MBR: The Artbook Shelf
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Augustus W. Dunbier, Lonnie Dunbier & Marcia Kmack
Western Edge Press
126 Candelario Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
1889921092 $24.95 1-505-988-7214
Augustus W. Dunbier: Paint For The Love Of Color by Lonnie Pierson Dunbier and
Marcia Kmack is a wondrously beautiful, full-color art book featuring the most
striking of Augustus Dunbier's paintings, some on full pages and others of his
work represented four to a page. Beginning with 24 pages of biographical and
narrative text, the rest of Augustus W. Dunbier: Paint for the Love of Color is
devoted wholly to his vibrant, emotional, and sympathetic art, often featuring
majestically rendered natural landscapes. Augustus W. Dunbier: Paint For The
Love Of Color is highly recommended for personal, professional, and academic
art history and reference collections.
View From Above
Wolfgang Tillmans
Distributed Art Publishers
575 Prospect St., Lakewood, NJ 08701
3-7757-1084-1 $45.00 1-800-338-2665
View From Above provides the first overview of Wolfgang Tillmans' works, from
his contemporary portraits of urban environments to his abstract pictures
produced without negatives, by exposing photo paper to light. Full-page photo
displays allow for an easy viewing and appreciation of Tillmans' works and will
introduce many a newcomer to his exciting approaches to subject and color.
Van Gogh's Table At The Auberge Ravoux
Alexandra Leaf & Fred Leeman
Artisan
708 Broadway, New York NY 10003
1-57695-182-8 $35.00 1-800-722-7202
Van Gogh's Table At The Auberge Ravoux isn't just an art book, though Van
Gogh's paintings form its foundation - it's also a survey of recipes from his
last home, providing an intimate portrait of his world and culinary
appreciations. Recipes are from the cafe and boarding house where the painter
lived his final days, and provide intriguing views of dishes and art.
Van Gogh And Gauguin
Douglas W. Druick & Peter Kort Zegers
The Art Institute Of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603-6110
0865591946 $39.95 1-312-443-3600
Collaborative conservators and Art Institute of Chicago curators Douglas Druick
and Peter Zegers have drawn upon the rich, scholarly literature, letters and
writings, and new technical investigations focused on the artists Vincent Van
Gogh and Paul Gauguin, to present the most thorough, comprehensive, and
insightful exploration of the Arles period to date. Landscapes and portraits
painted in tandem by these two outstanding artists, their responses to each
other, work together to envision vigorous dialogue occasioned by their strong
personalities. Here presented for art students are fresh perspectives on Van
Gogh and Gauguin's best-known works, as well as some of the more obscure
aspects of their lives and their world. The informative, 424 page text is
enhanced with 475 illustrations (300 of which are in full color). No personal,
academic, or community library collection on the history of western art can be
considered complete without the inclusion of Van Gogh And Gauguin: The Studio
Of The South. This superb art history and analysis is also available in a
hardcover format (Thames & Hudson, 0500510547, $65.00).
North Light/F&W
1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45207
1-800-289-0963
Susan Bourdet's beautiful Painting The Allure Of Nature (1-58180-164-5, $28.99)
provides watercolorists with a specific focus on how to capture nature's colors
in realistic watercolor art. Using basic techniques for painting birds, flowers
and backgrounds, this provides detailed exercises for creating a variety of
scenes and professional-appearing results. Leslie Cabarga's Designer's Guide To
Global Color Combinations (195-5, $35.00) is packed with over seven hundred
color layouts done in CMYK and RGB which can be pulled in for print or web
design. Formulas have been gathered from sources around the world and provide
examples from all cultures. A unique professional designer's sourcebook.
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115
These excellent treatises are recommended for college-level or scholarly art
library collections: they offer in-depth views of different art philosophy
observations. Umbro Appollonio edits Futurist Manifestos (0-87846-627-4,
$17.95) traces the impact of a 1909 artistic statement published in a Paris
newspaper which took the art world by storm as it reflected the classic art of
the past and celebrated modern city life. Marinetti pioneered a new form which
would represent motion and anti-classics sentiments. Jean Stewart edits Eugene
Delacroix (632-0, $19.95), an informative selection of correspondence of the
French Romantic visual artist. From his first letters written in his teens and
twenties to his middle-aged writings and journeys, this collection makes a
perfect adjunct to any studies on Delacroix's works. Leroy Breunig edits
Apollinaire On Art (626-6, $19.95), a treatise on the Paris art world of the
20th century. From his observations of the intellectual and artistic markets
and sentiments of his times to his insights on the latest influential modern
artists, this provides a fine survey of the modernist's influential writings.
Joe Earle's Netsuke covers fantasy and technique in Japanese miniature
sculpture. Colleges which have sculpture courses and Japanese studies programs
alike will find this an in-depth treatment of this miniaturist's specialty art,
packed with color photos of sample products and observations of artists.
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