New Art Books
By Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES Sept/ Oct 2010
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Oxford Companion to Architecture (Two Vols) (Eds.) Patrick Goode, et al. 1083 pp.; 7 ½ x 10 ¼; B/W Illus.; Notes; List of Illustrations; List of Editors and Contributors; Thematic Analysis of Entries; Bibliographic Essay; Indices. $295.00 Hardcover. *****
Portraits & Persons by Cynthia Freeland. 370 pp.; 5 ¼ x 8; B/W & Color Illus.; Further Reading; Notes; Index. $27.95 ****
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Print in Early Modern England: An Historical Oversight by Malcolm Jones. 352 pp.; 10 x 11 ½; 250 Illus., 30 in Color; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $95.00 hardcover. *****
John Brett: Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Painter by Christiana Payne. 304 pp.; 9 7/8 x 11 3/8; 270 Illus., 120 in Color; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $90.00 Hardcover *****
American Paintings and Works on Paper in the Barnes Foundation by Richard J. Wattenmaker. 404 pp.; 10 1/8 x 11 ½; 421 Illus., 376 in Color; Index, $75.00 Hardcover. *****
Empire Without End: Antiquities Collections in Renaissance Rome, c. 1350-1527 by Kathleen Wren Christian. 288 pp.; 7 7/8 10 3/8; 270 Illus., 50 in Color; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $70.00 Hardcover *****
William Merritt Chase: Still Lifes, Interiors, Figures, Copies of Old Masters, and Drawings by Ronald G. Pisano. 240 pp.; 9 7/8 x 12 ¼; 338 Illus., 127 in Color; Appendices; Index of Titles. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Mark Bradford by Christopher Bedford, et al. 256 pp.; 9 7/8 x 12 ¼; 209 Color Illus.; Checklist; Biography; Exhibition History; Bibliography; Index. ****
Philip de László: His Life and Art by Duff Hart-Davis. 412 pp.; 6 ¼ x 9 ½; 145 Illus., 45 in Color; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. $55.00 Hardcover *****
Christen Kobke: Danish Master of Light by David Jackson. 128 pp.; 9 x 11; 85 Color Illus.; Exhibition Checklist; Select Bibliography; Notes; Index. $50.00 Hardcover *****
The Age of French Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago by Gloria Groom, et al. 200 pp.; 9 7/8 x 12 1/8; 196 Illus., 154 in Color; Selected Bibliography; Index of Artists. $50.00 Hardcover. *****
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS: American Art at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Eds.) Elizabeth L. O’Leary, et al. 422 pp.; 9 x 11 ½; 370 Illus., 352 in Color; Index. $50.00 Hardcover. *****
PRESTEL: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay (Eds.) Sylvia Patry and Stéphane Guégan. 240 pp.; 9 x 12; Color Illus.; Suggested Further Reading; Catalogue of Exhibition; Index of names and Artworks. 49.95 Hardcover *****
FRESCO FINE ART PUBL.: Art Alive! A Fresh Approach to the Basics by Sally Bartalot. 144 pp.; 8 x 10; 175 Illus., 75 in Color. $35.00 Softcover. *****
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS: Being and Becoming Visible: Women, Performance, and Visual Culture (Eds.) Olga M. Mesropova and Stacey Weber-Fève. 265 pp.; 5 7/8 x 9; B/W Illus.; Index. $35.00 Softcover. ****
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Edward Koren: The Capricious Line by David Rosand, et al. 110 pp.; 9 x 12; 125 Illus., 32 in Color; Plates; Biography; Books. 30.00 Softcover ***
WATSON-GUPTILL: Encaustic Art: The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax by Lissa Rankin. 240 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; Color Illus.; Index. $29.99 Softcover. ****
AMERICAN ARTIST BOOK/INTERWEAVE: Botanical Sketchbook by Mary Ann Scott w/Margaret Stevens. 126 pp.; 8 ½ x 10 7/8; B/W & Color Illus.; Bibliography. $24.95 Hardcover. *****
W.W. NORTON & COMPANY: Modernism: The Lure of Heresy: From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond by Peter Gay. 610 pp.; 6 1/8 x 9 ¼; B/W Illus.; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index. $21.95 Softcover. *****