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

Get ready for Winter with Art Books

Here are our latest acquisitions, just waiting for you....

Reference

Gold Coins of the World; From Ancient Times to the Present, 9^th ed,.  by Arthur L. Friedberg

Graphis Design Annual 2018

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art  by Ingrid Rowland

Ellsworth Kelly; Last Paintings

The First Artists; In Search of the World’s Oldest Art  by Michel Lorblanchet

London in the Company of Painters  by Richard Blandford  

Mexico 1900-1950; Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Jose Clemente Orozco and the Avant-Garde, exhibit catalog of the Dallas Museum of Art

The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers, exhibit catalog of the National Portrait Gallery

Vanessa Bell, exhibit catalog of the Dulwich Picture Gallery

William Blake and the Age of Aquarius  by Stephen F. Eisenman

Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900  by Laurence Madeline

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Best-Selling 1-Story Home Plans, 4^th ed. [Creative Homeowner]

Garden Renovation  by Bobbie Schwartz

Michael Graves: Design for Life  by Ian Volner   

Design / Graphics

Best American Comics, 2017 ed. by Ben Katchor

Chip Kidd: Book Two; Work 2007-2017

Elements of Logo Design  by Alex White

Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde  by Susan Pack

Made in North Korea: Graphics from Everyday Life in The DPRK  by Nicholas Bonner

Stan Lee, The Man Behind Marvel  by Bob Batchelor   

Fashion / Interior Decoration

Making House; Designers at Home  by Dominic Bradbury

Recycled Home  by Mark & Sally Bailey

Turquoise: Mines, Minerals, and Wearable Art, 2^nd ed  by Mark P. Block

Vogue on Coco Chanel  by  Bronwyn Cosgrave

Photography

If You’re Bored with your Camera, Read This Book  by Demetrius Fordham

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

The Joy of Painting  by Bob Ross (YES, a brand new printing!)

Ribbonwork Embroidery; Techniques and Projects  by Sophie Long

Stitches from the Harvest: Hand Embroidery Inspired by Autumn  by Kathy Schmitz

Antiques / Collectibles

Harry Potter: The Unofficial Guide to the Collectibles  by Eric Bradley

Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide, 2018

Stock up for Thanksgiving arts reading

Here are our latest arrivals, all ready for you to enjoy:

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

The Art of Korea; Highlights from the Collection of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum

Calder: The Conquest of Time  by Jed Perl

Leonardo da Vinci  by Walter Isaacson

Lichtenstein in New York: A Pop Art Life  by Mark Bernardo

Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power  by Mark Godfrey

The Urban Canvas: Street Art around the World

You Must Change Your Life; The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin  by Rachel Corbett

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Encyclopedia of Landscape Design

Frank Lloyd Wright: Unpacking the Archive, exhibit catalog of the Museum of Modern Art

Gothic Revival Architecture  by Trevor Yorke

Make New History: Chicago Architecture Biennial 2017

Ornament is Crime: Modernist Architecture  by Matt Gibberd

Toward an Urban Ecology  by Kate Orff Scape

 

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics   

Better Homes & Gardens Decorating Book

Books Make A Home  by Damian Thompson

Fashion Illustration: Gown & Dress Inspiration

The Moderns: Midcentury American Graphic Design  by Steven Heller  

The New Bohemians; Cool & Collected Homes  by Justina Blakeney

100 Years of Fashion Illustration  by Cally Blackman

Photography

Blind Spot  by Teju Cole

William Wegman; Being Human  by William A. Ewing

Visual arts books -- recent arrivals

We welcome the autumn season, and the library's new fiscal year, with wonderful new books -- beautiful, informative, useful books on all of the visual arts, including some popular collectibles.  There a few reference titles, which means you'll have to come here to consult them, but the rest can be requested for your nearest branch.

Reference

Encyclopedia of Black Comics  by Sheena C. Howard

The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art

Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide, 2018  (50^th Anniversary Ed.)

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Anselm Kiefer: Works from the Hall Collection

Buddha: 2000 Years of Buddhist Art

The Cleaner  by Marina Abramovic

Roman Portraits: Sculptures in Stone and Bronze/Met. Museum of Art

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its own Leg

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Architectural Guide:  Madrid  by Juan and Irene Valle Robles

City Living: Apartments, Lofts, Studios, and Townhouses  by Francesc Zamora Mola

Evergreen: The Garrett Family, Collectors and Connoisseurs

Storybook Style: America’s Whimsical Homes of the 1920s  by Arrol Gellner

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

Decorate Fearlessly!  by Susanna Salk

The Well-Dressed Window: Curtains at Winterthur  by Sandy Brown

Photography

Domon Ken: The Master of Japanese Realism

Dora  Maar: Paris in the Time of Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Picasso  by Louise Baring

The Edge of the World: A Visual Adventure to the Most Extraordinary Places on Earth

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Celebrate Your Creative Self  by Mary Todd Beam

The Fine Art of Paper Flowers  by Tiffanie Turner

How To Paint Made Easy

The Spirit of the Brush; Chinese Brush Painting Techniques

Splash 18: The Best of Watercolor

Weaving Iridescence: Color Play for the Handweaver  by Bobbie Irwin 

Antiques / Collectibles

A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels  by Q. David Bowers

A Guide Book of Washington Quarters  by Q. David Bowers

North American Coins & Prices; A Guide to US, Canadian and Mexican Coins, 2018 ed.

Start Your Own Etsy® Business  by Jason Rich