New Art Books
Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
arttimesjournal
Posted February 21, 2019
SMITHSONIAN BOOKS: Color: A Visual History from Newton to Modern Color Matching Guides by Alexandra Loske. 240 pp; Color lulus; 8 ¾ x 11 ¼; Glossary; Bibliography; Index $40.00 Hardcover*****
Fox chapel PUBLISHING: How to Draw: A Comprehensive Drawing Course:
Still Life, Landscapes, Buildings, People, and Portraits
by Ian Sidaway & Susie Hodge.
352 pp.; B/W & Color Illus.; 8 x 10; Projects; Index; About the
Authors $24.99 Softcover. *****
How to Paint: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Watercolors, Acrylics and
Oils
by Angela Gair & Ian Sidaway. 352 pp.; Color Illus.; 8 x 10; Index. $24.99 Softcover. *****
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance Ed. Gordon Campbell. 488 pp.; B/W Illus.; 7 ½ x 9 ¾; Further Reading; Index. 39.95 Hardcover. ****
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC: The Statues of Central Park by June Eding; Photos by Catarina Astom. 177 pp.; 7 ¼ x 9 ¼; Color Illus.; $24.95 Hardcover. ****
Posted Thursday, November 8
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: American Glass: The Collections at Yale by John Stuart Gordon. 320 pp.; 9 ½ x 10 ½; 190 Color Illus.; 1 Gatefold; Notes; Index. $65.00 Hardcover. *****
Posted Thursday, November 1
UVA PRESS/LONGLEAF SVCS: The Mountain Lake Symposium And Wokshop by Howard Risatti & Ray Kass. 352 pp.; 12x9; B/W & Color Illus.. $49.95 Hardcover *****
Friday, September 21, 18
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS: Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985. 480 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¼; 393 B/W & Color Illus.; Appendix; Bibliography; Notes; Index. $65.00 Hardcoler. *****
Posted August 13, 2018
DK PUBL: Art: The Definitive Visual Guide, New Edition, Foreward By Ross King. 612 pp.; 10x12; B/W & Color Illus.; Glossary; Index. $50.00 Hardcover *****
Posted February 27, 2018
WALTER FOSTER PUBL (QUARTO GROUP): Art Studio: Flowers. 144 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¾; B/W and Color Illus. $19.99 Softcover *****
Posted January 28, 2018
SHELTER HARBOR PRESS: Geometry & Art: How Mathematics Transformed Art During the Renaissance by David Wade. 224 pp.; 8 ½ x 10 ¼; 250 Color Illus.; Geometric Treatises; Bibliography; Index. $24.95 Hardcover*****
DK/PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE: Great Paintings: The World’s Masterpieces Explored and Explained. 2 56 pp.; 8 3/8 x 10;Color Illus.; Glossary; Index. $24.99 Softcover*****
Posted December 10, 2017
WALTER FOSTER PUBL (QUARTO GROUP): The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration by Mindy Lighthipe. 144 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¾; B/W and color illustrations; About the Artist. $19.99 Softcover. *****
WALTER FOSTER PUBL (QUARTO GROUP): Art Studio: Flowers. 144 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¾; B/W and Color Illus. $19.99 Softcover *****
WALTER FOSTER PUBL (QUARTO GROUP): The Art of Optical Illusions by Jonathan Stephen Harris. 128 pp.; 8 ¾ x 11 ¾; B/W and Color Illus.; About the Artist. $19.99 Softcover *****
Posted October 28, 2017
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE: Color Index XL by Jim Krause. 304pp.; 8x8”; Over 1000 Palettes. $29.99 Softcover *****
OXFORD UNIV. PRESS: A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine de Kooning by Cathy Curtis. 191 pp.; Color Illus.; Noyes; Bibliography; Index. $34.95 Hardcover. ****
UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PRESS: Firelines: The Transformation of the American Landscape by Fire by Jill Metcoff. 176 pp.; 14 x 9”; 89 Duotones; List of Photos. $34.95 Hardcover ****
August 28, 2017
PENGUIN/RANDOM HOUSE: Colored Pencil Painting Portraits: Master a Revolutionary Method by Alyona Nickelson. 192 pp.; 8 ½ x 10; 150 Color Illus.; Foreward; Afterword; Appendix; Index. $34.99 Softcover ***** Foundations of Drawing: A Practical Guide by Al Gury. 224 pp,; 81/2 x 10; 700 Color Illus.; Preface; Index. $33.99 Softcover ***** Perspective in Action: Creative Exercises by David Chelsea. 176 pp.; 7x10; 245 Color Illus.; Index. $29.99 Softcover*****
SCHIFFER PUBL.: CAST: Art and Objects by Jen Townsend & Renee Zettle-Sterling. 442 pp.; Color Illus.; Preface; Prologue; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. $80.00 Hardcover.*****
DK: Artists: Their Lives and Works by Ross King. 360 pp.; 10 ¼ x 12 ¼; Color Illus.; Index of Artworks; General Index. $40.00 Hardcover *****
TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS: Sense of Home: The Art of Richard Stout (Eds.) William E. Reaves & Linda J. Reaves. 150 pp.; 9 ¼ x 10 ¼; Color Illus.; Artist Biography; Index. $35.00 Hardcover ****
Posted June 17, 2017
DELMONICO / PRESTEL: Yun-Fei Ji: The Intimate Universe by Tracy L. Adler, Stephen J. Goldberg, Robert C. Morgan. 10 3/8 x 11 5/8; Color Illus,; Checklist; Biography. $49.95 Hardcover *****
PRESTEL: Alexei Jawlensky (Ed.) Vivian Endicott Barnett; 192 pp.; 9 ¼ x 11 1/4; 197 Color & BW Illus.; Checklist; Index. $60.00 Hardcover****
Art of Power: Masterpieces from the Bute Collection at Mt. Stuart by Caitlin Blackwell. 144 pp.; 9 ½ x 11 ¾; 73 B/W & Color Illus.; Bibliography; Index. $50.00 Hardcover *****
CASEMATE PUBL.: Thomas Newbolt: Paintings by Mark Hudson, et.al.; 96 pp.; 9 ¾ x 11 ¼; Color Illus,; Chronology; Index. $65.00 Hardcover ***
John Armstrong: Paintings 1938-1958: An Enchanted Distance by Piano Nobile. 54 pp.; 9 ¾ x 11 ¼; Color Illus,; Notes; Chronology; Index. $45.00 Hardcover ****
BEAR & CO.: Sacred Geometry of Nature by Francene Hart, 224 pp.; 8 ½ x 11; Color Illus. $35.00 Hardcover ****
TEXAS A&M: Why the Raven Calls the Canyon: Off the Grid in Big Bend Country by Dan E. Klepper & Bill Wright. 240 pp.; 10 ¾ x 10 ¼; 212 B/W & Color Illus.; List of Images; Index. $50.00 Hardcover *****
DOPPELHOUSE PRESS: The Artist, The Censor; and The Nude by Glenn Harcourt. 128 pp.; 8 x 10; B/W Illus.; $34.95 Hardcover *****
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS: The Art of Contact: Comparative Approaches to Greek and Phoenician Art By S.Rebecca Martin. 320 pp.; 7 x 10; 97 B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Works Cited; Index. $59.95 Hardcover *****
Posted December 23, 2016
PRESTEL PUBL. / NEUE GALERIE: Klimt and the Women of Vienna’s Golden Age 1900-1918 by Tobias Natter. 320 pp.; 9 ¼ x 11 ¼; 326 B/W & Color Illus; Index. $60.00 Hardcover *****
PRESTEL PUBL. / NEUE GALERIE: Masterworks from the Neue Galerie New York by Ronald S. Lauder. 240 pp.; 9 ½ x 11 ½; B/W & Color Illus.; Plates; Timeline of Exhibitions. $49.95 Hardcover *****
DK / PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE: The Art Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by Various Contributors. 352 pp.; 8 x 9 ½; B/W & Color Illus.; Glossary; Index; Quotation Sources; Acknowledgments. $25.00 *****
Posted Oct 1, 2016
Texas A&M University Press
: The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists
by Robert Craig Bunch.
214 pp.; 9 ¾ x 10 ¼; B/W & Color Illustrations; Bibliography; Index. $50.00 Hardcover ****
The Color of Being/El Color del Ser: Dorothy Hood, 1918-2000
by Susie Kalil. 288 pp.; 10 ¾ x 11 ¾; Color Illustrations; Bibliography; Index. $45.00 Hardcover *****
Posted Aug 1, 2016
DK: Artist’s Painting Techniques. A Practical Guide: 304 pp. $30.00 Hardcover. *****
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE: Lessons in Classical Painting: Essential Techniques from Inside the Atelier by Juliette Aristides. 248 pp.; 7 ¾” x 10”; Colored Illus.; Prologue; Afterword; Bibliography; Note; Index. $29.99 Hardcover*****