Get your Halloween craft books here!

  Plenty of fun books!

New books for a new (fiscal) year

New books for the library's new fiscal year are starting to come in!
Take a look: 

Reference

Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2016

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Barnett Newman: The Late Work, 1965-1970, exhibit catalog of the Menil Collection

International Pop, exhibit catalog of the Walker Art Center

Leonardo da Vinci, 1453-1519: The Design of the World, exhibit catalog of the Palazzo Reale, Milano

Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas  by Sarah Montross

Playing to the Gallery  by Grayson Perry

Robert Motherwell: The East Hampton Years, 1944- 1952  by Phyllis Tuchman

 

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

A Conversation with Frei Otto

Exploring English Castles  by Edd Morris

Graphic Design for Architects; A Manual for Visual Communication  by Karen Lewis

House & Garden Fifties House  by Catriona Gray

Looking Beyond the Icons: Midcentury Architecture, Landscape, and Urbanism  by Richard Longstreth

Shigeru Ban; Complete Works 1985-2015

Theraputic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces  by Daniel Winterbottom

 Photography

David Busch’s Nikon D750 Guide to Digital Photography

The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs in the National Gallery of Art

 

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

Color: Banish Beige, Boost Color  by Abigail Ahern

Ettore Sottsass  by Patrizia Ranzo

Fashion Artist  by Sandra Burke

The Thoughtful Home  by Tahn Scoon

Traditional American Rooms [Winterthur Style Sourcebook]

Winter Living  by Selina Lake

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Draw Faces in 15 Minutes  by Jake Spicer

Kaffe Fassett’s Heritage Quilts

Pencil Drawing Techniques

The Tao of Watercolor  by Jeanne Carbonetti

Weaving Rag Rugs  by Tom Knisely

Architecture of Scotland -- talk on October 22

 Please join us for the next in the lecture series "Architecture Around the World", co-sponsored by the Steedman Architectural Library and the local chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.  Here is your chance to hear famed architectural historian Esley Hamilton speak.  Using his own slides, he will discuss "The Architecture of Scotland" at 6:30 on Thursday, October 22 in the Second Floor Training Room of Central Library.  For more details, see the Steedman blog:  http://steedmanarchitecturallibrary.blogspot.com/

Look At Me! New Poster Design... and other interesting new books

Do drop in to browse through or check out these fine recent acquisitions:

Reference

Arts and Crafts Furniture  by John Andrews

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

Come Together; The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design  by Francesco Spampinato

Thomas Heatherwick: Making

Horace Pippin: The Way I See It

Look at Me!  New Poster Design

Painting Paradise: The Art of the Garden  by Vanessa Remington

Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World, exhibit catalog of the J. Paul Getty Museum

21^st Century Portraits  by Jo Fredell Higgins

Architecture / Landscape Design / Urban Planning

Archisketcher; Drawing Buildings, Cities and Urban Landscapes  by Simone Ridyard

Architect of Photography  by Eugeni Pons

City Choreographer: Lawrence Halprin in Urban Renewal America  by Alison Bick Hirsch

Inside Le Corbusier’s Philips Pavilion  by Peter Wever

St. Michael’s Coventry: The Rise and Fall of the Old Cathedral  by Georege Demidowicz

30 Years of Emerging Voices; The Architectural League of New York

Photography

Digital Photography Complete Course  by David Taylor

Light, Paper, Process; Reinventing Photography  by Virginia Heckert

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

China Through the Looking Glass, exhibit catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Corporate Interiors, no. 12, 2015

Couture Wedding Gowns  by Marie Bariller

Design Funny: A Graphic Designer’s Guide to Humor  by Heather Bradley

Denim [Icons of Style series]

Gods and Kings:  The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano  by Dana Thomas

Inferno: Alexander McQueen  by Kent Baker

Menswear Illustration  by Richard Kilroy

Sneakers [Icons of Style Series]

T-Shirts [Icons of Style Series]

The Master Guide to Drawing Anime  by Christopher Hart

Vogue on Ralph Lauren  by Kathleen Baird-Murray

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Creative Beading; The Best Projects from a Year of Bead & Button Magazine, vol. 10

Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clays, Glazes, and Electric Kilns  by Richard Zakin

Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop  by April Vollmer

Outside the Box Origami  by Scott Wasserman Stern

Leather Crafted  by Caitlin M. Sullivan

Antiques / Collectibles

North American Coins & Prices: A Guide to U.S., Canadian and Mexican Coins, 2016 ed.

Holiday Crafts

An Embroidered Christmas  by Cheryl Fall

Handmade Christmas Cheer  by Pat Wys

Holiday Appliques to Crochet  by Deborah Burger

Learn about the works of Eero Saarinen

Please join us as we begin the second half of our lecture series, "Architecture Around the World", this month.  This series is a partnership between the St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians and the Steedman Architectural Library of SLPL.  First up will be John Guenther speaking on "The Works of Eero Saarinen", sure to be a popular topic here in St. Louis.  

It will be held on Wednesday , September 16th.  Starting at 6:00 pm, the Steedman Room will be open for viewing; the talk will be at 6:30.   NOTE:  Because of our Maurice Sendak exhibit in the Carnegie Room, this talk will be held in the "Training Room", a room that is on the same (second) floor as the Steedman Room. 

Even more beautiful books to end the summer

We are ending August with a rush of newly acquired books on all types of arts and crafts.  There should be something to pique your interest!

Reference

Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks

The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 2015-2016

Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 2016 ed.

Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 2016 ed.

Art History / Art Theory / Art World

American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood, exhibit catalog of the Peabody Essex Museum

The Art of Cardboard  by Lori Zimmer

Disguise: Masks and Global African Art  by Pamela McClusky

Niki de Saint Phalle , exhibit catalog of the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

Still Lives: Death, Desire, and the Portrait of the Old Master  by Maria H. Loh

Van Gogh and Nature, exhibit catalog of the Clark Art Institute

Architecture / Landscape Design

After Metropolis: The Architecture & Design of Powell Tuck Associates

Apparitions: Architecture That Has Disappeared From Our Cities  by T. John Hughes

Architectural Agents: The Delusional, Abusive, Addictive Lives of Buildings  by Annabel Jane Wharton

Open Source Architecture  by Carlo Ratti

Photography

Digital Macro & Close-up Photography  by Ross Hoddinott

Eve Arnold, Magnum Legacy  by Janine Di Giovanni

David Smith in Two Dimensions: Photography and the Matter of Sculpture  by Sarah Hamill

Drugstore Camera  by Dennis Hopper

Joel Meyerowitz: Retrospective

Design / Fashion / Interior Decoration / Graphics

Steampunk & Cosplay Fashion Design & Illustration  by Samantha R. Crossland

Vogue on Christian Dior  by Charlotte Sinclair

Crafts / Applied Arts / How-to

Creative Girl; Mixed Media Techniques for an Artful Life  by Danielle Donaldson

Fearless Watercolor for Beginners  by Sandrine Pellisier

Figure Drawing Master Class  by Dan Gheno

Painting Miniatures  by Pauline Dener-Baker

Upcyclist; Reclaimed and Remade Furniture, Lighting and Interiors  by Antonia Edwards

Antiques / Collectibles

Bottles (Picker’s Pocket Guide)  by Michael Polak

Coin of the Year; Celebrating Three Decades of the Best in Coin Design and Craftsmanship  by Donald Scarinci

More Hagen-Renaker Pottery  by Nancy Kelly

A Rothschild Renaissance: Treasures from the Waddesdon Bequest  by Dora Thornton