March 14, 2011

Recent Arrivals in time for the Ides of March

More great titles have arrived. They are available to be checked out through our branches. See earlier posts for details.


Art History / Design / Craft

Abitare: 50 Years of Design

Alexander McQueen: Genius of a Generation by Kristin Knox

American Paintings and Works on Paper in The Barnes Foundation

Andy Warhol Enterprises, exhibition catalog from the Indianapolis Museum of Art

Artistic Circles: Design & Decoration in the Aesthetic movement by Charlotte Gere

August Rodin by Jane Mayo Roos

Donald Judd by David Raskin

The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City by Nancy Zeng Berliner

Henry Moore, exhibition catalog from Tate Britain

Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage, exhibition catalog from The Menil Collection

Modern Masters: American Abstraction at Midcentury from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, exhibition catalog

Movement and Balance: Sophie Taeuber-Arp 1889-1943, exhibition catalog from the Arp Museum

Packaging Design: A Cultural Sign by Edwin Visser

Salvador Dali: The Late Work, exhibition catalog from the High Museum of Art

Shiela Hicks: 50 Years by Joan Simon

Stitchopedia: The Only Embroidery Reference You’ll ever Need by Helen Winthorpe Kendrick

Titian: The Last Days by Mark Hudson

Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind by Mansfield Bascom


Architecture / Planning / Landscape

Auldbrass: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Southern Plantation by David G. De Long

Building Brasilia by Kenneth Frampton

Gerrit Reitveld by Ida von Zijl

Gio Ponti by Ugo La Pietra

Miami Beach Deco by Steven Brooke

1000 Architectural Details: A Selection of the World’s Most Interesting Building Elements by Alex Sanchez Vidiella

Shopping: Architecture Now! by Philip Jodidio

Visual Planning and the Picturesque by Nikolaus Pevsner


Music

For the Parlor and the Concert Stage: A Guide to Recent Collections of American Piano Music by Keith C. Ward

Living Opera by Joshua Jampol

The Music Instinct: How Music Works and Why We Can’t Do Without It by Philip Ball

Ray and Me by Marci Soto (Ray Charles)


Photography

Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan by Toby Jurovics

Stieglitz Steichen Strand: Masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art


Antiques / Collectibles

Character & Novelty Clocks & Watches: Identifications and Values by Jim Collings

Encyclopedia of Barbie Doll & Family Licensed Products by Alva Christensen

English & Irish Delftware, 1570 – 1840 by Aileen Dawson