New Art Books

Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES Spring 2014

ABBEVILLE PUBLISHING GROUP: Spirit Stones: The Ancient Art of the Scholar's Rock by Kemin Hu / Thomas S. Elias / Jonathan Singer (Photos). 216 pp.; 12 x 15; 300 Duotones. $95.00 Hardcover (Slipcased) *****

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS: Buen Gusto and Classicism in the Visual Cultures of Latin America (Ed.) Paul B. Niell / Stacie G. Widdifield. 328 pp.; 6 ¼ x 9 ¼; 85 Halftones; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. ****
Juane Quick-to-See Smith: An American Modernist by Carolyn Kastner. 128 pp.; 46 Color Illus.; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $38.85 Hardcover ****

LARS MULLER PUBL, / PRESTEL: Frescos within Palladio's Architecture: Malcontenta 1557-1575 by Antonio Foscari. 298 pp.; 6 x 9 5/8; B/W & Color Illus.; Appendix. Index of Persons. $55.00 Softcover *****

HUDSON HILLS PRESS: Hans Van de Bovenkamp by Steve Larsen et al. 148 pp.; 10 3/8 x 11 3/8; B/W & Color Illus.; Chronology; Bibliography; Index. $50.00 Hardcover*****

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints by Carolyn M. Putney et al. 352 pp.; 10 x 12; 343 Color Illus.; Glossary; Index of Seals; Selected Bibliography; Index. $49.95 *****
In the Spirit of the Ancestors: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum by Robin K. Wright / Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse. 168 pp.; 10 x 10; 150 Color Illus., Index. $45.00 Hardcover *****
Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2013 by Barbara C. Matilsky. 144 pp.; 9 ½ x 11; 80 Color Illus., Notes; Bibliography. $39.95 Softcover ****
The Peruvian Four-Selvaged Cloth: Ancient Threads/New Directions by Elena Phipps. 96 pp.; 9 x 12; 117 Illus., 109 in Color; Notes; Selected Bibliography.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS: Freedom Now! Forgotten Photographs of the Civil Rights Struggle by Martin A. Berger. 192 pp.; 8 ¾ x 10 ¾; B/W Illus.; Selected Photographer Biographies; Selected Bibliography; Index. $49.95 ***
Sex on Show: Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome by Caroline Vout. 272 pp.; 6 x 9; 300 Color Illus.; Further Reading; Note; Index. $34.95 Hardcover ****

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS: Industrial Sublime—American Art and the Transformation of New York's Rivers, 1900-1940 by (Eds.) Kirsten Jensen, et. al.. 200 pp.; 9 ½ x 13; B/W & Color Illus.; Further Readings; Index. $35.00 Softcover. *****

BLACK DOG PUBLISHING: Art and the Internet by Nicholas Lambert et al. 224 pp.; 9 x 11; B/W & Color Illus.; Chronology; Selected Bibliography. ***

RANDOM HOUSE / WATSON GUPTILL: The New Colored Pencil: Create Luminous Works with Innovative Materials and Techniques by Kristy Ann Kutch. 176 pp.; 8 5/8 x 8 5/8; Color Illus.; Afterword; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. $24.99 Soft cover. *****

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