September 19, 2017

Great New Books in the Visual Arts

Take a look at these wonderful titles, just arrived in the Fine Arts Room.  Please come by and see them, or put a request on them to be sent to your favorite neighborhood branch!

Reference
Graphis Photography Annual 2017
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 47th ed., 2017-18
Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001—date, 12th ed., 2018

Art History / Art Theory / Art World
Egon Schiele; The Midnight Soul of the Artist  by Reinhard Steiner
Picasso Encounters, exhibit catalog of the Clark Art Institute
Still Tickin’  by Betye Saar

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning
Best Tall Buildings: A Global Overview of 2016 Skyscrapers (CTBUH Awards)
The Colours of…Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel,[and others]
Modern Architecture in Mexico City  by Kathryn E. O’Rourke
111 Gardens in London That You Shouldn’t Miss  by Kirstin von Glasow
Origins, Invention, Revision: Studying the History of Art and Architecture  by James S. Ackerman
The RIBA Stirling Prize: 20  by Tony Chapman
Warehouse Home: Industrial Inspiration for 21st Century Living  by Sophie Bush
William Van Alen, Fred T. Ley and the Chrysler Building  by George C. Kingston

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics
The A – Z of Marvel Monsters  by Jess Harrold
California: Designing Freedom  by Justin McGuirk
Small Apartment Inspirations  by Francesc Zamora Mola
The Twentieth Century: Interiors Sourcebook; From Art Nouveau to Minimalism  by Clive Edwards
Vogue on Gianni Versace  by Charlotte Sinclair
Your Creative Work Space  by Desha Peacock

Photography
Avedon’s France: Old World New Look  by Robert M. Rubin
Photography and Humour  by Louis Kaplan

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
Artist’s Drawing Techniques
Leather Bracelets: Step-by-Step Instructions…  by Nihon Vogue-Sha
Painting Urban and Cityscapes  by Hashim Akib
Pastel Innovations  by Dawn Emerson
Pin Loom Weaving To Go  by Margaret Stump
World War II Quilts, 2nd ed.  by Sue Reich

Antiques / Collectibles
Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting, rev. ed.  by Kenneth Bressett