Latest Acquisitions - mid-December, 2010

All these new books are available to be checked out by putting a request for them to be sent to a branch. See previous posts for details.


Art History, Design

Discovering Caravaggio: The Art Lover’s Guide to Understanding Symbols in his Paintings by Stefano Zuffi

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin: 100 Masterpieces by Dietrich Wildung

Legal Guide for the Visual Artist by Tad Crawford

Pop: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture by Steven Heller

Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Masters, new expanded edition by David Hockney


Architecture

Architecture in the Balkans: From Diocletian to Suleyman the Magnificent by Slobodan Curcic

Beyond Modernist Masters: Contemporary Architecture in Latin America by Felipe Hernandez

Heart-Made: The Cutting Edge of Chinese Contemporary Architecture

Shigeru Ban: Paper in Architecture

Venice: An Architectural Guide by Richard J. Goy


Movies, Theater, Dance, TV

Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy by Saul Austerlitz

D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation: A History of “The Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time” by Melvyn Stokes

The New Business of Acting by Brad Lemack


Photography

The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age by Sylvia Wolf


Antiques, Collectibles

Standard Encyclopedia of Opalescent Glass: Identification and Values, 7th edition by Mike Carwile

Latest Acquisitions

Remember, you can still check these books out. You just have to put in a request for them to be sent to one of our branches. Find more details at the first New Books post, dated Nov. 4, 2010.

Art History, Design

Constable by Jonathan Clarkson

Grant Wood: A Life by R. Tripp Evans

Young Michelangelo: The Path to the Sistine by John T. Spike


Architecture / Planning / Landscape

Architect: The Work of the Pritzker Prize Laureates in their own Words by Ruth Peltason

The Architecture of Harry Weese by Robert Bruegmann

The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer

Marina City: Bertrand Goldberg’s Urban Vision by Igor Marjanovic and Katerina Ray

MAXXI: Zaha Hadid Architects

The Trouble with City Planning: What New Orleans Can Teach Us by Kristina Ford.


Music

The Music of Django Reinhardt by Benjamin Marx Givan

The New York Philharmonic: From Bernstein to Maazel by John Canarina


Antiques and Collectibles

Antique Porcelain Boxes: Identification and Value Guide by Jim and Susan Harran

Standard Encyclopedia of Carnival Glass, 12th Edition