We are open again!

We’re back in business, at the beautifully restored and rejuvenated Central Library downtown!  See http://central.slpl.org/, and many pictures on various social media outlets.

There have been many changes to the organization of the library, and this department is no exception.  We are one of a very few departments that is still in the same room, but our holdings have changed.  We no longer carry the Performing Arts – books and magazines on music, theater, dance, movies, television, etc.   Those materials are next door in the new Entertainment, Literature, and Biography Room.  The Compact Disc collection is in the new space called The Studio.  There they join the DVDs, Talking Books, VHS tapes, and other non-book materials.

New books have just started to trickle in.  Since we won’t be listing the Performing Arts books, we’ll list Reference (also known as Non-Circulating) books now that they are again accessible to you here at Central. 

Reference Books

Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 7th edition.

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture, 2nd edition  by Frank Ching

Art History / Theory

Aesthetic of the Cool:  Afro-Atlantic Art and Music  by Robert F. Thompson

Design

Best Practices for Graphic Designers; Grids and Page Layouts  by Amy Graver

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to Books

Classical Drawing Handbook:  Essential lessons from the Atelier  by Juliette Aristides

 

 

A few new books

Only a few new books are trickling in since the end of our ordering cycle for this fiscal year. 

Art History / Design

Book-jackets; Their History, Forms, and Use  by G. Thomas Tanselle

A Closer Look; Techniques of Painting,  guide by the National Gallery, London

An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew,  catalog of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Perfectly American: The Art-Union & its Artists, exhibition catalog from the Gilcrease Museum

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Hollywood Movie Stills; Art and Technique in the Golden Age of the Studios  by Joel W. Finler

 

Again, a reminder that as of July, 2012, all the collections of Central Library are unavailable to staff and public.  The move from the temporary storage location and various branches will be a lengthy one, as all materials are prepared, moved, and arranged in their new locations in the renovated building.  Unfortunately this means that the new books that appear in this blog are not able to be requested and sent to branches.  If you see a title you would like to check out, first check the catalog to see if there is a copy at a branch.  If not, please be patient, keep a list, and watch the library’s public announcements for the date when Central’s collections will again be available. 

 

We are truly sorry for this major inconvenience, but it is just not possible to keep the collections accessible while they and the staff are in such flux.   Central Library reopens on December 9, 2012. 

Late summer acquisitions

Reminder:  As of July 2, 2012, all the collections of Central Library are unavailable for use.  The move from the temporary storage location and various branches will be a lengthy one, as all materials are prepared, moved, and arranged in their new locations in the renovated building.  Unfortunately this means that the new books that appear in this blog are not able to be requested and sent to branches.  If you see a title you would like to check out, first check the catalog to see if there is another copy at a branch.  If not, please be patient, keep a list, and watch the library’s public announcements for the date when Central’s collections will be available.   

In addition, library staff may not have access to computer work terminals for extended periods during the move, so we may not be able to update our new books list regularly. 

We are truly sorry for this major inconvenience, but it is just not possible to keep the collections accessible while they are in such flux.   Central Library reopens on December 9, 2012.  Stay tuned………

Art History / Design

Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals

Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life, exhibition catalog from the Art Institute of Chicago

British Design from 1948: Innovation in the Modern Age, catalog of the Victoria & Albert Museum

Celebrating the American Spirit; Masterworks from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Jewish Art; A Modern History  by Samantha Baskind

Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape, exhibition catalog from the Tate Museum

Print/Out; 20 Years in Print, exhibition catalog from the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Richard Diebenkorn; The Ocean Park Series, exhibition catalog from the Orange County Museum of Art

Stylus: A Project by Ann Hamilton, exhibition catalog of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture  by John Hill

Schlepping Through Ambivalence; Essays on an American Architectural Condition  by Stanley Tigerman

Shop architects:  Out of Practice

Tradition and Invention in Architecture; Conversations and Essays  by Robert A. M. Stern

 

Photography

Beaton in Vogue

Herb Ritts: L.A. Style, exhibition catalog of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Images in Time:  A Century of Photography at the Alhambra, 1840-1940

Rock Seen  by Bob Gruen

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

The Handknitter’s Yarn Guide  by Nikki Gabriel

Glass; A Short History  by David Whitehouse

Make it Beautiful: Designs and Ideas for Entertaining at Home  by Monica Pedersen

 

Music

Don’t Stop Thinking About the Music: The Politics of Songs and Musicians in Presidential Campaigns  by Benjamin S. Schoening

La Traviata, by Giuseppe Verdi,  Opera Guide

 

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

America’s Film Legacy, 2009-2010; A Viewer’s Guide to the 50 Landmark Movies added to the National Film Registry  by Daniel Eagan

Antonioni: Centenary Essays

Scenic Art for the Theatre, 3^rd ed.  by Susan Crabtree

Star Trek FAQ  by Mark Clark

July acquisitions

As of July 2, 2012, all the collections of Central Library are unavailable for use.  The move from the temporary storage location and various branches will be a lengthy one, as all materials are prepared, moved, and arranged in their new locations in the renovated building.  Unfortunately this means that the new books that appear in this blog are not able to be requested and sent to branches.  If you see a title you would like to check out, first check the catalog to see if there is another copy at a branch.  If not, please be patient, keep a list, and watch the library’s public announcements for the date when Central’s collections will be available. 

In addition, library staff may not have access to computer work terminals for extended periods during the move, so we may not be able to update our new books list regularly.

We are very sorry for this major inconvenience, but it is just not possible to keep the collections accessible while they are in such flux.   Central Library reopens on December 9, 2012.  Stay tuned………

Art History / Design

African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond  exhibition catalog from the Smithsonian American Art Museum 

Barnes Foundation:  Masterworks 

Cave Art; A Guide to the Decorated Ice Age Caves of Europe  by Paul G. Bahn 

City of Gold and Mud; Painting Victorian London  by Nancy Rose Marshall 

Dawn of Egyptian Art  by Diana Craig Patch 

Final Thoughts: Eternal Beauty in Stone  by John Thomas Grant

Frank Lloyd Wright: Art Collector  by Anthony Alofsin 

Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide 

Modern Antiquity; Picasso, De Chirico, Leger, Picabia  by Christopher Green 

Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations  by Andrew Bolton 

Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, catalog of the Royal Collection 

Whitney Biennial 2012

Photography

Digital Painting for the Complete Beginner  by Carlyn Beccia

Digital Technical Theater Simplified  by Drew Campbell

Teenie Harris, Photographer  by Cheryl Finley

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Knitting around the World  by Lela Nargi

The Principles of Knitting  by June Hemmons Hiatt

Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods  by Leslie Ann Bestor

 

Music

Dozens: A History of Rap’s Mama  by Elijah Wald

Managing Artists in Pop Music  by Mitch Weiss

Mozart at the Gateway to his Fortune: Serving the Emperor, 1788-1791  by Christoph Wolff 

Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings

Queen: The Complete Illustrated Lyrics

 

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Mr. Broadway: The Inside Story of the Shuberts, the Shows, and the Stars  by Gerald Schoenfeld 

New books, available until July 1!

Here are our latest acquisitions.  As of July 2, they will not be available to request, so get those orders in now!   More details later.

Art History / Design

Da Vinci’s Ghost:  Genius, Obsession, and how Leonardo Created the World in his own Image  by Toby Lester

Damn Good: Top Designers Discuss their All-time Favorite Projects  by Tim Lapetino

Lucian Freud Portraits  by Sarah Howgate

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

Architecture of Spain  by Alejandro Lapunzina

The Arts & Crafts Country House  by Clive Aslet

Music

Honky Tonk Girl:  My Life in Lyrics  by Loretta Lynn 

Photography

Photographing Architecture  by John Siskin

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Circular Knitting Workshop  by Margaret Radcliffe

Color Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers  by John T. Drew

Diane Fitzgerald’s Favorite Beading Projects

The Knitting Encyclopedia  by Claire Montgomerie

New Upholstery  by Nicole Fulton

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Richard Linklater  by David T. Johnson

Welcome Summer with beautiful and informative arts books

Here are our latest acquisitions.  Some are beautiful, some are useful, some are fun, but all are worthwhile!  To check them out, just "place a hold" on them online or call your nearest branch.  In six months, you'll be able to see them and check them out at the restored Central Library downtown.

Art History / Design

A Curator’s Quest:  Building the Collection of Painting and Sculpture of The Museum of Modern Art, 1967-1988  by William Rubin

Fashion Details:  1000 Ideas from Neckline to Waistline, Pockets to Pleats

Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture  by Fausto Calderai

Galileo’s Muse; Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts  by Mark A. Peterson

Maria Pergay: Complete Works 1957—2012

 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

No Nails, No Lumber; The Bubble Houses of Wallace Neff  by Jeffrey Head

Project Japan: Metabolism Talks  by Rem Koolhaas

The Theatres of Inigo Jones and John Webb by John Orrell

 

Photography

Cindy Sherman; History Portraits  by Christa Dottinger

Music

Carla Bley  by Amy C. Beal

Piano Manual:  Buying, problem-solving, care, repair and tuning  by John Bishop

Sweat, Tears, and Jazz Hands: The Official History of Show Choir from Vaudeville to Glee  by Mike Weaver

Verdi and/or Wagner  by Peter Conrad

Latest book acquisitions in the arts

Lots of good reading and browsing here!  Just place a "hold" on the books you would like to check out, and pick them up at any SLPL branch:

Art History / Design

The Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect  by Chris Melissinos

Dragons and Lotus Blossoms: Vietnamese Ceramics, exhibition catalog from the Birmingham Museum of Art

Kindred Spirits: Native American Influences on 20^th Century Art

Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980, exhibition catalog of the Getty Research Institute

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

Five North American Architects: An Anthology by Kenneth Frampton

Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin; Mies van der Rohe  by Joachim Jager

Temporary Architecture Now!  by Philip Jodidio

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Learn to Spin with Anne Field; Spinning Basics  by Anne Field

 

Music

At the Piano: Interviews with 21^st Century Pianists  by Caroline Benser

The Great American Symphony Orchestra; a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Its Artistry, Passion, and Heartache  by Anthony J. Cirone

I Feel so Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy  by Bob Riesman

Squeeze This!  A Cultural History of the Accordion in America  by Marion Jacobson

Verdi in America; Oberto through Rigoletto  by George W. Martin

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Conversations at the American Film Institute with The Great Moviemakers:  The Next Generation  by George Stevens, Jr.

 Ray Harryhausen’s Fantasy Scrapbook: Models, Artwork and Memories from 65 Years of Filmmaking

Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics  by Steven J. Ross

Another batch of great arts books has arrived

Here are some beautiful and informative new books for you, going into the Memorial Day Holiday, and then into Summer.  Just place a request for them and pick them up at your favorite branch.

Art History / Design 

Africa Interweave:  Textile Diasporas  by Susan Cooksey

Charles R. Knight:  The Artist who saw through Time  by Richard Milner

Chinese Furniture  by Zhang Xiaoming

The Dream of a King:  Dresden’s Green Vault, exhibition catalog of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Exotic Taste:  Orientalist Interiors  by Emmanuelle Gaillard

5,000 Years of Chinese Jade, exhibition catalog of the San Antonio Museum of Art

Happenings:  New York 1958-1963  by Mildred Glimcher

Japanese Prints:  Ukiyo-e in Edo, 1700-1900  by Ellis Tinios

Margot Van Voorhies: the Art of Mexican Enamelwork  by Penny C. Morrill

Nancy Holt: Sightlines  by Alena J. Williams

Portraits of the Presidents; The National Portrait Gallery, revised ed. by Frederick Voss

Rossetti: Painter & Poet  by J. B. Bullen

Saul Bass; A Life in Film and Design  by Jennifer Bass

Total Office Design:  50 Contemporary Workplaces

 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Design

Architecture Now!, 8^th ed.  by Philip Jodidio

Bernini:  His Life and His Rome  by Franco Mormando

Chinese Architecture  by Cai Yanxin

Envisioning the Garden:  Line, Scale, Distance, Form, Color, and Meaning  by Robert Mallet

Nemours:  A Portrait of Alfred I. duPont’s House  by Dwight Young

2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture; Mies van der Rohe Award

Where We Work:  Creative Office Spaces  by Ian McCallam

Photography

Digital Photography for Dummies  by Julie Adair King

The Projectionist  by Kendall Messick

 

Music

Music for Silenced Voices:  Shostakovich and His Fifteen Quartets  by Wendy Lesser

Latest arrivals!

More wonderful new books have arrived, for your reading and viewing pleasure.  To check them out, place a "hold" on them and pick them up at any SLPL branch.

Art History / Design

Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers:  Visionary Textiles and Modern Art  by Lesley Jackson

American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and Their Circle, 1927-1942  by William C. Agee, et al.

Art Forgery: The History of a Modern Obsession  by Thierry Lenain

Dard Hunter:  The Graphic Works  by Lawrence Kreisman

The Eugene B. Adkins Collection:  Selected Works, exhibition catalog from the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

Lest We Forget:  Masterpieces of Patriotic Jewelry and Military Decorations  by Judith Price

Passion for Primitives: Folk Décor for Interior Design  by Franklin Schmidt

Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Art from Germany, exhibition catalog from the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum

Rembrandt in America;  Collecting and Connoisseurship,  exhibition catalog from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum  by Nicholas Tromans

Sustainability in Interior Design  by Sian Moxon

 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Design

Beth Sholom Synagogue:  Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture  by Joseph M. Siry

Fallout Shelter:  Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War  by David Monteyne

The Future of Architecture Since 1889  by Jean-Louis Cohen

A Guide to Smithsonian Gardens  by Carole Ottesen

Princeton and the Gothic Revival, 1870-1930  by Johanna G. Seasonwein

 

Photography

Cindy Sherman,  exhibition catalog from the Museum of Modern Art

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-To Books

Advanced Pottery  by Linda Bloomfield

The Best of Knit Along with Debbie Macomber

 

Music

Coltrane on Coltrane:  The John Coltrane Interviews  edited by Chris DeVito

Fashion Designers at the Opera  by Helena Matheopoulos

Franz Waxman’s Rebecca; a Film Score Guide  by David Neumeyer

Hip Hop’s Inheritance:  From the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip  Hop Feminist Movement  by Reiland Rabaka

History of Missouri Bands, 1800 to 2000  by C. Herbert Duncan

The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook

Source:  Music of the Avant-Garde, 1966-1973  edited by Larry Austin

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Ballets Russes;  The Art of Costume,  exhibition catalog from the National Gallery of Australia

Irving Berlin’s American Musical Theater  by Jeffrey Magee

The Cinema of Preston Sturges; a Critical Study  by Alessandro Pirolini

Hollywood’s Italian American Filmmakers  by Jonathan J. Cavallero

Post-9/11 Cinema:  Though a Lens Darkly  by John Markert

Stravinsky’s Ballets  by Charles M. Joseph

The Cinematic Footprint:  Lights, Camera, Natural Resources  by Nadia Bozak

 

Antiques / Collectibles

Miller’s Collectibles Handbook, 2012-2013  by Judith Miller

Landmarks Assn. Preservation Week Activities

Don't forget to check out all the fun and educational events that the Landmarks  Association of St. Louis is hosting this month.  One highlight is a bus trip to Louisiana, Missouri to view its historic homes and other architecture.  It's this coming Saturday, so sign up now!  Here is the link: http://www.landmarks-stl.org/events/

Central to Your World

...a.k.a.  C2YW, is a website that follows and celebrates the ongoing renovation and renewal of the historic Central Library building.  "Check it out" at:  www.c2yw.org

And by the way, the Grand Re-opening of Central is scheduled for Sunday, December 9, 2012, when everyone is invited to come and see the transformation and restoration!

May Day 2012 -- new arts books for you

Just request any of them at an SLPL branch, and we'll send them... 

Art History / Design

The Beautiful Walls:  Photographic Elevations of Street Art in Los Angeles, Berlin and Paris, by Larry Yust, photographer and Patrick A. Polk

A Bigger Message:  Conversations with David Hockney  by Martin Gayford

Diana Vreeland:  The Eye Has to Travel  by Lisa Vreeland

In Search of Julien Hudson:  Free Artist of Color in Pre-Civil War New Orleans, exhibition catalog from The Historic New Orleans Collection

The Pulse of Mixed Media:  Secrets and Passions of 100 Artists Revealed  by Seth Apter

Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower:  A Turn-of-the-Century Tribute to the City of Light  by Henri Riviere

 

Architecture

The Architecture of Alfred Browning Parker; Miami’s Maverick Modernist  by Randolph C. Henning

Carrère & Hastings:  The Masterworks

Free University of Berlin: Foster + Partners

The Heights:  Anatomy of a Skyscraper  by Kate Ascher

Luis Barragan:  His House

Rogers Marvel Architects

 

Music

 Look, I Made a Hat; Collected Lyrics (1981-2011)  by Stephen Sondheim

Love goes to Buildings on Fire; Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever  by Will Hermes

 

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Apocalypse on the Set:  Nine Disastrous Film Productions  by Ben Taylor

The Martial Arts Cinema of the Chinese Diaspora:  Ang Lee, John Woo, and Jackie Chan in Hollywood  by Kin-Yan Szeto

Mike Leigh  by Sean O’Sullivan

21^st Century Hollywood:  Movies in the Era of Transformation  by Wheeler W. Dixon

Welcome Baseball Season with new...Art Books?

Yes, even art lovers and librarians can be baseball fans, too, especially here in St. Louis.  These great new books can be checked out by placing a "hold" on them and picking them up at your favorite SLPL branch.  Come December, if all goes as planned, you'll be able to come in to the newly renovated Central Library and see them in person! 

Art History / Design

Ancient Egypt at the Cairo Museum, edited by Ali Radwan

Anselm Kiefer:  Salt of the Earth  by Germano Celant

The Best of Both Worlds:  Finely Printed Livres d’Artistes, 1910-2010  by Jerry Kelly

Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art  by Kellie Jones

Gerhard Richter:  Images of an Era, exhibition catalog of the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg

How to Look at a Painting  by Francoise Barbe-Gall

Howard Pyle:  American Master Rediscovered, exhibition catalog from the Delaware Art Museum

Kings, Queens, and Courtiers; Art in Early Renaissance France, exhibition catalog of the Art Institute of Chicago

Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, Gordon Matta-Clark:  Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York, 1970s, catalog of the Barbican Art Gallery, London

Modern Life:  Edward Hopper and His Time, exhibition catalog of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Monet:  The Master Jewelers  by Alice Vega

The Muses go to School; Inspiring Stories about the Importance of Arts in Education  edited by Herbert Kohl

Narcissus in the Studio:  Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits, exhibition catalog of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

PANTONE® :  The 20^th Century in  Color  by  Leatrice Eiseman

Races of Mankind:  The Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman  by Marianne Kinkel

The Story of De Stijl; Mondrian to Van Doesburg  by Hans Janssen

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-To Books

Carving a Coyote in Soapstone  by Tasha Unninayer

The Fashion Careers Guidebook  by Julia Yates

Fashion Design Essentials:  100 Principles of Fashion Design  by Jay Calderin

Furniture with Soul:  Master Woodworkers and Their Craft  by David Savage

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Design

C.F.A. Voysey:  Architect, Designer, Individualist  by Anne Stewart O’Donnell

The Great Court at the British Museum, Sir Norman Foster

Green & Green; Developing a California Architecture  by Bruce Smith

Le Corbusier & Lucien Hervé;  A Dialogue between Architect and Photographer  by Jacques Sbriglio

Photography

Architectural Photography  by Adrian Schulz

Thomas Struth;  Photographs 1978-2010

Music

The Hammond Organ; An Introduction to the Instrument and the Players who made it Famous  by Scott Faragher

Henry Mancini:  Reinventing Film Music  by John Caps

 

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Federico Fellini  by Angel Quintana

Ingmar Bergman  by Jacques Mandelbaum

Monsters in the Movies; 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares  by John Landis

 

Antiques / Collectibles

Official Vintage Guitar magazine Price Guide, 2012

Warman’s U. S. Stamps Field Guide, 2^nd Edition  by Maurice D. Wozniak