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