Spring/Easter/Passover crafts book display

In celebration of Easter Week, Passover, and Spring in general, the display cart in the Fine Arts Room is stocked with books on crafts and activities related to those subjects this week.  Drop in and browse if you can!

Latest art books -- read all about it!

This batch is heavy on art history books about individual artists.  They can be picked up or placed on request, as always.

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Art at the Art Institute of Chicago

Ai Weiwei  by Christina Carrillo de Albornoz

Albert Bloch: The American Blue Rider

Art Inc.: The Essential Guide for Building Your Career as an Artist  by Lisa Congdon

Egon Schiele: Portraits, exhibit catalog of the Neue Galerie, New York

Georg Baselitz: Back Then, In Between, and Today, exhibit catalog of Haus der Kunst, Munich

Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper  by Marina Pacini

Painted Glories: The Brancacci Chapel in Renaissance Florence  by Nicholas A Eckstein

Pollock and the Irascibles: The New York School, exhibit catalog of the Palazzo Reale, Milano

William Merritt Chase: A Life in Art  by Alicia G. Longwell

Architecture / Landscape Design

Piano: Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Complete Works 1966-2014

 

Photography

Charles M. Russell; Photographing the Legend  by Larry Len Peterson

The Mobile Photographer: An Unofficial Guide to Using Android Phones, Tablets, ad Apps in a Photography Workflow  by Robert Fischer

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

The House of Worth: Portrait of an Archives  by Amy de la Haye

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

How to Draw Dogs, Cats & Horses  by Arthur Zaidenberg

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Books about women artists on display for March

March is Women's History Month, so this month we honor all women artists, architects, photographers, and artisans by displaying some of our many books on the subject.  Come by the Fine Arts Room to browse our display cart, or just explore the online catalog for more titles.

Welcome to March with new arts books!

Let's hope that by the end of March we will be enjoying Spring weather at last!  Meanwhile, these new books are beautiful and interesting.  Come on down, or place a "Hold" on them to be picked up at your neighborhood branch.

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Canvas Detroit  by Julie Pincus

Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, exhibit catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

French Art Deco  by Jared Goss (Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Global Street Art  by Lee Bofkin

Manet Paints Monet: A Summer in Argenteuil  by Willibald Sauerländer

My Tools  by Jim Dine

Notes on Color Theory  by Rose Gonnella

Voyage of “The Slave Ship”; J.M.W. Turner’s Masterpiece in Historical Context  by Stephen J. May

Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe  by Philip Gefter

Architecture / Landscape Design

Álvaro Siza: The Function of Beauty  by Carlos Castanheira

Cathedral; An Illness and a Healing  by Bill Henderson

The Classical Buildings of Bath  by Mike Jenner

Last is More: Mies, IBM, and the Transformation of Chicago  by Robert Sharoff

Shigeru Ban: Humanitarian Architecture

Shooting Space: Architecture in Contemporary Photography  by Elias Redstone

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

Halston: Inventing American Fashion  by Lesley Frowick

Masters of Fashion: The Leading Figures Behind the Dream  by Maria Luisa Tagariello

Secrets of Fashion Drawing  by Noel Chapman

Photography

Canon EOS Rebel T5/1200D for Dummies  by Julie Adair King

Canon EOS Rebel T5i/700D: From Snapshots to Great Shots  by Jeff Revell

Focal Easy Guide to Final Cut Pro X, 2^nd Edition  by Rick Young

Olympus OM-D E-M1: Guide to Digital Photography  by David Busch

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Kiln-formed Glass; Behind the Basics  by Brenda Griffith

Mastering Fantasy Art; Drawing Dynamic Characters  by John Stanko

The Painting Workbook; How to Get Started and Stay Inspired  by Alena Hennessy

Paper Monsters and Curious Creatures  by Hiroshi Hayakawa

Simplifying Perspective; A Step-by-Step Guide for Visual Artists  by Robert Pastrana

A Year in Crafts: 52 Seasonal Projects  by Clare Youngs

Recent Acquisitions - Feb. 2015

We've received some beautiful and informative books this month, including some important annual reference titles, and the catalogs of two notable current exhibits at the St. Louis Art Museum  -- take a look:

Reference

American Illustration 33

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Vol. 5, Part 2, The 20^th Century, the Rise of Black Artists

Jadite; Identification & Price Guide  by Joe Keller

Mid-Century Modern Complete  by Dominic Bradbury

Miller’s Collectibles Handbook & Price Guide, 2014-2015  by Judith Miller

Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840 (Vol. 2); Equestrians, Entertainers, Personalities, Biblical Figures, & Sportsmen  by Myra Schkolne

Society of Illustrators 55^th Annual of Illustration

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money; General Issues, 1368-1960, 15^th edition

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Andy Warhol Unique

Gods and Heroes; Masterpieces from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Madame Cézanne  by Dita Amory

Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham & the River, exhibit catalog of the Amon Carter Museum and St. Louis Art Museum

New York’s Underground Art Museum; MTA Arts & Design  by Sandra Bloodworth

Polke/Richter. Richter/Polke; Katalog, Entwürfe, Fotografien, Dokumente

 Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

The Art of John Alvin  by Andrew Alvin

Elsa Schiaparelli; A Biography  by Meryle Secrest

Fabrics in Fashion Design  by Stefanella Sposito

Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945

Secrets of Fashion Drawing  by  Noel Chapman

Spectrum 21; The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Photography

The Brown Sisters: Forty Years  by Nicholas Nixon

Mastering Exposure  by David Nightingale

Picture Perfect Social Media; A Handbook for Styling Perfect Photos  by Jennifer Young

Poetics of Light: Contemporary Pinhole Photography, exhibit catalog of the New Mexico History Museum

Stephen Shore, exhibit catalog of the Fundacion Mapfre

World Atlas of Street Photography  by Jackie Higgins

Yves Saint Laurent  by Roxanne Lowit

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Atmospheric Watercolours  by Jean Haines

Embroidery Designs for Fashion and Furnishings  by Moira Thunder

Feltwork; 25 Inspiring and Original Felt Projects to Create at Home  by Victoria Brown

Hand Weaving; The Basics  by Lynn Gray Ross

Simple Screenprintng  by Annie Stromquist

Zoogami; Fold Your Own Origami Wildlife Park  by Mark Bolitho

Antiques / Collectibles

Answers to Questions about Old Jewelry, 1840-1950, 8^th ed.  by Jeanenne Bell

Pyrex; The Unauthorized Collector’s Guide, 5^th ed.  by Barbara E. Mauzy