New Art Books
Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES Nov/ Dec 2009
MUSEUM TUSCULANUM PRESS/ISBS: Treasure Collection at Rosenborg Castle (3 vols.) by Jorgen Hein. 843 pp.; 9 ½ x 12; B/W & Color Illus.; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. $300.00 Hardcover. *****
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851 by Ingrid Roscoe, M.G. Sullivan and Emma Hardy. 1,616 pp.; 6 ¼ x 9 ½; Appendix; Bibliography and Abbreviations; Indices. $200.00 Hardcover. *****
Rivers of Paradise: Water in Islamic Art and Culture (Eds.) Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom. 384 pp.; 9 ½ x 11 ¾; 235 Illus., 205 in Color; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. $85.00 Hardcover. *****
Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstractions by Barbara Haskell, et al. 256 pp.; 9 7/8 x 11 ¼; 202 Color, 26 Duotone Illus.; Selected Bibliography; Checklist of Exhibition; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Cézanne and American Modernism by Gail Stavitsky and Katherine Rothkopf. 376 pp.; 10 3/8 x 11 ¼; 190 Color Illus.; Checklist; Selected Chronology; Selected Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece by Sabine Albersmeier. 328 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 1/8; 270 Illus., 154 in Color; Glossary; List of Abbreviations Abbreviated References; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective by Michael R. Taylor. 400 pp.; 9 ¾ x 11 ¾; 343 Illus., 277 in Color; Chronology; Exhibition History; Bibliography; Checklist of Exhibition; Index of Names and Works of Art. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Tullio Lombardo and Venetian High Renaissance Sculpture by Alison Luchs. 160 pp.; 8 ¾ x 12 ½; 85 Illus., 62 in Color; Bibliography; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. *****
American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life by H. Barbara Weinberg and Carrie Rebora Barratt. 240 pp.; 9 x 12; 188 Illus., 171 in Color; Bibliography; Exhibition Checklist; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. *****
Sargent and the Sea by Sarah Cash. 170 pp.; 10 x 11 ½; 130 Illus., 100 in Color; Notes; Further Reading; Index. $50.00 Hardcover. Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture by Gary M. Radke, 224 pp.; 9 x 11 ¼; 201 Color Illus.; References; Contributors. $50.00 Hardcover. *****
John Gutmann: The Photographer at Work by Sally Stein. 180 pp.; 9 ½ x 12 ¼; 175 Duotone Illus.; List of Plates. $50.00 Hardcover. ****
Eva Hesse: Studiowork by Briony Fer. 240 pp.; 8 5/8 x 10; 200 Color Illus.; Biography. $50.00 Hardcover. *** Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan by Salima Hashmi. 160 pp.; 9 ¼ x 12 ¼; 95 Illus., 78 in Color; Chronology; Works Cited; Artist Index. $49.95 Hardcover.****
Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage by Elizabeth Siegel. 200 pp.; 11 ¼ x 10; 180 Illus., 140 in Color; Index of Artists & Albums. $45.00 ****
Watteau. Music, and Theatre by Katharine Baetjer. 160 pp.; 10 x 9; 70 Illus., 66 in Color; Artist Biographies; Further Reading; Index of Name. $35.00 Hardcover. ****
Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design (Ed.) Joe Earle. 144 pp.; 10 1/8 x 9 ½; 145 Color Illus.; Chronology. $35.00 Softcover. ***
Steve Wolfe on Paper by Carter E. Foster and Franklin Sirmans. 102 pp.; 7 ½ x 11 3/8; 45 Color Illus.; Selected Exhibition History; Selected Bibliography. $19.95 Hardcover. **
Friendship and Loss in the Victorian Portrait by Malcolm Warner. 88 pp.; 7 5/8 x 9 3/8; 48 Illus., 40 in Color; Notes; Bibliography, $16.95 Softcover. ***
El Greco to Goya: Spanish Painting by Dawson W. Carr. 72 pp.; 9 x 10 5/8; 80 Color Illus.; List of Captions. $15.00 Softcover. *****
FLAMMARION: Musée du Quai Branly: The Collection: Art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas (Ed.) Yves Le Fur. 480 pp.; 9 x 12; 300 Color Illus.; Appendices. $95.00 Hardcover. *****
The Condé Museum of the Chateau de Chantilly: The Paintings Collection by Nicole Garnier-Pelle. 288 pp.; 9 ½ x 12; 250 B/W & Color Illus., Selected Bibliography; Index. $85.00 Hardcover. *****
PRESTEL: Botticelli by Frank Zöllner. 320 pp.; 10 ¼ x 14 ¾; 240 Color Illus.; Bibliography; Index of Works; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Cuba: Art and History from 1868 to Today (Ed.) Nathalie Bondil. 368 pp.; 9 ½ x 11 ¾; 450 Color Illus.; Biographical Notes; List of Works; Select Bibliography. $49.95 Hardcover*****
50 Sculptures You Should Know by Isabel Kuhl and Klaus Reichold. 176 pp.; 7 ¾ x 9 ½; 200 Color Illus.; Index. $19.95 Softcover. *****
Vincent van Gogh by Isabel Kuhl. 144 pp.; 7 ¾ x 9 ½; 160 Illus., 130 in Color; List of Illustrations; Selected Bibliography; Index. $19.95 Softcover. *****
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS: What’s it All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect by Joann Moser. 228 pp.; 10 x 12; 300 Illus., 100 in Color; Selected Exhibitions and Awards; Checklist of Exhibition; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Softcover. ****
Cézanne’s Other: The Portraits of Hortense by Susan Sidlauskas. 320 pp.; 8 3/8 x 10 3/8; 83 B/W & Color Illus.; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $49.95 Hardcover. ****
Art of Renaissance Florence 1400-1600 by Loren Partridge. 256 pp.; 8 x 10; 204 B/W & Color Illus.; Genealogy of the Medici Family; Timeline; Glossary; Artists’ Biographies; Selected Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index. $34.95 Softcover. *****
COLLINS/DESIGN: South African Art Now by Sue Williamson. 320 pp.; 9 5/8 x 11 ¼; Color Illus.; Biographies; Chronology; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. ****
The Glory of Angels by Edward Lucie-Smith. 192 pp.; 11 3/8 x 14 ¼; Color Illus.; Index. $35.00 Hardcover. *****
The Future of Fantasy Art (Ed.) Aly Fell and Duddlebug. 192 pp.; 10 x 10; Color Illus.; Artist Directory. $29.99 Hardcover. ****
ZENITH PRESS Hope: A Collection of Obama Posters and Prints by Hal Elliott Wert. 176 pp.; 9 ¼ x 12; 170 Color Illus.$35.00 Hardcover. ***
THE FRICK COLLECTION: Watteau to Degas: French Drawings from the Frits Lugt Collection by Colin B. Bailey, Susan Grace Galassi and Mària van Berge-Gerbaud. 336 pp.; 7 ½ x 10 3/8; B/W & Color Illus.; Provenance, Exhibitions, Bibliography; Notes; Comparative Illustrations; Selected Bibliography; Index of Artists; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. *****
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: The Hand and The Soul: Aesthetics and Ethics in Architecture and Art (Ed.) Sanda Iliescu. 302 pp.; 7 x 8; 102 B/W Illus.; Index. $55.00 Hardcover. ***
PHAIDON PRESS INC.: Zhang Huan by Yilmaz Dzwiewior et al. 160 pp.; 11 3/8 x 9 7/8; B/W & Color Illus.; Chronology; Bibliography. $49.95 Softcover. *
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO: Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby by Craig Varjabedian. 144 pp.; 12 ¼ x 9 ¼’ 98 Duotones; Map; Selected Bibliography. $45.00 Hardcover.****
TATE PUBLISHING/ABRAMS: Cage: 6 Paintings by Gerhard Richter by Robert Storr. 160 pp.; 9 7/8 x 9 7/8; B/W & Color Illus.; List of Illustrated Works. $42.50 Hardcover. **
HARPER: POP: The Genius of Andy Warhol by Tony Scherman and David Dalton. 528 pp.; 66 Illus., 16 in Color; Notes; Index. $40.00 Hardcover. **
BLUE HERON PRESS: Laura Woodward: The Artist Behind the Innovator Who Developed Palm Beach by Deborah C. Pollack. 264 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¼; 201 Illus., 83 in Color; Bibliography; Index. $39.99 Hardcover. *****
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS / HUDSON HILLS PRESS: Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection: National Museum Wales by Oliver Fairclough and Bryony Dawkes. 176 pp.; 9 x 10; B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $39.99 Softcover. ****
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Darwin’s Camera: Art and Photography in the Theory of Evolution by Phillip Prodger. 320 pp.; 7 x 10; 106 B/W Halftones, 7 Color Halftones; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. $39.95 Hardcover. *****
ABRAMS: Richard Long: Heaven and Earth (Ed.) Clarrie Wallis. 240 pp.; 8 ¼ x 10 5/8; 120 Color Illus.; Exhibitions; Bibliography; Exhibited Works; Index. $37.50 Softcover. ****
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Puget Sound Through an Artist’s Eye by Tony Angell. 144 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; 141 Illus., 120 in Color; Appendices. $35.00 Hardcover. *****
ALLWORTH PRESS: How to Start and Run a Commercial Gallery by Edward Winkleman. 256 pp.; 6 x 9; Appendices; Bibliography; Index. $24.95 Softcover. ***
NORTH LIGHT BOOKS: Creative Time and Space: Making Room for Making Art by Ricë Freeman-Zachery. 144 pp.; 8 x 8; Color Illus.; Index. $22.99 Softcover. ****
WATSON-GUPTILL: Drawing Animals by Norman Adams and Joe Singer. 160 pp.; 9 x 12; B/W Illus. $21.99 Softcover. *****
MARION BOYARS: The Alchemy of Paint: Art, Science and Secrets from the Middle Ages by Spike Bucklow. 335 pp.; 5 ¼ x 8 ½; B/W Illus.; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary, Index. $17.95 Softcover. ****
BROADWAY BOOKS/RANDOM HOUSE: Draw 50 Magical Creatures: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Unicorns, Elves, Cherubs, Trolls and Many More by Lee J. Ames. 9 1/8 x 12 ½. $15.99 Hardcover. ***
W.W. NORTON & CO., INC.: Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton. 287 pp.; 5 ½ x 8 ¼; B/W Illus.; Author’s Note; Selected Bibliography; Index. $15.95 Softcover. ****