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