April 28, 2015

Say a fond farewell to April by enjoying these fine new art books!





Reference
Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles, 2016
Graphis Design Annual 2015
Graphis Poster Annual 2014
Staffordshire Figures, 1780 to 1840: Volume 3
Staffordshire Figures, 1780 to 1840: Volume 4

Art History / Art Theory / Art World
David Lynch: The Unified Field, exhibit catalog of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
George Ohr: Sophisticate and Rube  by Ellen J. Lippert
Gerhard Richter: Pictures/Series
J. M. W. Turner: Painting Set Free, exhibit catalog of the J. Paul Getty Museum
James Ensor: The Temptation of Saint Anthony
A Sisterhood of Sculptors: American Artists in Nineteenth-Century Rome
XXL Art: When Artists Think Big  by Elea Baucheron

Architecture / Landscape Design
Architecture; The Whole Story
Arthur A. Shurcliff: Design, Preservation, and the Creation of the Colonial Williamsburg
Havana Modern: 20th Century Architecture and Interiors
High-Rise City Frankfurt; Buildings and Visions Since 1945
Hotels: Architecture & Design  by Xavier Broto
Landscape  by Elizabeth Hope Cushing
Robert A. M. Stern Architects; Buildings and Projects, 2010-2014

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics
African Fashion Global Style  by Victoria L. Rovine
Cool Beer Labels  by Daniel Bellon
Design in the Hamptons  by Anthony Iannaci
Emerging Fashion Designers 4  by Sally Congdon-Martin
History of International Fashion  by Didier Grumbach

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
Celtic Calligraphy  by Kerry Richardson
Crafter’s Guide to Patterns  by Jessica Swift
500 Traditional Quilts
Paper Quilling Chinese Style
Papier-Mache Monsters  by Dan Reeder
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Oil Painting Techniques  by Patrick J. Jones
Simple Flower Arranging  by Mark Welford
Winter Knits Made Easy
Wooly Woofers: Over 20 Knitwear Designs for Dogs of all Shapes and Sizes  by Debbie Bliss

April 13, 2015

Latest batch of new books


Cover image for The secret history of Wonder Woman / Jill Lepore.  

For your viewing and learning pleasure, take a look at these great books that have come in recently:








Reference
Society of Illustrators 56th Annual of Illustration

Art History / Art Theory / Art World
American Masters of the Mississippi Gulf Coast  by Paul Carr Black
aka Marcel Duchamp: Meditations on the Identities of an Artist
J. M. W. Turner  by Sam Smiles
The Long March of Pop: Art, Music, and Design 1930-1995  by Thomas Crow
The Religious Art of Pablo Picasso  by Jane Daggett Dillenberger
Why the Romantics Matter  by Peter Gay

Architecture / Landscape Design
Ando: Complete Works, 1975 – 2014  by Philip Jodidio
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House  by Steven M. Reiss
Picturing Wright: An Album from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Photographer  by Pedro E. Guerrero

Photography
Candida Höfer: Düsseldorf
Chuck Close Photographer  by Colin Westerbeck
Robert Herman: The New Yorkers
The World’s Top Wedding Photographers  by Bill Hurter

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics
Designing Here/Now: A Global Selection of Objects, Concepts, and Spaces for the Future
In Fashion: From Runway to Retail  by Annemarie Iverson
The Secret History of Wonder Woman  by Jill Lepore

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
Creating Textures in Colored Pencil  by Gary Green
Hot Knots: Fresh Macrame Ideas  by Kat Hartmann
Pretty Papercrafts  by Mareike Grun
Unconventional & Unexpected; American Quilts Below the Radar  by Roderick Kiracofe

Antiques / Collectibles
100 Greatest U. S. Modern Coins, 3rd Ed.  by Scott Schechter
Warman’s Coins and Paper Money; Identification and Price Guide, 6th Ed.

April 9, 2015

Beautiful gardens of the world books on display

In honor of Spring, April showers, and May flowers, the room's display cart offers books on beautiful gardens of the country and world.  Come by and browse and check out!