New Art Books
Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES March/ April 2010
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art (Editor in chief) Gordon Campbell. (3 Vols.) 2,328 pp.; 7 ¾ x 10 ¼; Over 500 B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Maps; Indices. $395.00 Hardcover. *****
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment by Celina Fox. 352 pp.; 8 1/8 x 11 ¼; 260 Illus., 60 in Color; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. $95.00 Hardcover. ****
Ruskin on Venice: “The Paradise of Cities” by Robert Hewison. 500 pp.; 7 ¾ x 10 3/8; 125 Illus., 25 in Color; Bibliography; Index. $85.00 Hardcover. *****
Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection (Eds.) Susan Alyson Stein and Asher Ethan Miller. 352 pp.; 9 x 12; 285 Illus., 100 in Color; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. ****
From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern by Richard R. Brettell and C.D. Dickerson III. 456 pp.; 10 ¼ x 12 ¼; 336 Illus., 296 in Color; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Giovanni Boldini in Impressionist Paris by Sarah Lees. 232 pp.; 9 ½ x 12; 140 Illus., 134 in Color; List of Exhibitions; Bibliography; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. *****
The Drawings of Bronzino by Carmen C. Bambach, et al. 336 pp.; 9 x 11; 274 Illus., 155 in Color; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. *****
American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser. 216 pp.; 10 1/8 x 12 1/8; 190 Color Illus.; Selected Bibliography; Index. $ ****
Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal (Ed.) Darielle Mason. 304 pp.; 10 14 x 11 ¾; 304 Illus., 254 in Color; Selected Bibliography. $60.00 Hardcover. ***
The Accademia Seminars: The Accademia di San Luca in Rome: 1590-1635 (Ed.) Peter M. Lukehart. 430 pp.; 7 1/8 x 10; 82 Duotone Illus.; Appendix; Glossary; Index. $35.00 Softcover. *****
An Introduction to Art by Charles Harrison. 320 pp.; 7 5/8 x 10 1/8; 250 Color Illus.; Recommendations for Further Reading; Index. $30.00 Softcover *****
SKIRARIZZOLI (The Montreal Museum of Art): Tiffany Glass: A Passion for Color by Rosalind Pepall. 256 pp.; 9 ½ x 13; 250 B/W & Color Illus; Chronology; Works in Exhibition; Selected Bibliography. $60.00 Hardcover *****
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: With a Single Glance: Buddhist Icons and Early Mikkyo Vision by Cynthea Bogel. 496 pp.; 7 x 10; 112 Illus., 33 in Color; Notes; Glossary; Index. $75.00 Hardcover. *****
INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIZED BOOK SVCS. (ISBS): Michele Tosini and the Ghirlandaio Workshop in Cinquecento Florence by Heidi J. Hornik. 211 pp.; 6 x 9; B/W & Color Illus.; List if Illustrations; Appendix; Notes; Index. $55.00 Softcover. *****
PAUL HOLBERTON PUBL.: Ken Thomson the Collector (Vol. 1) (Ed.) Conal Shields. 200 pp.; 9 ½ x 11; 100 Color Illus. $50.00 Softcover. ***
University of California Press: The Pilgrim Art: Cultures of Porcelain in World History by Robert Finlay. 440 pp.; 6 x 9; 24 Color Illus.; 2 Maps; Notes; References; Index. $34.95 Hardcover. ****
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA: Guy LaBree: Barefoot Artist of the Florida Seminoles by Carol Mahler. 232 pp.; 7 x 10; 50 Illus., 42 in Color; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $34.95 Hardcover. ***
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: From Head to Hand: Art and the Manual by David Levi Strauss. 224 pp.; 5 ½ x 8 ¼; 35 B/W Halftones; Notes; Index. $24.95 Hardcover. *****
BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: Mary Cassatt: Works on Paper by George S. Bolge, et al. 95 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¼; B/W & Color Illus.; Exhibition Checklist; Chronology; Selected Bibliography. $? Hardcover. ***
Marc Bell Presents The Magical World of M.C. Escher by Willem F. Veldhuysen, et al. 174 pp.; 9 x 12; B/W & Color Illus.; Biographical Timeline. $? Softcover. *****