It's June already!  We have many new and beautiful books on the visual arts for your delectation.  Come on by the Fine Arts Room in person, or put these on request to be sent to your favorite branch.

Reference

Handbook of United States Coins 2020

Marvel Encyclopedia, new ed.  by Tom DeFalco

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

A Big Important Art Book Now With Women!  By Danielle Krysa

The Christian Year in Painting  by John S. Dixon

Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers  by David Trigg

The Short Story of Modern Art  by Susie Hodge

Thiebaud; Delicious Metropolis: The Desserts and Urban Scenes of Wayne Thiebaud

Wayne Thiebaud, Draftsman  by Isabelle Dervaux

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Balkrishna Doshi; Architecture for the People

English Medieval Church Towers; The Northern Province  by W. E. David Ryan

Hare & Hare, Landscape Architects and City Planners  by Carol Grove

John Vinci, Life and Landmarks  by Robert Sharoff

Kengo Kuma Complete Works  by Kenneth Frampton

Little House in the City  by Marc Vassallo

Off the Grid; Houses for Escape  by Dominic Bradbury

Pet-tecture; Design for Pets  by Tom Wainwright

Graphics / Drawing

 The Labyrinth  by Saul Steinberg

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

How to Paint; A Complete Beginner’s Guide o Watercolors, Acrylics, and Oils  by Angela Gair

Living with Flowers; Blooms & Bouquets for the Home  by Rowan Blossom

Mini Knitted Cosmos  by Sachiyo Ishii  

Photography

Ai Weiwei: Beijing Photographs 1993-2003

Cameraless Photography  by Martin Barnes

Elliott Erwitt’s New York

Frame-by-Frame Stop Motion, 2^nd ed.  by Tom Gasek

Portraits  by Steve McCurry

Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs  by Steve McCurry

April 2019's newest art books

These wonderful new books arrived this past month, all for your enjoyment and edification!  Enjoy!

Reference

Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801—1900, 9^th ed.

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Modern Issues, 1961—Present, 25^th ed.

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works  by Kelly Grovier

Botticelli: Heroines & Heroes, exhibit catalog of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Elizabethan Treasures; Miniatures by Hilliard and Oliver

Projects  by Andy Goldsworthy

So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch  by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Titian  by Ian G. Kennedy  

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Architectural Guide: Rome; Buildings and Projects after 1945

The Classical American House

Elizabeth de Portzamparc

The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens  by Linda Chisholm

Le Corbusier Le Grand

Mark Foster Gage: Projects and provocations

Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide  by Sam Lubell

Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware

Snøhetta; Collective Intuition

Victor Lundy: Artist Architect

What’s What in a Wat: Thai Buddhist Temples  by Carol Stratton

Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture 2018

Fashion / Interior Decoration / Design

Art Deco Interiors  by Henry Delacroix

Knoll Furniture, 1938-1960, 2^nd ed.  by Steven/Linda Rouland

Logo-a-Gogo  by Rian Hughes

Making Rooms Your Own; Lessons from Interior Designers

Verner Panton: Environments, Colours, Systems, Patterns  by Ida Engholm

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Block Print Magic  by Emily Louise Howard

The Ceramics Studio Guide; What Potters Should Know  by Jeff Zamek

Drawing Tools & Materials; A Practical Guide

Landscapes in Oil; A Contemporary Guide to Realistic Painting in the Classical Tradition  by Ken Salaz

Stained Glass Projects for Beginners  by Lynette Wrigley

Photography

Betty Kuhner: The American Family Portrait

Gordon Parks; The New Tide; Early Work 1940—1950  by Philip Brookman  

Bid farewell to winter with these great new arts books!

This diverse selection of visual arts and crafts books have arrived in the past two months.  Take a look and enjoy!

Reference

Kehinde Wiley: St. Louis  

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Arthur Osver; Urban Landscape, Abstraction, and the Mystique of Place, exhibit catalog from….;

A Reckoning  by Judy Chicago

American Art Pottery: The Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection

The Art of Reading; An Illustrated History of Books in Paint  by Jamie Camplin

Beyond the Nile; Egypt and the Classical World

I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100  by Will Haygood

The Last Painting: Final Works of the Great Masters, From Giotto to Twombly  by Bernard Chambaz

Micromosaics  by Heike Zeck

New Media Futures: The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts

New Media Installation; Technology in Public Art

The Paston Treasure: Microcosm of the Known World

Performance Now; Live Art for the 21^st Century  by RoseLee Goldberg

William Bouguereau; The Essential Works  by Frederick C. Ross

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning   

Alexander Girard, Architect  by Deborah Kawsky

Architectural Guide: Oslo  by Henning Nielsen

Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement, rev. ed.  by Judith B. Tankard

John McAndrew’s Modernist Vision  by Mardges Bacon

Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society

Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture

Fashion / Interior Decoration / Design  

Design for Children  by Kimberlie Birks

Kitchen Ideas You Can Use  by Chris Peterson

Perfect English  by Ros Byam Shaw

Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America  by Monica Obniski

Thinking in Icons  by Felix Sockwell

Who’s Afraid of Pink, Orange & Green?  by Iris de Feijter

Graphics / Drawing

American Comic Book Chronicles: 1990—99  by Jason Sacks

Strokes of Genius 10

The Two-Pencil Method  by Mark Crilley

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

American Quilts in the Industrial Age, 1760-1870; The International Quilt Study Cenger & Museum Collections

The Art of Crochet Blankets  by Rachele Carmona

Chinese Embroidery; An Illustrated Stitch Guide  by Shao Xiaocheng   

Corner to Corner Crochet  by Jess Coppom

Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch  by Anna Fleiss

Freestyle Embroidered Mandalas  by Hazel Blomkamp

Garden Stitch Life; 50 Embroidery Motifs & Projects to Grow your Inspiration  by Kazuko Aoki

Gradient Style: Color-Shifting Techniques & Knitting Patterns

The Handmade Quilt; A Complete Skill-Building Sampler  by Carolyn Forster

Modelling and Sculpting the Figure  by Tanya Russell

Sue Stratford’s Knitted Aviary; A Flock of 21 Beautiful Birds to Knit

The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide  by Peggy Dean

New Year, New Arts Books!

Lots of great new arty books have arrived this month!  Take a look:

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Berthe Morisot, Woman Impressionist, exhibit catalog of several museums

Botticelli  by Barbara Deimling

Broad Strokes; 15 Women Who made Art and Made History  by Bridget Quinn

Churchill; The Statesman as Artist

Flying Too Close to the Sun; Myths in Art from Classical to Contemporary

Hundertwasser; The Power of Art  by Pierre Restany

Kiki Smith [2000 Words]

Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The True Story Behind Degas’s Masterpiece  by Camille Laurens

The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin at the Legion of Honor  by Martin Chapman

The Texas Post Office Murals; Art for the People  by Philip Parisi

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Architectural Digest: Autobiography of a Magazine 1920-2010  by Paige Rense

Dorset [Buildings of England series]

Graphics / Drawing

The Art of the Graphic Memoir  by Tom Hart

Learn to Draw Star Wars Villains  by Russell Walks

Prints Galore: The Art and Craft of Printmaking  by Angie Franke

Fashion / Interior Decoration / Design

Be Bold: Interiors for the Brave of Heart  by Emily Henson

Colefax & Fowler Inspirational Interiors  by Roger Banks-Pye

Holistic Spaces 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home  by Anjie Cho

Home: The Elements of Decorating  by Emma Blomfield

Homes with Soul; Designing with Heart  by Orly Robinzon

Inspired Design: The 100 Most Important Interior Designers of the Past 100 Years  by Jennifer Boles

Insta-Style for your Living Space  by Joanna Thornhill

On Interior Design  by Penny Drue Baird

Spectrum: Heritage Patterns and Colors

Photography

Lewis Hine; When Innovation was King: The WPA National Research Project Photographs, 2936-37  by Judith Mara Gutman

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Beginner’s Guide to Linocut  by Susan Yeates

Craft the Rainbow; 40 Colorful Paper Projects  by Brittany Watson Jepsen

Crepe Paper Flowers  by Lia Griffith

Daily Rituals: How Artists Work  by Mason Currey

Faerie Knitting; 14 Tales of Love and Magic  by Alice Hoffman

Knitter’s Dictionary; Knitting Know-How from A to Z   by Kate Atherley

Wild Mittens Unruly Socks; 22 Outrageously Unique Knitting Patterns  by Lumi Karmitsa