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Looking North
Karal Ann Marling
Afton Historical Society Press
PO Box 100, Afton, MN 55001
www.aftonpress.com
1890434566 $27.95 1-800-436-8443
Compiled and presented by curator and writer Karal Ann Marling, Looking North:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Illustrations - The Potlatch Collection is a
full-color artbook collection showcasing classic illustrations of Canada's
famous traditional mounted police, men who embodied the virtues of the
Victorian era. A thoughtful introduction and an informative commentary fully
enhances this bold and impressionable treasure trove embodying the spirit of a
Canadian yesteryear! Highly recommended!
Winslow Homer And The Pictorial Press
David Tatham
Syracuse University Press
1600 Jamesville Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210
0815629745 $39.95 1-800-365-8929
A work of impeccible scholarship by David Tatham (Professor Emeritus of Fine
Arts at Syracuse University), Winslow Homer And The Pictorial Press presents an
informed and informative text which is enhanced with black-and-white
reproductions of the art of Winslow Homer. One of the best-known American
painters of the nineteenth century, Professor Tatham provides extensive
insights into Homer's career, and how he necessarily relied on his great
artistic skill and talent to make ends meet. Accurately portraying all sides of
American life as experienced and interpreted by Homer, Winslow Homer And The
Pictorial Press is commended as an especially thoughtfully written work and an
outstanding contribution to American Art History and American Publishing
History reference collections.
Bright Earth
Philip Ball
University of Chicago Press
1427 – E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637
022636286 $18.00 1-800-621-2736
Bright Earth is an impressive and informtive survey of the art and invention of
color. Philip Ball knowledgeably chronicles art history from wall paintings in
Egypt to the Internet, analyzing both the science and art of how colors were
developed and displayed. The dual focus on technological and artistic
achievement makes Bright Earth a powerful survey which could have proved
technical under another hand, but which proves delightful accessible to lay
readers in all disciplines.
The Art Of The Pen
Lee Hendrix & Thea Vignau-Wilberg
Getty Publications
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 500, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1682
0892366222 $14.95 www.getty.edu
The Art Of The Pen is a lavishly beautiful, full-color reproduction of
classical works of calligraphy and miniature painting drawn from the era of the
Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. These selected pages from the "Mira calligraphiae
monumenta" or Model Book of Calligraphy, one of the major manuscripts in the J.
Paul Getty Museum collection, The Art Of The Pen is enthusiastically
recommended to calligraphy enthusiasts as a rapturously enticing work of
exquisite artwork that transcends the test of time.
A Painter's Year In The Forests Of Bhutan
A. K. Hellum
The University of Hawaii Press
2840 Kolowalu St, Honolulu, HI 96822
0824824865 $35.00 1-888-847-7377
A Painter's Year In The Forests Of Bhutan by scholar and painter A. K. Hellum
is an impressively presented artbook offering unique botanical and visual
insights into the flora and culture of the land of Bhutan. Featuring color
illustrations of more than 100 rarely seen Bhutanese plants, Hellum's extensive
and thoughtful commentary enhances the gentle, museum quality illustrations,
and provides the reader with a thoughtful perspective in the form of an exotic
giftbook which is most especially recommended for lovers of nature and students
of botany.
Sanctuaries
Peter C. Stone
The Writers' Collective
780 Reservoir Avenue, Suite 243, Cranston, RI 02910
193213350X $19.95 1-617-848-9909
Sanctuaries blends beautiful artworks by Peter C. Stone portraying the
Wampanoag Homeland of southern New England, with Peter's brief notations
communicating the importance of understanding the value and wonder of the
natural world. A gentle and inspirational picture book which is suitable for
all ages, Sanctuaries truly and visually celebrates the joy and transcendence
of life, growth, and love.
Window On The West
Judith A. Barter & Andrew J. Walker
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Av, Chicago, IL 60603
PO Box 205, Manchester, VT 05254
0865591997 $50.00 1-312-443-3600
In association with Hudson Hills Press, The Art Institute of Chicago's Window
On The West is a truly inspirational artbook collecting and showcases
individual pieces originally created from 1890-1940 In a Chicago art community
that romanced the ideal of the American West. Oil-on-canvas works, portraits of
(sometimes overly romanticized) Native American heroes, sculptures, and much,
much more, combine with an informed and informative text providing the reader
with an extensive art history. A vivid artbook and treasure, illuminating to
read and rapturous to view, Window On The West would make a welcome and popular
addition to any personal, professional, academic, or community library American
Art History collection.
Drawing Mammals
Doug Lindstrand
Fox Chapel Publishing Co., Inc.
1970 Broad St, East Petersburg, PA 17520
www.foxchapelpublishing.com
1565232062 $25.00 www.amazon.com
Now in its third edition, Drawing Mammals: An Artist's Reference Guide To North
American Mammals is an emphatically visual reference manual created by Doug
Lindstrand, an artist with 30 years of experience in photographing and
sketching wildlife. The sketches and full-color photographs are generally
allowed to speak for themselves, with the text being limited to basic
information concerning the biology of each mammal species presented - there are
no how-to verbal drawing instructions in this extensively illustrated resource.
A truly "user friendly" instructional guide, Drawing Mammals is most especially
recommended for those novice artists who consider a picture to be worth a
thousand words -- at least when it comes to learning how to draw.
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