New Art Books
Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES Winter 2013
STERLING PUBL. CO., INC: The Last Supper: The Masterpiece Revealed Through Technology by Domenico Squaitamatti. 209 pp; 11 ¾ x 14; Color Illus.; Biographies; Bibliography; Bibliographical Notes. $80.00 Hardcover *****
PHAIDON PRESS: Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant-Gardes
by Kaelen Wilson-Goldi & 10 Other Authors.336 pp.; 8 5/8 x 11 3/8; 579 Illus.; 557 in Color; Footnotes; Artist Biographies; Index. $79.95 Hardcover. *****
Art & Place: Site-Specific Art of the Americas (Eds. Amanda Renshaw, et al. 368 pp.; 12 5/8 x 10 5/8; (approx) 800 Color Illus.; Glossary; Styles and Movements; Index. $79.95 Hardcover *****
THAMES & HUDSON: Japanese Erotic Art: The Hidden World of Shunga
by Ofer Shagan. 472 pp.; 8 ¾ x 10 7/8; 1200 Color Illus.; Further Reading, Index. $75.00 Softcover. *****
The Young Van Dyck
(Eds.) Alejandro Vergars / Friso Lammertse.416 pp.; 9 ¾ x 12 ¼; 278 Illus., 242 in Color; Technical Studies; Bibliography; Index. $70.00 Hardcover. *****
Japonisme and the Rise of the Modern Art Movement: The Arts of the Meiji Period (Ed.) Gregory Irvine. 240 pp.; 9 ¾ x 13 ½; 220 B/W & Color Illus.; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. $70.00 Hardcover. *****
Turner & the Sea by
Christine Riding & Richard Johns.288 pp.;9 5/8 x 11 7/8; 225 Illus., 222 in Color; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. *****
Arts and Crafts of the Islamic Lands: Principles-Materials-Practice (Ed.) Khaled Azzam.288 pp.; 9 x 10; 1000 B/W and Color Illus.; Notes; Further Reading; Glossary; Index. $60.00 Hardcover *****
Art/Fashion in the 21st Century by Mitchell Oakley Smith / Alison Kubler / Daphne Guinness. 320 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 3/8; 238 Color Illus.; Notes; Further Reading; Index. $60.00 Hardcover ****
Art and Architecture in Mexico by
James Oles. 432 pp.; 6 x 8 3/8; 275 Illus., 248 in Color; Timeline; Bibliographical Essay; List of Illustrations; Index. $26.95 Softcover ****
Viking Art by James Graham Campbell. 208 pp.; 220 Illus., 156 in Color; Maps; Further Reading; Sources; Index. $21.95 ****
FIREFLY BOOKS: Christopher Pratt: Six Decades. 176 pp.; 140 Color Illus.; Notes; Afterword; Index. $60.00 Hardcover.****
OXFORD UNIV. PRESS: Much Maligned Monsters: History of European Reactions to Indian Art by Partha Mitter. 391 pp.;6 ½ x 9 ½; B/W Illus.; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $55.00 Hardcover. ****
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY / D GILES LTD: The Armory Show at 100: Modernism and Revolution (Eds.) Marilyn Satin Cushner et al. 512 pp.; 10 x 12; B/W & Color Illus.; Selected Bibliography; Appendices; Notes; Index. $44.95 Softcover *****
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Abstract Impulses by Robert Davidson, et al. 104 pp.; 9 x 11; 60 Color Illus.; Exhibition Checklist; Selected Bibliography. $40.00 Softcover. ***** Thawan Duchanee: Modern Buddhist Artist by Russell Marcus. 168 pp.; 6 x 8; 109 Illus., 74 in Color; Notes. $19.50 Softcover *** The Story of Angkor by Jame DiBiasio. 136 pp.; 6 x 8; 22 B/W Illus.; Notes; Chronology; Index. $16.50 Softcover.****
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS: Detonography: The Explosive Art of Evelyn Rosenberg. 112 pp.; 10 ¼ x 8 ¼; 112 Color Illus.; Resume. $39.95 Hardcover. **
I.B. TAURIS & CO., Ltd: ART AND POLITICS: A Small History of Art for Social Change Since 1945 by Claudia Mesch. 240 pp.; 5 ½ x 8 ½; Notes; Further Reading; Index. $28.00 Softcover *****
GLOBE PEQUOT PRESS: The Modern Art Invasion: Picasso, Duchamp; and The 1913 Armory Show by Elizabeth Lunday. 208 pp.; 6 1/8 x 9 ¼; B/W Illus.; Selected Bibliography; Notes; Index. $26.95 Hardcover. ***** Hidden Treasures: What Museums Can't or Won't Show You by Harriet Baskas. 176 pp.; 7 ½ x 9 ¼; Color Illus.; Index. $19.95 Softcover. ****
WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART: The Woodstock Landscape: Then and Now by Kate McGloughlin & Ron Netsky.60 pp.; 8 x 8; Color Illus.; Index of Painters; Selected Bibliography. $25.00 Softcover. ****
The Frick Collection: David D'Angers: Making the Modern Monument by Emerson Bowyer w/ Jacques de Caso. 112; 6 ½ x 8 ¼; B/W & Color Illus.; Chronology; Bibliography; Index. $19.95 Softcover ****
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