December 23, 2011

Happy Holidays with fun new books in the arts!

As always, just "place a hold" on any of these titles to have them sent to the branch of your choice.


Art History / Design / Craft

American Letters, 1927—1947:  Jackson Pollock & Family

Caravaggio and his Followers in Rome  by David Franklin

Portrait Jewels:  Opulence & Intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs  by Diana Scarisbrick

Romare Bearden, American Modernist  edited by Ruth Fine and Jacqueline Francis


Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

The Biography of a Building:  How Robert Sainsbury and Norman Foster Built a Great Museum  by Witold Rybczynski


Photography

Julius Shulman, Los Angeles:  The Birth of a Modern Metropolis


Music

Alan Lomax, Assistant in Charge: The Library of Congress Letters, 1935—1945  edited by Ronald D. Cohen

Chamber Music; A Listener’s Guide  by James M. Keller


Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Any Gun Can Play:  The Essential Guide to Euro-Westerns  by Kevin Grant

Fundamentals of Theatrical Design  by Karen Brewster

How to Start Your Own Theater Company  by Reginald Nelson

Masters of Mystery:  The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle & Harry Houdini  by Christopher Sandford

Television Westerns; Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders  by Alvin H. Marill