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New Art Books
By Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES Sept/ Oct 2011
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: Jean Fouquet and the Invention of France: Art and Nation after the Hundred Years War by Erik Inglis. 320 pp.; 9 x 11 ¼; 240 Illus., 60 in Color; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $75.00 Hardcover. *****
Alfred Stieglitz: A Legacy of Light by Katherine Hoffman. 400 pp.; 9 x 11; 280 Illus., 80 in Color; Notes; List of Illustrations; Appendix; Selected Bibliography; Index. $45.00 Hardcover. *****
Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces before 1500 by Scott Nethersole. 128 pp.; 9 3/8 x 11; 95 Color Illus.; Bibliography; Glossary; List of Works. 40.00 Hardcover. *****
PRESTEL: Pissarro’s People by Richard R. Brettell. 304 pp.; 9 x 10 ½; 275 Color Illus.; Afterword. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Hans Makart: Painter of the Senses by Agnes Husslein-Arco and Alexander Klee. 256 pp.; 9 x 11; 200 Color Illus.; Biography; Bibliography; List of Works. $49.95 Hardcover. *****
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art by Kimberly A. Jones. 192 pp.; 8 ¼ x 12 ½; 58 Color Illus.; Plates; List of Illustrated Works. $49.95 Hardcover w/Slipcase. *****
Edward Hopper’s Maine by Kevin Salatino. 176 pp.; 9 ¼ x 10 ¾; 120 Color Illus.; Plates. $49.95 Hardcover. *****
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Voyages: To the New World and Beyond by Gordon Miller. 200 pp.; 10 x 11 ½; 100+ Color Illus.; 5 Maps; Appendices. $55.00 Hardcover. ***
Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints by Xiaobing Tang, Shang Hui, and Anne Farrer. 144 pp.; 9 x 12; 139 Color Illus.; Appendices. $24.95 Softcover. *****
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS: The Sight of Silence: John Cage’s Complete Watercolors by Ray Kass. 144 pp.; 7 ¾ x 11; 193 Illus., 150 in Color; Plates; Exhibition History; Bibliography; Index. $34.95 Hardcover. **
THE FRICK COLLECTION/BNP PARIBAS: The Frick Collection, New York by Anne L. Poulet et al. 128 pp.; 8 ¼ x 11; 150 Color Illus.; Index. Bibliography. $25.00 Softcover. ****
WATSON-GUPTILL: Learn World Calligraphy by Margaret Shepherd. 192 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; B/W & Color Illus.; Index. $24.99 Softcover. ****