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New Art Books

Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES November/ December 2012

ABBEVILLE PUBL. GROUP: The Grand Medieval Bestiary: Animals in Illuminated Manuscripts by Christian Heck and Rémy Cordonnier. 620pp.; 10 ¼ x 14 ¾; 587 Color Illus,; Notes; Bibliography; List of Names. $185.00 Slipcased Hardcover ($135.00 thru Dec 31, 2012) *****
Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature
w/Photographs by Jonathan M. Singer and Contributions by Thomas S. Elias et al. 416 pp.; 12 x 15; 596 Color Illus., w/4 Color Gatefolds; Index. $150.00 Hardcover, Slipcased. *****
Renaissance Intarsia: Masterpieces of Wood Inlay by Luca Trevisan. 256 pp.; 10 ¾ x 13; 250 Color Illus.; The Technique of Intarsia; Bibliography; Index of Names. $125.00 Hardcover. *****
Greek and Roman Mosaics
by Umberto Pappalardo and Rosario Ciardello. 320 pp.; 10 ½ x 12 5/8; Over 300 Color Illus.; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Places. $125.00 Slipcased Hardcover. ****

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS: Reconstructing the View: The Grand Can yon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe by Rebecca A. Senf & Stephen J. Pyne. 208 pp.; 12 x 9 ½; 129 Color Illus., Inset duotones; 4 Gatefolds; Bibliography; About the Photographers. $75.00 Hardcover. ****
Creative Composites: Modernism, Race, and The Stieglitz Circle
by Lauren Kroiz. 271 pp.; 7 ¼ x 10 ¼; 102 B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Selected Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index. $49.95 Hardcover *****
Six Lines of Flight: Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art
by Apsara DiQuinzio.  228 pp.; 10 ½ x 10; 206 Color Illus.; Selected Readings; Works in Exhibition. $49.95 Hardcover. *** 
Mexican Muralism: A Critical History
(Eds.) Alejandro Anreus, et al. 394 pp.; 7 x 10; B/W Illus.; Bibliography; Index. $39.95 Softcover ****
The Art of Modern China
by Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen. 384 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; 314 B/W & Color Illus.; Glossary; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. $39.95 Softcover. ****  
White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes by Raymund Ryan.
120 pp.; 10 x 11; 140 Illus., 120 in Color; Selected Bibliography; Index of Names. $39.95 Hardcover ***
To Life! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet by Linda Weintraub. 384 pp.; 7 x 10; B/W Illus.; Suggestions for Further Research; Index. $34.95 Softcover. ****
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings
by Kristine Stiles. 1168 pp.; 7 x 10; 163 B/W Illus.; Notes; Index. $34.95 Softcover. *****

THAMES & HUDSON, INC: Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910 by Richard Thomson et al. 206 pp.; 10 x 10 ¾; 138 Color Illus.; Notes; Bibliography; Artist Biographies; Index. $60.00 Hardcover *****
The Naked Nude
by Frances Borzello. 192 pp.; 8 7/8 x 11 3/8; 130 Illus., 116 in Color; Notes; Selected Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index. $45.00 Hardcover. ***

D.A.P./DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS, INC.: The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art and Society by Judith K. Brodsky & Ferris Olin. 239 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¼; B/W & Color Illus.; Exhibitions and Events; Bibliography; Index. $45.00 Hardcover. ****

THE COURTAULD GALLERY / THE FRICK COLLECTION: Master Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery (Eds.) Colin B. Bailey, et al. 287 pp.; 8 ½ x 10 ¼; Approx. 200 Color Illus.; Bibliography; Index of Artists. $39.95 Softcover. *****

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND: Edward Hopper in Vermont: Hopper’s little-known watercolors of the Vermont landscape by Bonnie Tocher Clause. 240 pp.; 6 x 9; 21 Color Illus.; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. $35.00 Hardcover. *****

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Mr. Collier’s Letter Racks: A Tale of Art and Illusion at the Threshold of the Modern Information Age by Dror Wahrman. 275 pp.; 6 ½ x 9 ½; B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; List of Illustrations; Index. $34.95 Hardcover. *****