The following is a select list of some, but not all, recent acquisitions in the Fine Arts Library art collection. If you would like to suggest an item for purchase, please feel free to fill out the request form at http://www.lib.msu.edu/services/purchase.html

General

The art of evolution : Darwin, Darwinisms, and visual culture.
edited by Barbara Larson and Fae Brauer
NX180.S3 A772 2009

The art of the heist : confessions of a master art thief, rock-and-roller,
and prodigal son.
Myles J. Connnor & Jenny Siler.
N8795.5.C65 A3 2009

Book art object.
editor, David Jury
N7433.3 .C63 2007

Encyclopedia of African American artists.
dele jegede
N6538.N5 J44 2009 art reference

The iconography of Islamic art : studies in honour of Robert Hillenbrand.
edited by Bernard O'Kane
N6260 .I266 2007

Mirrored years.
Yayoi Kusama
N7359.K87 A4 2009

Outsider art sourcebook : art brut, folk art, outsider art.
N7432.5.A78 R39 2009 art reference

Roxy Paine.
Eleanor Heartney
N6537.P17 H43 2009

The Villanovan, Etruscan, and Hellenistic collections in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
David A. Caccioli
GN780.2.V5 C33 2009

Architecture and Interior Design

Louis I. Kahn's Jewish architecture : Mikveh Israel and the midcentury American synagogue.
Susan G. Solomon.
NA5235.P47 S65 2009
Sculpture

Medusa : the African sculpture of enchantment.
Boris Wastiau
NB1091.65 .M873 2008

Rona Pondick : the metamorphosis of an object.
NB237.P66 A4 2009

Sculpture and enlightenment.
Erika Naginski
NB456 .N34 2009

Drawing and Graphic Design

Seymour : the obsessive images of Seymour Chwast.
NC1429.C57 A4 2009

Vietnam posters : the David Heather collection.
David Heather, Sherry Buchanan
NC1833.V52 H42 2009

Witnesses to history : the Jewish poster, 1770-1985 : a selection from the
Judah L. Magnes Museum.
Florence B. Helzel, Eileen Battat
NC1806.8 .H44 1989

Font, the sourcebook.
edited by Nadine Monem
Z250.A2 F65 2008

Painting

Graham Crowley.
Martin Holman
folio ND497.C76 H65 2009

Muralnomad : the paradox of wall painting, Europe 1927-1957.
Romy Golan
ND2725 .G65 2009

Printmaking

The darker side of light : arts of privacy, 1850-1900.
Peter Parshall
NE485 .P37 2009

Kandinsky : das druckgrafische Werk = complete prints.
Helmut Friedel, Annegret Hoberg
NE678.K25 A4 2008

Applied and Decorative Arts (including ceramics)

Contemporary glass sculptures and panels : selections from the
Corning Museum of Glass.
Tina Oldknow
NK5110 .O445 2008

Greek vase-painting and the origins of visual humour.
Alexandre G. Mitchell
NK4645 .M62 2009

Tivaivai : the social fabric of the Cook Islands.
Susanne Küchler and Andrea Eimke
TT835 .K83 2009

Photography

Gabor Szilasi : the eloquence of the everyday.
David Harris
TR647 .S94 2009

Paul Outerbridge : new color photographs from Mexico and California, 1948-1955.
folio TR647 .O94 2009b

Ruin : photographs of a vanishing America.
Brian Vanden Brink
folio TR659 .V35 2009

A bill by state Sen. Martha Scott, D-Highland Park, that would ban insurance companies from using territorial ratings to help set rates was soundly defeated last week in the Republican-controlled Senate. That action, without a public hearing, was a big disappointment for Scott and for many others who believe, with reason, that insurance companies shouldn't penalize drivers for where they live.

Still, the defeat of Scott's bill should not end efforts to control unaffordable urban insurance rates. Give some credit to Sen. Alan Sanborn, R-Richmond, chairman of the Senate Economic Development and Regulatory Reform Committee, for at least acknowledging the problem and calling on the Legislature to find ways to lower rates for residents of Detroit and other cities. Peter Kuhnmuench of the Insurance Institute of Michigan also appears to grasp how unaffordable urban insurance rates have become and says he's eager to work on solutions.

For the full editorial, see "Find compromise on car insurance rates; Urban crisis demands attention now", Detroit Free Press, November 6, 2009.

Deep cuts in state aid to schools stirred action Thursday, as the House voted 74-29 to restore $184 million using federal stimulus money set aside for fiscal year 2011.

That would increase state aid to schools by about $115 per pupil more than the new budget signed last week by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
Majority Republicans in the Senate oppose the idea, though Granholm said she would back it.

The Democratic House bill also calls for reinstating half of the $51.5 million that Granholm ordered cut from 39 specific school districts that are relatively high-cost.

"This bill goes to the Senate, and let's see if they do the right thing and put the funds in this bill so that we can get these schools whole," said Rep. Mark Corriveau, D-Northville, whose home school district is among the hardest hit by cuts.

Senate GOP spokesman Matt Marsden said tapping extra federal money for schools this year will create bigger problems next year, when lagging state revenues are expected to force more reductions.

For the full article, see Chris Christoff and Lori Higgins, "State aid for schools gets House boost; Bill calls for using federal funds meant for 2011", Detroit Free Press, November 6, 2009.

The Environment Report provides a weekly program service of environmental news and information to public radio stations around the country. Currently, more than 160 stations are airing Environment Report material.

Today's highlights include:

Features

Should We Recycle Everything?
Release Date: 11-02-2009
Producer: Amy Standen

Sparring Over Water In The South
Release Date: 11-03-2009
Producer: Tanya Ott

Low Flow Showers Put to the Test
Release Date: 11-05-2009
Producer: Lester Graham

Preview: The Trail Of Dioxin And Dow
Release Date: 11-06-2009
Producer: Shawn Allee

News Spots

Shut Off That School Bus!
Release Date: 11-02-2009
Producer: Mark Brush

Americans Using Less Water
Release Date: 11-03-2009
Producer: Lester Graham

Big Oil Attacks Senator Graham
Release Date: 11-04-2009
Producer: Mark Brush

Taking Back the 'Take Back' Law?
Release Date: 11-05-2009
Producer: Samara Freemark

Protecting Art From Climate Change
Release Date: 11-06-2009
Producer: Kyle Norris

Interviews

Interview: The Incomparable Honey Bee
Release Date: 11-04-2009
Producer: Lester Graham

The latest edition of Annual Register of Grant Support is now available in the MSU Main Library Funding Center.

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