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New books for a new (fiscal) year

New books for the library's new fiscal year are starting to come in!
Take a look: 

Reference

Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2016

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Barnett Newman: The Late Work, 1965-1970, exhibit catalog of the Menil Collection

International Pop, exhibit catalog of the Walker Art Center

Leonardo da Vinci, 1453-1519: The Design of the World, exhibit catalog of the Palazzo Reale, Milano

Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas  by Sarah Montross

Playing to the Gallery  by Grayson Perry

Robert Motherwell: The East Hampton Years, 1944- 1952  by Phyllis Tuchman

 

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

A Conversation with Frei Otto

Exploring English Castles  by Edd Morris

Graphic Design for Architects; A Manual for Visual Communication  by Karen Lewis

House & Garden Fifties House  by Catriona Gray

Looking Beyond the Icons: Midcentury Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism  by Richard Longstreth

Shigeru Ban; Complete Works 1985-2015

Theraputic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces  by Daniel Winterbottom

 Photography

David Busch’s Nikon D750 Guide to Digital Photography

The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs in the National Gallery of Art

 

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

Color: Banish Beige, Boost Color  by Abigail Ahern

Ettore Sottsass  by Patrizia Ranzo

Fashion Artist  by Sandra Burke

The Thoughtful Home  by Tahn Scoon

Traditional American Rooms [Winterthur Style Sourcebook]

Winter Living  by Selina Lake

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Draw Faces in 15 Minutes  by Jake Spicer

Kaffe Fassett’s Heritage Quilts

Pencil Drawing Techniques

The Tao of Watercolor  by Jeanne Carbonetti

Weaving Rag Rugs  by Tom Knisely

Architecture of Scotland -- talk on October 22

 Please join us for the next in the lecture series "Architecture Around the World", co-sponsored by the Steedman Architectural Library and the local chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.  Here is your chance to hear famed architectural historian Esley Hamilton speak.  Using his own slides, he will discuss "The Architecture of Scotland" at 6:30 on Thursday, October 22 in the Second Floor Training Room of Central Library.  For more details, see the Steedman blog:  http://steedmanarchitecturallibrary.blogspot.com/