September 19, 2013

Latest acquisitions

School has started, the weather is cooler, and the Cardinals are chasing the pennant...Fall in St. Louis.  Enjoy all these things and more while browsing our newest art and craft books:

Reference 
 
Capricious Fancy; Draping and Curtaining the Historic Interior  by Gail Caskey Winkler 

Graphis Photography Annual, 2013 

Robert Motherwell: A Catalogue RaisonnĂ©, 1941—1991 


Art History / Art Theory
 

Angels, Demons, and Savages; Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet  by Klaus Ottmann 
 
A Bigger Splash; Painting after Performance edited by Catherine Wood

Great and Mighty Things; Outsider Art from the…Bonovitz Collection 

An Illustrated History of Islamic Art & Design  

Paula Modersohn-Becker; The First Modern Woman Artist  by Diane Radycki 

They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration, 1910--1950  by Sarah Kelly Oehler
 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture 

Almanac of Architecture & Design,  2013 

Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast  published by the Society of Architectural Historians 

Forgotten Landmarks of Detroit  by Dan Austin 

Paddington Station; its History and Architecture  by Steven Brindle
 

Photography

The Handbook of Bird Photography  by Markus Varesvuo 

The Photograph; Composition and Color Design  by Harald Mante
 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to 

A Masterclass in Drawing & Painting Animals  by Jonathan Truss 

Paper to Petal; 75 Whimsical Paper Flowers  by Rebecca Thuss 

Pastel Basics  by Alain Picard 

‘Tis the Autumn Season: Fall Quilts and Decorating Projects  by Jeanne Large