February 28, 2015

Welcome to March with new arts books!

Let's hope that by the end of March we will be enjoying Spring weather at last!  Meanwhile, these new books are beautiful and interesting.  Come on down, or place a "Hold" on them to be picked up at your neighborhood branch.

Art History / Art Theory / Art World
Canvas Detroit  by Julie Pincus
Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, exhibit catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
French Art Deco  by Jared Goss (Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Global Street Art  by Lee Bofkin
Manet Paints Monet: A Summer in Argenteuil  by Willibald Sauerländer
My Tools  by Jim Dine
Notes on Color Theory  by Rose Gonnella
Voyage of “The Slave Ship”; J.M.W. Turner’s Masterpiece in Historical Context  by Stephen J. May
Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe  by Philip Gefter

Architecture / Landscape Design
Álvaro Siza: The Function of Beauty  by Carlos Castanheira
Cathedral; An Illness and a Healing  by Bill Henderson
The Classical Buildings of Bath  by Mike Jenner
Last is More: Mies, IBM, and the Transformation of Chicago  by Robert Sharoff
Shigeru Ban: Humanitarian Architecture
Shooting Space: Architecture in Contemporary Photography  by Elias Redstone

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics
Halston: Inventing American Fashion  by Lesley Frowick
Masters of Fashion: The Leading Figures Behind the Dream  by Maria Luisa Tagariello
Secrets of Fashion Drawing  by Noel Chapman

Photography
Canon EOS Rebel T5/1200D for Dummies  by Julie Adair King
Canon EOS Rebel T5i/700D: From Snapshots to Great Shots  by Jeff Revell
Focal Easy Guide to Final Cut Pro X, 2nd Edition  by Rick Young
Olympus OM-D E-M1: Guide to Digital Photography  by David Busch

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
Kiln-formed Glass; Behind the Basics  by Brenda Griffith
Mastering Fantasy Art; Drawing Dynamic Characters  by John Stanko
The Painting Workbook; How to Get Started and Stay Inspired  by Alena Hennessy
Paper Monsters and Curious Creatures  by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Simplifying Perspective; A Step-by-Step Guide for Visual Artists  by Robert Pastrana
A Year in Crafts: 52 Seasonal Projects  by Clare Youngs