February 17, 2012

Big batch of beautiful books

Yes, we've had a windfall of really nice new arts books this week.  Enjoy!

Art History / Design

Ai Weiwei’s Blog:  Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009

Art Deco Postcards  by Patricia Bayer

Art for Sale:  A Candid View of the Art Market  by Dirk Boll

Art of Two Germanys:  Cold War Cultures, exhibition catalog from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Arts & Crafts of the Native American Tribes  by Michael G. Johnson

Carl Gustave Waldeck  by Carl R. Waldeck

Contemporary African Fashion  edited by Suzanne Gott

The Drawings of The Electric Pencil

Expressive Modern:  The Interiors of Amy Lau

Gerhard Richter:  Panorama

Heroic Africans:  Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures  by Alisa LaGamma

Identify:  Basic Principles of Identity Design in the Iconic Trademarks of Chermayeff & Geismar

Krazy Kat;  The Art of George Herriman  by Craig Yoe

Leonora Carrington:  Surrealism, Alchemy and Art  by Susan L. Aberth

Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Queen:  Art & Image  by Paul Moorhouse

The Ronald S. Lauder Collection:  Selections  

Sol Lewitt, Structures, 1965-2006

Writing Art History:  Disciplinary Departures  by Margaret Iversen


Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

Architect for Art:  Max Gordon

Bertrand Goldberg:  Architecture of Invention

European Gardens:  History, Philosophy and Design  by Tom Turner


Crafts & How-to

America’s Doll House:  The Miniature World of Faith Bradford  by William L. Bird, Jr.

Contemporary Drawing;  Key Concepts and Techniques

Hoopla:  The Art of Unexpected Embroidery  by Leanne Prain

How to Paint Living Portraits  by Roberta Carter Clark

Sketching People:  Faces and Figures  by Giovanni Civardi

Starting your Career as an Artist  by Angie Wojak


Photography

500 Cameras:  170 Years of Photographic Innovation  by Todd Gustavson

How to Do Everything:  Digital Photography  by Jason R. Rich

Man Ray / Lee Miller:  Partners in Surrealism  by Phillip Prodger


Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Inside Pee-Wee’s Playhouse  by Caseen Gaines