New Art Books / Videos
Compiled By RAYMOND
J. STEINER
ART TIMES
August, 2005
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS:
Cotman in the North: Watercolours of Durham and Yorkshire by David Hill: 220 pp.; 11 1/8 x 10; 180 Illus.,
120 in Color; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. Handsomely produced and lavishly illustrated, Cotman
in the North offers a happy blend
of the watercolors of John Sell Cotman and the photography (of the same
motifs) of author David Hill. Browsing this book is an armchair journey
through the beautiful landscape of Cotman’s beloved Yorkshire. *****
From William Morris: Building Conservation and the Arts and Crafts Cult
of Authenticity, 1877-1939 (Ed.)
Chris Miele. 352 pp.; 7 1/4 x 10 1/4; 72 B/W Illus.; Appendices. $65.00
Hardcover. The latest in a series on British art for the Paul Mellon
Center for Studies in British Art, this volume offers an in-depth look by
some nine scholars into the origins and evolution of architectural conservation
throughout the United Kingdom. Includes: the placement of such historic
sites, the Arts and Crafts Movement, Victorian concepts of heritage, and
the influence on our own New England translations of those ideas. ***
Anthropologies of Art (Ed.) Mariët
Westermann. 264 pp.; 7 x 9 1/2; B/W Illus.; Appendices. $24.95 Softcover.
Fourteen scholars offer their insights into the connections
and disconnections between anthropology and art history in this latest contribution
to the 2003 Clark Conference published by the Sterling and Francine Clark
Art Institute. An intriguing analysis. ****
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
PRESS: Public Art by the Book (Ed.)
Barbara Goldstein. 376 pp.; 7 x 10; 80 Illus., 20 in Color; Appendices.
$50.00 Softcover. Author Barbara
Goldstein, Public Art Program Director for San Jose’s Office of Cultural
Affairs, serves up an in-depth and comprehensive look into the creation
and exhibition of public art. Includes information and guidance on the legalities,
the funding, the placement, and the resources available for your site specific
next project. A definitive resource for arts professionals. *****
William Morris: Mazorca, Objects of Common Ceremony by
James Yood. 152 pp.; 12 x 12; 135 Color Illus.; Biography; Bibliography.
$40.00 Hardcover. The third in
a series of books that James Yood has written about William Morris, Mazorca
explores the artist’s glass sculptures as they relate
to ancient civilizations, mythology, spirituality, and their homage to the
common object. Gorgeously visual, the close-ups and details of Morris’s
work clearly show the artist’s uncanny skill in rendering such things as
wood, food, and stone. *****
