New Art Books
By RAYMOND J. STEINER
ART TIMES January/ February 2011
RUNNING HARE PRESS: Accelerating on the Curves: The Artist’s Roadmap for Success by Katharine T. Carter. 363 pp.; 8 ¼ x 11. $95.00 Softcover *****
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: Italian Medieval Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters by Lisbeth Castelnuovo-Tedesco and jack Soulanian. 368 pp.; 9 3/8 x 12 ¼; 328 Illus., 287 in Color; Bibliography; Index. $75.00 Hardcover. *****
André Kertészby Michel Frizot and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq. 360 pp.; 10 ¼ x 12 ½; 500 B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Chronology; Bibliography; List of Photographs and Documents; Index of names. $75.00 Hardcover *****
Thomas Lawrence: Regency Brilliance and Power (Eds.) Cassandra Albinson, et al. 280 pp.; 9 7/8 x 11 7/8; 180 Illus., 160 in Color; Survey of the Literature; Bibliography; Index. $70.00 Hardcover. *****
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe (Eds.) Martina Bagnoli, et al. 278 pp.; 10 3/8 x 12 ¼; 300 Color Illus.; Appendices; Index. $65.00 Hardcover *****
German Impressionist Landscape Painting: Liebermann—Corinth—Slevogt by Helga Aurisch and Götz Czmmek. 256 pp.; 9 5/8 x 11 5/8; 195 Color Illus.; Bibliography; Concordances; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. ***** In Giacometti’s Studio by Michael Peppiatt. 224 pp.; 9 7/8 x 12 7/8; 88 B/W Illus.; Chronology; Notes; Selected Exhibitions; Bibliography; Index. $65.00 Hardcover, *****
Contemporary British Studio Ceramics by Annie Carlano. 224 pp.; 9 ½ 11 1/8; 160 Color Illus.; Checklist of Exhibition; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. ****
Donald Judd by David Raskin. 220 pp.; 9 1/8 x 11; 140 Illus., 60 in Color; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $55.00 Hardcover ***
Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-77 (Eds.) Lynne Cooke, et al. 192 pp.; 9 ¼ x 11 ½; 150 Color Illus.; Biography; Exhibition History; Bibliography; Index. $50.00 Hardcover ***
One Hundred Great Paintings (at The National Gallery) by Louise Govier. 216 pp.; 9 7/8 x 10 ¾; 110 Color Illus.; Index. $45.00 Hardcover. *****
The Independent Eye: Contemporary British Art from the Collection of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie (Eds.) Eleanor Hughes and Angus Trumble. 144 pp.; 10 x 12 ¼’ 105 Color Illus.; Checklist; Further Reading. $40.00 Hardcover w/CDROM. ****
Houdini: Art and Magic by Brooke Kamin Rapaport. 280 pp.; 7 1/8 x 10 ¼; 202 Illus., 157 in Color; Notes; Selected Bibliography and Filmograpy; Index. $39.95 Hardcover. ***
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS: The Great Empires of Asia (Ed.) Jim Masselos. 240 pp.; 8 ½ x 10 5/8; B/W & Color Illus.; 7 Maps; Notes; Further Reading; Contributors; Illustration Sources; Index. $34.95 Hardcover. *****
Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures and Conversations (Ed.) Clark Coolidge. 344 pp.; 7 x 10; B/W Illus.; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index. $29.95 Softcover. ****
PRESTEL: Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism by Karin Breuer. 160 pp.; 9 x 10; 115 Color Illus.; Suggested Further Reading; Catalogue of Exhibition; Index. $34.95 Hardcover *****
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS: Modern Gestures: Abraham Walkowitz Draws Isadora Duncan Dancing by Ann Cooper Albright. 96 pp.; 8 x 7; 60 Color Illus.; Notes; Works Cited. $29.95 Hardcover. ****
F+W MEDIA/NORTH LIGHT BOOKS: Realistic Watercolor Portraits: How to Paint a Variety of Ages & Skin Tones by Suzanna Winton. 160 pp.; 8 ½ x 11 ¼; Color Illus.; Index. $27.99 Hardcover. Pastel Pointers: Top Secrets for Beautiful Pastel Paintings by Richard McKinley. 128 pp.; 8 ¼ x 11; Color Illus.; Index. $26.99 Softcover ****
WATSON-GUPTILL: The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing by Gigi Rosenberg. 224 pp; 5 ¼ x 8 ¼; Appendices; Index. $16.99 Softcover. *****