New Art Books

Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES Nov/ Dec 2011

ABBEVILLE PUBLISHING GROUP: Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Painting (Slipcovered) (Ed.) Zheng Xinmiao. 280 pp.; 13 x 16 ½; 234 Color Illus.; A Chronology of Chinese History; Index of Work by Artist; Index of Works by Title. $190.00 Hardcover. *****
The History of Rome in Paintings (Slip Covered) by (Eds.) Maria Teresa Caracciolo and Roseleyn De Ayalo. 496 pp.; 11 ¾ x 17 3/8; Colored Illus.; Epilogue; Biographies of Artists; Index of Names. $185.00 Hardcover. *****
Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Dr. Alicia Craig Faxon. 265 pp.; 11 ½ x 13 ¼; 309 Color Illus.; Notes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index. $85.00 Hardcover. (Editor’s Note: Although it is our usual policy to give a one to five-star rating on all fine art books received in our office special note ought be given to Abbeville’s Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Painting and The History of Rome in Paintings, both of which are not only fine art books but, in their bindings, presentation and slipcasing, works of art in themselves).

WELLSPRING COMMUNICATIONS: Max Ginsburg: Retrospective by Louis A. Zona et al. 191 pp.; 12 x 11; B/W & Color Illus.; Index of Paintings; Biography. $90.00 Hardcover. *****

SCHIRMER/MOSEL VERLAG: Zurbarán by Cees Nooteboom. 132 pp.; 10 ½ x 12 ¼; 77 Illus., 50 Color Plates; List of Plates. $68.00 Hardcover. *****

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini (Eds.) Keith Christiansen and Stefan Weppelmann. 432 pp.; 9 3/8 x 11 3/8; 261 Illus., 255 in Color; Map; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
A Time and a Place: Near Sydenham Hill by Camille Pissarro by Kathleen Adler. 86 pp.; 7 5/8 x 9 ¼; 72 Illus., 58 in Color; Notes; Bibliography. $16.95 Softcover. *****
Frans Hals: Style and Substance by Walter Liedtke. 48 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; 50 Color Illus.; Notes; Select Bibliography. $14.95 Softcover. *****

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Beneath Cold Seas by David Hall. 160 pp.; 11 x 10 ½; 150 Color Illus. $45.00 Hardcover. **
L.A. Xicano by Chon A. Noriega et al. 240 pp.; 9 x 12; 221 B/W & Color Illus.; Exhibition Checklist; History of Exhibitions 1945-80; Bibliography; Index. $39.95 Hardcover. *
William H. Johnson: An American Modern by Richard J. Powell, et al. 120 pp.; 8 x 10; 75 Color Illus.; Notes; Bibliography. $26.95 Softcover ***

PHAIDON PRESS: Wilhelm Sasnal by Dominic Eichler et al. 160 pp.; 11 3/8 x 9 7/8; 180 Color Illus.; Chronology; Bibliography. $45.00 Softcover. ** Leonardo (Colour Library Series) by Patricia Emison. 128 pp.; 12 x 8 7/8; 90 Illus., 83 in Color. $11.95 Softcover. ****

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS: Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface by Robin Clark 240 pp.; 9 x 9; 175 Illus., 100 in Color; Selected Exhibition History; Exhibition Checklist; Selected Bibliography; Index. $39.95 Hardcover **
State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970 by Constance M. Lewallen and Karen Moss. 296 pp.; 9 x 9; 187 Illus., 64 in Color; Artist Biographies; List of Works; Selected Bibliography; Index. $39.95 Hardcover. **

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS: Xu Bing: Tobacco Project: Duke/Shanghai/Virginia, 1999-2011 by John B. Ravenal. 116 pp.; 6 x 9 ¼; 80 Color Illus.; Appendix; Index. $35.00 Softcover. *

SMITHSONIAN BOOKS: The Changing Face of Portrait Photography: From Daguerreotype to Digital by Shannon Thomas Perich. 176 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¼; B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Index. $35.00 Hardcover ***

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Christ to Coke: How an Image Becomes Iconic by Martin Kemp. 352 pp.; 7 5/8 x 10; 165 Color Ilus.; Index. $34.95 Hardcover. ***
Leonardo (Revised Edition) by Martin Kemp. 320 pp.; 5 1/8 x 7 ¾; B/W & Color Illus.; Further Reading; Index. $17.95 Softcover. *****

THE FRICK COLLECTION/D GILES LTD: Fragonard’s Progress of Love at The Frick Collection by Colin B. Bailey. 192 pp.; 8 1/8 x 10 5/8; B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. $25.00 Softcover. *****

HARPER DESIGN: Birds: Adapted from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon’s Histoire / Roses: Adapted from Pierre-Joseph Redoute’s Les Roses and James Sowerby’s English Botany (Both) (Ed.) Fiorella Congedo. 287 pp.; 6 ¾ x 7 ¾; Color Illus.; Index. $22.99 Softcover. *****