YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS:  British Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875 (Ed.) Katharine Baetjer. 320 pp.; 9 x 11; 365 Illus., 145 in Color; Index. $95.00 Hardcover. *****
John Singer Sargent’s Triumph of Religion at the Boston Public Library: Creation and Restoration (Eds.) Narayan Khandekar, et al. 296 pp.; 9 3/8 x 12 ¼; 300 Color Illus.; Appendices; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index, $65.00 Hardcover. *****
American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Carrie Rebora Barratt and Lori Zabar. 328 pp.; 9 ¾ x 11 ¼; 328 pp.; 662 Illus., 298 in Color; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index of Artists; Index of Sitters and Subjects. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 by Stephanie D’Alessandro and John Elderfield. 368 pp.; 10 1/8 x 13 1/8; 653 Illus., 515 in Color; Selected Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****  
Alice Neel: Painted Truths by Barry Walker, et al. 296 pp.; 10 1/8 x 11 3/8; 146 Illus., 120 in Color; Chronology; Checklist for Exhibition; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. ***
The Intelligence of Tradition in Rajput Court Painting by Molly Emma Aitken. 352 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¼; 238 Illus., 65 in Color; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. ****
Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea (Ed.) Daniel Finamore and Stephen D. Houston. 328 pp.; 10 ¼ x 12 ¼; 375 Illus., 207 in Color; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O’Sullivan by Toby Jurovics, et al. 272 pp.; 9 7/8 x 11 3/8; 151 Illus., 150 in Color; Appendices; Notes; Selected Bibliography; List of Plates; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. **** 
The American Matisse: The Dealer, His Artists, His Collection by Sabine Rewald w/Magdalena Dabrowski. 208 pp.; 9 x 11 ¼; 208 pp.; 153 Illus., 109 in Color; Bibliography; Index. $60.00. ****
Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O’Sullivan by Toby Jurovics, et al. 272 pp.; 9 7/8 x 11 3/8; 151 Illus., 150 in Color; Appendices; Notes; Selected Bibliography; List of Plates; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. ****
Masterpieces from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Director’s Choice by Peter C. Marzio, et al. 208 pp.; 9 3/8 x 12 ¼; 132 Color Illus. $50.00 Hardcover. ***
Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey by Stephen Bann, et al. 180 pp.; 9 ¾ x 9; 140 Color Illus.; Appendix; Index. $45.00 Hardcover. *****
Whitney Biennial: 2010 by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari. 256 pp.; 7 ½ x 9 ¼; 150 Color Illus.; Checklist of the Exhibition; Appendix. $45.00 Softcover. **
Maurizio Cattelan: Is There Life Before Death? By Franklin Sirmans. 128 pp.; 6 ¾ x 9 ¼; 50 Color Illus.; Notes. $30.00 Hardcover. *
The Mourners: Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy by Sophie Jugie. 128 pp.; 8 x 12; 175 Color Illus.; Selected Readings. $29.95 Hardcover. ****
Art of Edo Japan: The Artist and the City 1615-1868 by Christine Guth. 176 pp.; 6 ½ x 9 ¼; 109 Color Illus.; Map; Glossary; Timeline; Bibliography; Index. $20.00 Softcover. *****

PRESTEL: Otto Dix by Olaf Peters. 220 pp.; 9 ¼ x 11 ¼; 200 Illus., 140 in Color; Biography; Checklist; Selected Bibliography; Index. $55.00 Hardcover. **** 50 American Artists You Should Know by Debra N. Mancoff. 160 pp.; 7 ¾ x 9 ½; 180 Illus., 150 in Color; Glossary; Index. $19.95 Softcover. *****

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS: Figures of Speech: Picturing Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands by Walter S. Gibson. 256 pp.; 6 ¼ x 9 ¼; 81 B/W Illus.; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. $49.95 Hardcover. *****

Texas a&m University PRESS: Traveling the Shore of the Spanish Sea: The Gulf Coast of Texas and Mexico by Geoff Winningham. 360 pp.; 12 ¼ x 9 ¼; 257 Color Illus.; 6 Maps; Bibliography; Index. $45.00 Hardcover. *****

WATSON-GUPTILL: Sculpting the Figure in Clay: An Artistic and Technical Journey to Understanding the Creative and Dynamic Forces in Figurative Sculpture by Peter Rubino. 192 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; B/W Illus.; Resources; Index. $32.50 Softcover. *****

ABBEVILLE PRESS: Discovering the Arts of Japan: A Historical Overview by Tsuneko S. Sadao & Stephanie Wada. 284 pp.; 6 x 8 7/8; 230 Illus., 13 in Color; Selected Readings; Index. $29.95 Softcover. *****
Women Artists: National Museum of Women in the Arts by Susan Fisher Sterling. 320 pp.; 4 x 4 3/8; 280  Color Illus.; Indices. $11.95 Hardcover. *****

STRANDBOOKS: How Successful Artists Study by Sam Adoquei. 244 pp.; 6 ½ x 8; Over 90 Color Illus.; Index. $29.50 Softcover. *****

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS: Florence: A Map of Perceptions by Andrea Ponsi. 84 pp.; 5 x 7; 26 Illus., 22 in Color; Map; List of Illustrations. $22.95 Hardcover. *****

Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner