June 28, 2018

Brand New Fashion and Interior Design books!

We've received some wonderful books on fashion and interiors this month:


Chair:  500 Designs that Matter

Coastal Blues: ..Decorating with the Colors of the Sea and Sky  by Phoebe Howard

Denim: Street Style, Vintage, Obsession  by Amy Leverton
Fashion Drawing, 2nd ed.  by John Hopkins


Hello Color; 25 Bright Ideas for DIY Décor  by Rachel Mae Smith

Know-It-All:  Fashion

Menswear Revolution: The Transformation of Contemporary Men’s Fashion  by Jay Bowstead  

Mod New York; Fashion Takes a Trip  by Phyllis Magidson

New York School of Interior Design Home: The Foundations of Enduring Spaces  by Ellen S. Fisher

Quiet Pattern: Gentle Design for Interiors  by Abigail Edwards

Red Carpet: Hollywood Fame and Fashion; photography of Frank Trapper  


Styling with Salvage  by Joanne Palmisano
Vogue On:  Calvin Klein
Vogue On:  Dolce & Gabbana
Vogue On:  Gianni Versace
Vogue On:  Jean Paul Gautier
Vogue On: Manolo Blahnik

Volume: Let Europe’s Finest Style Experts Spice up your Home  by Patrick Kooiman     

WWD: Fifty Years of Ralph Lauren


June 22, 2018

New Reference and Art History titles

We'll leave architecture, design, photography, and crafts books for the next posting.  This month we have received many wonderful books on art history as a whole, and some important reference books.


Reference
Handbook of United States Coins, 2019 , 76th ed. (the “Blue Book”)

Miller’s Encyclopedia of Silver Marks  by Judith Miller

Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles, 52nd ed, 2019



Art History / Art Theory / Art World
Arts and Crafts Tiles: Morris to Voysey  by Rob Higgins
Birds of a Feather: Joseph Cornell’s Homage to Juan Gris, exhibit catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Chronology of Art   by Iaian Zaczek

Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai’i  
Giovanni Bellini; Landscapes of Faith in Renaissance Venice, exhibit catalog of the J. Paul Getty Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: A Guide
Kiki Smith: Procession
Living with Leonardo  by Martin Kemp
Lorna Simpson Collages
Persian Art: Collecting the Arts of Iran for the V & A  by Moya Carey
Picturesque and Sublime: Thomas Cole’s Trans-Atlantic Inheritance  by T. J. Barringer
Whitewalling  by Aruna D’Souza


June 6, 2018

Our most recent offerings in the visual arts

Take a look at our latest books; they range from serious art history to fun crafting!


Art History / Art Theory / Art World
Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of Art World Avatars Dominique and John De Menil  by Wm. Middleton
Draw Stronger: Self-Care for Cartoonists & Visual Artists  by Kriota Willberg
Lives of the Surrealists  by Desmond Morris
Misère; The Visual Representation of Misery in the 19th Century  by Linda Nochlin
Peter Paul Rubens; The Homer of Painting  by Gilles Neret
Women: Portraits 1960 – 2000  by Susan Wood

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning
Amazing Architecture: Marvel at the World’s Coolest Constructions  by Oliver Bennett
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman-Wilson House at Crystal Bridges Museum
Green Escapes: The Guide to Secret Urban Gardens  by Toby Musgrave
Saving Central Park: A History and a Memoir  by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers 


Design / Graphics
Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy, 1966-1967
Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists  by Martha H. Kennedy
Gorey’s Worlds, exhibit catalog of the Wadsworth Atheneum

Fashion / Interior Decoration
Domus 1970 -- 1979
Furnitecture; Furniture that Transforms Space  by Anna Yudina

Photography
Berenice Abbott; A Life in Photography  by Julia Van Haaften
Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now  by Fiona Rogers
On Photography  by Susan Sontag
The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand  by Geoff Dyer
William Eggleston: From Black and White to Color  


Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to
Crafting a Patterned Home  by Kristin Nicholas
Encyclopedia of Acrylic Techniques  by Hazel Harrison
Essential Book of Origami  by Michael LaFosse
Japanese Stitches Unraveled  by Wendy Bernard
Macrame at Home  by Natalie Ranae