New books for a new month

The beginning of March has brought us a large batch of beautiful and informative new books.  Take a look!

Reference

American Illustration, volume 31 

American Newspaper Comics; An Encyclopedic Reference Guide  by Allan Holtz 

The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers, 3^rd edition  by Alan Livingston

 

Art History / Art Theory 

Caribbean:  Art at the Crossroads of the World, exhibit catalog of El Museo del Barrio, New York 

The Gothic Stained Glass of Reims Cathedral  by Meredith Parsons Lillich 

In Giacometti’s Studio  by Michael Peppiatt 

Jay DeFeo; A Retrospective  by Dana Miller 

Robert Longo, exhibit catalog of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Nice  

Romare Bearden in the Modernist Tradition; Essays from the Romare Bearden Foundation Symposium, 2007 

Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art, catalog of the CMA

 

Design / Interior Decoration / Graphics 

Antonio Lopez:  Fashion, Art, Sex & Disco  by Roger Padilha 

Jonathan Adler on Happy Chic Accessorizing  by Jonathan Adler 

The Logo Brainstorm Book; A Comprehensive Guide for Exploring Desig Directions  by Jim Krause 

100 Ways to Happy Chic your Life  by Jonathan Adler 

The Postcard Age; Selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection  by Lynda Klich 

W:  The First 40 Years, edited by Stefano Tonchi

 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

Museum Island Berlin  by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 

Sustainable Design; A Critical Guide  by David Bergman

 

Photography 

Beautiful Beasties: A Creative Guide to Modern Pet Photography  by Jamie Pflughoeft 

Digital Photography Through the Year  by Tom Ang 

Faking It:  Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop  by Mia Fineman

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to Books 

Candlemaking the Natural Way  by Rebecca Ittner 

Cartooning; Philosophy and Practice  by Ivan Brunetti 

Crafted Lives; Studies of African American Quilters  by Pataricia A. Turner 

Creative Beading, Vol. 6  from Bead&Button magazine 

Cross Stitch: Skills, Techniques, 150 Practical Projects  by Dorothy Wood 

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, 4th expanded & updated edition by Betty Edwards 

Fused Glass Mosaics; Master Class Techniques  by Martin Cheek 

Kaffe Quilts Again  by Kaffe Fassett 

Keys to Drawing  by Bert Dodson 

Lovely Knits for Little Girls  by Vibe Ulrik Sondergaard 

Mastering Sketching; A Complete Course in 40 Lessons  by Judy Martin 

Practical Mixed-Media Printmaking Techniques  by Sarah Riley 

The Stitching Book; A Step-by-Step Guide to Surface Stitching Techniques  by Patricia Bage

More great new arts books for mid-February

Instead of buying a car or mattress, why not celebrate the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington by checking out some of these fine new books that have just arrived in the Fine Arts Room:

Reference

Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901—2000, 40^th edition

 

Art History / Art Theory

 
Cut-ups, Cut-ins, Cut-outs: The Art of William S. Burroughs, exhibition catalog of the Kunsthalle Wien 

Edouard Vuillard; A Painter and his Muses, 1890-1940  by Stephen Brown 

Frank Stella, The Retrospective: Works 1958-2012, exhibit catalog from the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg 

Giorgio Morandi, catalog of the Museo d’Arte, Città di Lugano 

Illustrated Guide to the Museum of  Islamic Art in Cairo  by Bernard O’Kane 

Keith Haring, 1978-1982, exhibition catalog of the Kunsthalle Wien 

Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years, exhibition catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Remedios Varo: The Mexican Years  by Masayo Nonaka 

The Sight of Silence; John Cage’s Complete Watercolors  by Ray Kass 

Totalitarian Art in the Soviet Union, the Third Reich, Fascist Italy, and the People’s Republic of China  by Igor Golomstock 

What are you looking at?:  The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern Art  by Will Gompertz

 

Design / Interior Decoration / Graphics 

The Decoration of Houses, revised new edition  by Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr.

 

50 Contemporary Fashion Designers You Should Know  by Doria Santlofer 

Fifty Fashion Looks that Changed the 1970s  by Paula Reed 

Masters of Fashion Illustration  by David Downton 

New Masters of Poster Design, Vol. 2 

The Shabby Chic Home  by Rachel Ashwell 

Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms; Works from 1959 to 1979  by Alastair Gordon

 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture 

Common Ground: A Critical Reader, edited by David Chipperfield, et al., for the Biennale di Venezia

The English Castle, 1066 – 1650  by John A. A. Goodall 

Houses of the Sundown Sea; The Architectural Vision of Harry Gesner  by Lisa Germany 

The Scottish Country House  by James Knox

 

Photography 

American Photographs, 17^th Anniversary Edition, by Walker Evans 

Aperture Magazine Anthology – The Minor White Years, 1952-1976 

Balthazar Korab, Architect of Photography  by John Comazzi

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to Books 

Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design, catalog of the Museum of Arts and Design 

Extreme Origami  by Won Park 

Folded Paper Gift Boxes  by Maria O 

Stacked & Stitched; Artistic Fabric Projects for your Home  by Christine Morgan

 

Antiques / Collectibles 

Colors & Patterns of Depression Era Glassware, revised & expanded 2nd edition  by Doris Yeske 

Tips, Tools & Techniques to Care for Antiques, Collectibles, and Other Treasures  by Georgia Kemp Caraway 

Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum  by William R. Sargent

 

Welcome February with new arts books

Reference 

Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators

Bottles: Identification & Price Guide, 7^th Edition, pub. by Antique Trader magazine

 

Art History / Art Theory 

Always Looking; Essays on Art  by John Updike 

Bernini: Sculpting in Clay  by C. D. Dickerson 

Discovering Michelangelo; The Art Lover’s Guide to Understanding Michelangelo’s Masterpieces  by William E. Wallace 

Elegant Perfection: Masterpieces of Courtly and Religious Art from the Tokyo National Museum, exhibition catalog of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 

Impressions of Interiors; Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay  by Isabel L. Taube 

Leon Battista Alberti: On Painting; A New Translation and Critical Edition, edited and translated by Rocco Sinisgalli 

Materializing Six Years: Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art 

The New Earthwork; Art, Action, Agency  edited by Twylene Moyer 

The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini, exhibition catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Renoir in the Barnes Foundation, catalog of the Barnes Foundation 

Roy Lichtenstein; A Retrospective  by James Rondeau, exhibition catalog of the Art Institute of Chicago 

Royal Manuscripts; The Genius of Illumination  by Scot McKendrick, exhibition catalog of the British Library

 

Design / Interior Decoration / Graphics 

Designing Antiquity; Owen Jones, Ancient Egypt and the Crystal Palace  by Stephanie Moser

 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture 

Andrew Jackson Downing; Essential Texts  edited by Robert Twombly 

I am a Monument:  on Learning from Las Vegas  by Aron Vinegar 

Porches of North America  by Thomas Durant Visser 

Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park Detroit 

Venice & Vitruvius  by Margaret Muther D’Evelyn 

Photography 

Photography and Archaeology  by Frederick N. Bohrer

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to Books 

Calligraphy Bible; A Complete Guide to more than 100 essential projects and techniques 

The Complete Fabric Artist’s Workshop  by Susan Stein 

Post-Digital Printmaking; CNC, Traditional and Hybrid Techniques  by Paul Catanese 

Print with Collage & Stitch; Techniques for Mixed-Media Printmaking  by Val Holmes

 

Antiques / Collectibles 

Bottles: Identification & Price Guide, 7th Edition, by Antique Trader magazine

New arts and crafts books for a not-so-bleak midwinter

These fine newly published books on arts, crafts, and antiques have just arrived.  Except for the Reference titles, they can be checked out here at Central, or requested to be sent to our branches for checkout.  Enjoy!

Reference

 

American Art Directory, 67^th edition, 2013

Confederate States Paper Money, 12^th edition  by Arlie R.  Slabaugh

The Elements of Style; An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail, updated & revised 4^th edition.

Who’s Who in American Art, 2013 edition

 

Art History / Art Theory

Anglo-Saxon Art  by Leslie Webster

Children of the Plumed Serpent; The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico  by Virginia Fields

Edvard Munch; The Modern Eye, exhibition catalog from the Tate Gallery

The First Pop Age; Painting and Subjectivity in the Art of Hamilton, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Richter, and Ruscha  by Hal Foster

Machine Art 1934  by Jennifer Jane Marshall

Rising Up:  Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College  by Stephanie Mayer Heydt

 

Design / Interior Decoration / Graphics

American Beauty; Renovating and Decorating a Beloved Retreat  by Thom Filicia

The Best of Simon and Kirby  by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby

Fashion Design Essentials; 100 Principles of Fashion Design  by Jay Calderin

The Fashion Resource Book  by Robert Leach

The First Apartment Book; Cool Design for Small Spaces  by Kyle Schuneman

New Cottage Style

20^th Century Pattern Design  by Lesley Jackson

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

1000 Tips by 100 Eco Architects; Guidelines on Sustainable Architecture from the World’s Leading Eco-Architecture Firms

Taliesen Diary; A Year with Frank Lloyd Wright  by Priscilla J. Henken

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to Books

Calligraphy Studio: The Ultimate Introduction to the Art of Hand Lettering  by Christopher Calderhead

 

Painting Portraits and Figures in Watercolor  by Mary Whyte

Antiques / Collectibles

Candlewick: The Crystal Line, Revised 3^rd edition  by Bob and Myrna Garrison

Fenton Art Glass: A Centennial of Glass Making, 1907-2007 and Beyond  by Debbie and Randy Coe

 

New art books are coming in....

Although not yet a torrent, some of the new arts books that were ordered recently are coming in.  Take a look-- that old favorite, but always fascinating Leonardo da Vinci features prominently!

Reference

Encyclopedia of the Commemorative Coins of the United States  by Anthony J. Swiatek

 

Art History / Art Theory

Art of the Twentieth Century and Beyond  by Loredana Parmesani

Caveat Emptor; The Secret Life of an American Art Forger  by Ken Berenyi

Chihuly; Garden Installations

In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, exhibition catalog

Isabella & Leonardo  by Francis Ames-Lewis

Leonardo and the Last Supper  by Ross King

Leonardo’s Lost Princess  by Peter Silverman

The Lost Battles:  Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Artistic Duel that Defined the Renaissance  by Jonathan Jones

Persian Art & Architecture  by Henri Stierlin

Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art; A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings

Titian:  His Life  by Sheila Hale

Design

Artists’ Textiles 1940-1976  by Geoffrey Rayner

British Aviation Posters; Art, Design and Flight  by Scott Anthony

Eero Saarinen:  Furniture for Everyman  by Brian Lutz

Norman Bel Geddes Designs America, exhibition catalog

The Wallpaper Book  by Genevieve Brunet

 

Architecture / Planning / Landscape Architecture

AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, DC  by G. Martin Moeller, Jr.

The Complete House and Grounds; Learning from Andrew Jackson Downing’s Domestic Architecture  by Caren Yglesias

KPF: Kohn Pederson Fox; Architecture and Urbanism 2003-2012

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to Books

Artist’s Guide to Drawing the Clothed Figure  by Michael Massen

Blackwork Made Easy; Techniques, Patterns & Samplers  by Leley Wilkins

Complete Guide to Figure Drawing for Comics and Graphic Novels  by Daniel Cooney

Studio Glass in America: A 50-Year Journey  by Ferdinand Hampson

Temari Techniques; A Visual Guide to Making Japanese Embroidered Thread Balls  by Barbara B. Suess

We are open again!

We’re back in business, at the beautifully restored and rejuvenated Central Library downtown!  See http://central.slpl.org/, and many pictures on various social media outlets.

There have been many changes to the organization of the library, and this department is no exception.  We are one of a very few departments that is still in the same room, but our holdings have changed.  We no longer carry the Performing Arts – books and magazines on music, theater, dance, movies, television, etc.   Those materials are next door in the new Entertainment, Literature, and Biography Room.  The Compact Disc collection is in the new space called The Studio.  There they join the DVDs, Talking Books, VHS tapes, and other non-book materials.

New books have just started to trickle in.  Since we won’t be listing the Performing Arts books, we’ll list Reference (also known as Non-Circulating) books now that they are again accessible to you here at Central. 

Reference Books

Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 7th edition.

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture, 2nd edition  by Frank Ching

Art History / Theory

Aesthetic of the Cool:  Afro-Atlantic Art and Music  by Robert F. Thompson

Design

Best Practices for Graphic Designers; Grids and Page Layouts  by Amy Graver

 

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to Books

Classical Drawing Handbook:  Essential lessons from the Atelier  by Juliette Aristides

 

 

A few new books

Only a few new books are trickling in since the end of our ordering cycle for this fiscal year. 

Art History / Design

Book-jackets; Their History, Forms, and Use  by G. Thomas Tanselle

A Closer Look; Techniques of Painting,  guide by the National Gallery, London

An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew,  catalog of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Perfectly American: The Art-Union & its Artists, exhibition catalog from the Gilcrease Museum

Movies / Theater / Dance / TV

Hollywood Movie Stills; Art and Technique in the Golden Age of the Studios  by Joel W. Finler

 

Again, a reminder that as of July, 2012, all the collections of Central Library are unavailable to staff and public.  The move from the temporary storage location and various branches will be a lengthy one, as all materials are prepared, moved, and arranged in their new locations in the renovated building.  Unfortunately this means that the new books that appear in this blog are not able to be requested and sent to branches.  If you see a title you would like to check out, first check the catalog to see if there is a copy at a branch.  If not, please be patient, keep a list, and watch the library’s public announcements for the date when Central’s collections will again be available. 

 

We are truly sorry for this major inconvenience, but it is just not possible to keep the collections accessible while they and the staff are in such flux.   Central Library reopens on December 9, 2012.