New Art Books

Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES May/ June 2011

ISBS: The Spirit of Vitalism: Health, Beauty and Strength in Danish Art 1890-1940 (Eds.) Gertrud Hvidberg & Hansen & Gertrud Oelsner. 459 pp.; 10 x 11; B/W & Color Illus.; Index. $86.00 Hardcover. *****

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: The English Castle 1066-1650 by John Goodall. 480 pp.; 10 x 11 ½; 350 Illus., 250 in Color; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. $75.00 Hardcover. *****
Romare Bearden, American Modernist (Eds.) Ruth Fine & Jacqueline Francis. 304 pp.; 9 ¼ x 11 3/8; 200 Illus., 105 in Color; Index. $70.00 Hardcover. *****
Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance by Martha Wolff. 208 pp.; 9 ½ x 12 ¼; 180 Color Illus.; Map; Genealogical Chart of Kings of France; Bibliography. $60.00 Hardcover. *****
Rebecca Salter: Into the Light of Thingsby Gillian Forrester. 280 pp.; 10 x 11 ½; 200 Color Illus.; List of Exhibited Works; Select Bibliography; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. ***
Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character by Lynne Warren. 136 pp.; 9 1/8 x 12; 75 Color Illus.; Selected Exhibitions; Selected Bibliography; Index. $35.00 Hardcover. **
David Smith Invents by Susan Behrends Frank. I112 pp.; 7 7/8 x 11; 80 Illus., 54 in Color; Illustrations; Chronology. $30.00 Hardcover *** Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century by Sabine Rewald. 204 pp.; 8 x 10 1/8; 115 Illus., 110 in Color; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $30.00 Softcover ****
The Bauhaus Group: Six Masters of Modernism by Nicholas Fox Weber. 544 pp.; 6 ¼ x 9 ¼; 112 Illus., 25 in Color; Notes; Index. $27.50 Softcover. ****
Picasso: Challenging the Past by Elizabeth Cowling, et al. 176 pp.; 9 x 11; 166 Color Illus.; Chronology; Bibliography; Index. $25.00 Softcover ***
George Inness in Italy by Mark D. Mitchell. 60 pp.; 8 1/8 x 11; 52 Illus., 40 in Color; Notes. $18.00 Softcover. *****
Bridget Riley: Paintings and Related Work by Colin Wiggins. 78 pp.; 9 x 10 5/8; 50 Color Illus.; Chronology; Select Bibliography; List of Works. $18.00 Softcover. ***
A Closer Look: Still Life / A Closer Look Frames by Erika Langmuir and Nicholas Penny (Respt). (Each) 90pp.; 5 7/8 x 8 ¼; 90 Color Illus.; Further Reading. $15.00 Softcover. Guitar Heroes: Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York by Jayson Kerr Dobney. 48 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; 80 Color Illus.; Exhibition Checklist; Selected Bibliography. $14.95 ****

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Fukami: Purity of Form (Ed.) Andreas Marks. 172 pp.; 10 x 11; 125 B/W & Color Illus.; Appendices Selected Bibliography. $50.00 Hardcover. *****

VASSAR COLLEGE/ D. GILES LTD. LONDON: Thomas Rowlandson: Pleasure and Pursuits in Georgian England by Patricia Phagan. 184 pp.; 9 x 12; B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. $40.00 Softcover. ****

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS: Caterpillage: Reflections on Seventeenth-Century Dutch Still Life Painting by Harry Berger, Jr. 116 pp.; 6 ¼ x 9 ¼; B/W & Color Illus.; Epigraph Sources; Notes; Index. $35.00 Hardcover. *****

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Taking Aim! The Business of Being an Artist Today by Marysol Nieves. 200 pp.; 6 x 9’ B/W Illus.; Selected Chronology; Selected Bibliography. $22.00 Softcover. ****

PRESTEL: British Watercolors, 1750-1880 by Andrew Wilton & Anne Lyles. 288 pp.; 7 ¾ x 9 1/2; 389 Illus., 332 in Color; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index. $19.95 Softcover *****
Hiroshige: Prints & Drawings by Matthi Forrer. 256 pp.; 7 ¾ x 9 ½; 200 Color Illus., Glossary; Select Bibliography. $19.95 Softcover *****
50 British Artists You Should Know by Lucinda Hawksley. 160 pp.; 7 ¾ x 9 ½; 140 Illus., 100 in Color; Index. $19.95 *****