theory

River of Shadows; Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West  by Rebecca Solnit

Architecture / Landscape Design

The Language of Houses; How Buildings Speak to Us  by Alison Lurie

 Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History  by Rhonda K. Garelick

The Complete Photo Guide to Window Treatments, 2^nd ed.

LEGO Architecture   by Philip Wilkinson

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

200 Victorian Fretwork Designs  by A. Sanguineti

Celebration of Hand-Hooked Rugs ed. XXIII, 2013

Linked: Innovative Chain Mail Jewelry Designs  by Karin Van Voorhees

Pastels Unleashed  by Margaret Evans

The Spinner’s Book of Fleece  by Beth Smith

Tape It & Wear It: 60 Duct Tape Activities to Make and Wear  by Richela Fabian Morgan

Photography

30 Americans: Rubell Family Collection, expanded 3^rd ed.,  by Robert Carleton Hobbs

Antiques / Collectibles

The Ultimate Guide to Sea Glass  by Mary Beth Beuke