Art Acquisitions

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

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

Artists' handbook : George Wittenborn's guestbook, with 21st century additions initiated by Ronny Van de Velde.
folio N45 .A78 2007

The buried treasures of the Ga : coffin art in Ghana.
Regula Tschumi
GT3289.G47 T73 2008

Endless forms : Charles Darwin, natural science and the visual arts.
N72.S3 E53 2009

Lance Letscher : collage.
Folio N6537.L4278 A4 2009

Manufractured : the conspicuous transformation of everyday objects.
Steven Skov Holt and Mara Holt Skov
N6498.A8 H65 2008

Monasteries and monastic orders : 2000 years of Christian art and culture.
Kristina Kruger
folio N7850 .K7813 2008

Warhol live : music and dance in Andy Warhol's work.
folio N6537.W28 A4 2008

Wii love arts.
N8217.G34 W55 2007

Architecture and Interior Design

Crystal and arabesque : Claude Bragdon, ornament, and modern architecture.
Jonathan Massey
NA737.B65 M37 2009

Felix Candela : engineer, builder, structural artist.
Maria E. Moreyra Garlock and David P. Billington
NA759.C35 A4 2008

Haciendas : Spanish colonial houses in the U.S. and Mexico.
Linda Leigh Paul
NA7244 .P38 2008

Prefab green.
Michelle Kaufmann
NA7145 .K38 2009

Sculpture

Art and power in the Central African Savanna : Luba, Songye, Luluwa, Chokwe.
Constantine Petridis
folio NB1080.5 .P47 2008

Cast in bronze : French sculpture from Renaissance to revolution.
folio NB545 .B7613 2009

Houdon at the Louvre : masterworks of the Enlightenment.
Guilhem Scherf
NB553.H8 A4 2008

Surfaces : color, substances, and ritual applications on African sculpture.
NB1255.A357 K34 2009

The treasure of Ulysses Davis : sculpture from a Savannah barbershop.
Susan Mitchell Crawley
NB237.D387 A4 2008

Drawing and Graphic Design

Classic human anatomy : the artist's guide to form, function, and movement.
Valerie L. Winslow
NC760 .W56 2009

Martin Ramirez : the last works.
Brooke Davis Anderson
NC146.R36 A4 2008

Painting

Art on silk.
Cornelia Hesse-Honegger
ND1572 .H47 2008

Christian Schad, 1894-1982 : catalogue raisonné in four volumes.
folio N6888.S3 A4 2008 v.1 (Perm. Reserve 2)

Painted palaces : the rise of secular art in early Renaissance Italy.
Anne Dunlop
ND2755 .D86 2009

Painting a hidden life : the art of Bill Traylor.
Mechal Sobel
ND237.T617 S63 2009

Patron and painter : Situ Panchen and the revival of the encampment style.
David P. Jackson
ND1432.C58 J52 2009

Richard Parkes Bonington : the complete paintings.
Patrick Noon
folio N6797.B65 N66 2008 (Perm. Reserve 2)

Printmaking

Illusion and reality : prints by Jiří Anderle : the Anne and Jacques Baruch collection.
Kristin L. Spangenberg
NE2225.A5 A4 2008

Japan awakens : woodblock prints of the Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Barry Till
NE1322 .H55 2008

Reading surimono : the interplay of text and image in Japanese prints: with a catalogue of the Marino Lusy Collection.
folio NE1321.85.S87 R42 2008

Applied and Decorative Arts (including ceramics)

American railroad china, image and experience : the Jay W. Christopher transportation china collection.
Charles G. Kratz, Jr.
NK3740.C47 K73 2008

Gilbert Rohde : modern design for modern living.
Phyllis Ross
NK2439.R63 R67 2009

Love and marriage in Renaissance Florence : the Courtauld wedding chests.
Caroline Campbell
NK2725 .C36 2009

Massachusetts quilts : our common wealth.
NK9112 .M365 2009

Rethinking recarving : ideals, practices, and problems of the 'Wu Family Shrines' and Han China.
Cary Y. Liu et al.
NK1068 .R48 2008

Photography

Catherine Opie : American photographer.
folio TR647 .O65 2008

Léon Gimpel (1873-1948) : les audaces d'un photographe.
TR647 .G544 2008

Why photography matters as art as never before.
Michael Fried
TR642 .F75 2008

William Eggleston : democratic camera, photographs and video, 1961-2008.
Elisabeth Sussman
TR647 .E27 2008

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

African art from the Menil Collection.
N576.H68 A534 2008

The hearing eye : jazz & blues influences in African American visual art.
N6538.N5 H43 2009

Pompeii and the Roman villa : art and culture around the Bay of Naples.
Carol C. Mattusch
folio N5755 .M38 2008

Postmodern art : from the post-war to today.
Francesco Poli
folio N6490 .P56613 2008

Prospect.1 New Orleans : November 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009.
N6496.N49 P76 2008

Unseen Mendieta : the unpublished works of Ana Mendieta.
Olga Viso
N6537.M44 V57 2008

Unsettled visions : contemporary Asian American artists and the social imaginary.
Margo Machida
N6538.A83 M37 2008

The upset : young contemporary art.
folio N6490 .U67 2008

Architecture and Interior Design

Domino's Farms A Landmark Office Park in the Country.
Bertie Bonnell
folio NA9053.O3 B66 2008

I.M. Pei : complete works.
Philip Jodidio and Janet Adams Strong
NA737.P365 J63 2008

Gregory Ain.
NA737.A37 D46 2008

Sculpture

Sean Henry.
Tom Flynn
NB497.H38 F59 2008

Ten breaths.
Eric Fischl
folio NB588.F59 A4 2007

Drawing and Graphic Design

From Michelangelo to Annibale Carracci : a century of Italian drawings from the Prado.
Nicholas Turner
NC255 .T8613 2008

London Transport posters : a century of art and design.
NC1849.R34 L66 2008

Ultimate illustration!
Eva Minguet Camara
NC998.4 .C34 2008

Painting

Anthonis Mor : art and authority.
Joanna Woodall
ND1329.M65 W66 2007

Calma : the art of Stephan Doitschinoff.
ND359.D64 A4 2008

Edvard Munch : complete paintings : catalogue raisonné.
Gerd Woll
folio ND773.M8 A4 2009 (Perm. Reserve 2)

Federico Barocci : allure and devotion in late Renaissance painting.
Stuart Lingo
ND623.B25 L56 2008

Literati modern, bunjinga from late Edo to twentieth-century Japan : the Terry Welch collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Paul Berry and Michiyo Morioka
folio ND1054 .B47 2008

Merchants, princes and painters : silk fabrics in Italian and northern paintings,
1300-1550.
Lisa Monnas
folio ND1460.T49 M66 2008

Printmaking

Quiet spirit, skillful hand : the graphic work of Clare Leighton.
NE1112.L43 A4 2008

Rik Wouters : aquafortiste = etser : catalogue raisonné.
Olivier Bertrand
NE674.W68 A4 2007

Applied and Decorative Arts (including ceramics)

At home with Gustav Stickley : arts & crafts from the Stephen Gray collection.
NK2439.S8 A4 2008

English embroidery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700 : 'twixt art and nature.
folio NK9243 .E54 2008

Indian textiles.
John Gillow & Nicholas Barnard
NK8876.A1 G53 2008

Textiles now.
Drusilla Cole
NK8810 .C65 2008

Photography

Performance : Richard Avedon.
folio TR681.F3 A9275 2008

The theater of insects : photographs.
Jo Whaley
TR729.I6 W53 2008

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

Angaza Afrika : African art now.
Chris Spring
N7380 .S67 2008

Ben Enwonwu : the making of an African modernist.
Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
N7399.N53 E596 2008

Damien Hirst : superstition.
folio N6797.H527 A4 2007 (Perm. Reserve 2)

Encyclopedia of Native American artists.
Deborah Everett
N6538.A4 E94 2008 (Art reference)

500 handmade books : inspiring interpretations of a timeless form.
Z246 .A14 2008

How to make books.
Esther K. Smith
Z271 .S63 2007

Loot : the battle over the stolen treasures of the ancient world.
Sharon Waxman
N8795 .W39 2008

New world order : contemporary installation art and photography from China.
N7345.6 .N48 2008

Obey : E pluribus venom : the art of Shepard Fairey.
folio N6537.F316 O23 2008

Pioneers of Balinese painting : the Rudolf Bonnet Collection.
Helena Spanjaard
N7326.6.B34 S63 2007

Sublime spaces & visionary worlds : built environments of vernacular artists.
Leslie Umberger
folio N6512.5.O87 U55 2007

Architecture and Interior Design

Great architecture of Michigan.
John Gallagher
NA730.M5 G34 2008

Prairie metropolis : Chicago and the birth of a new American home.
Patrick F. Cannon
NA7238.C4 C36 2008

Stanford White, architect.
Samuel G. White
NA737.W5 W45 2008

Sculpture

Andrea Riccio : Renaissance master of bronze.
NB623.R48 A53 2008

Celia Scott.
NB497.S46 A4 2008

Louise Bourgeois.
NB237.B65 A4 2007

Drawing and Graphic Design

Arabesque : graphic design from the Arab world and Persia.
NC998.6.A65 A73 2008

The great masters of the Albertina.
NC27.A9 V5465 2008 (Perm. Reserve 2)

Icons of graphic design.
Steven Heller
folio NC998.4 .H45 2008

Jan Tschichold : master typographer : his life, work and legacy.
Cees W. de Jong
folio Z232.T863 J345 2008

J.C. Leyendecker : American imagist.
Laurence S. Cutler
NC975.5.L4 A4 2008

New masters of poster design : poster design for the next century.
John Foster
folio NC1806.9 .F67 2006

Painting

Bruegel : the complete paintings, drawings and prints.
Manfred Sellink
folio ND673.B73 A4 2007 (Perm. Reserve 2)

Eugène Carrière 1849-1906 : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint.
Veronique Noa-Milin
ND553.C3 A4 2008 (Perm. Reserve 2)

Medieval wall paintings in English & Welsh churches.
Roger Rosewell
ND2728 .R66 2008

The world stage : Africa, Lagos-Dakar.
Kehinde Wiley
ND238.N5 W55 2008

Printmaking

Gustave Baumann's Southwest.
Joseph Traugott
NE1300.6.B37 T73 2007

The monotype : the history of a pictorial art.
Carla Esposito Hayter
NE2242.5 .E87 2007

Applied and Decorative Arts (including ceramics)

African costumes and textiles from the Berbers to the Zulus : the Zaira and Marcel Mis collection.
folio NK4787 .A375 2008

Edmond Lachenal & his legacy.
NK4210.L33 A4 2007

Fragiles : porcelain, glass & ceramics.
folio NK4370 .F73 2008

Plants and their application to ornament : a nineteenth century design primer.
Eugene Grasset
folio NK1560 .G713 2008

Smoke firing : contemporary artists and approaches.
Jane Perryman
TT920 .P4147 2008

Photography

Patti Smith : land 250.
TR647 .S5865 2008

Pop 60s.
TR820.5 .P67 2008

Role models : feminine identity in contemporary American photography.
folio TR681.W6 R65 2008

TruthBeauty : pictorialism and the photograph as art, 1845-1945.
TR646 .C32 V36 2008

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

Art and identity in dark age Greece, 1100--700 B.C.E.
Susan Langdon
N5310.5.G8 L36 2008

Art of the crèche : nativities from around the world.
James L. Govan
N8065 .G68 2007

Asian American art : a history, 1850-1970.
N6538.A83 A835 2008

Birth of the cool : California art, design, and culture at midcentury.
Elizabeth Armstrong
NX510.C2 A76 2007

Power and glory : court arts of China's Ming dynasty.
He Li
folio N7343.5 .H4 2008

Robert Therrien : Arbeiten auf Papier = works on paper.
N6537.T473 A4 2008

Romanesque art and thought in the twelfth century : essays in honor of Walter Cahn.
Edited by Colum Hourihane
N6280 .R575 2008

Architecture and Interior Design

Big box reuse.
Julia Christensen
NA6227.D45 C46 2008

Cliff May and the modern ranch house.
Daniel P. Gregory
folio NA737.M217 G7 2008

The Guardian Building : cathedral of finance.
James W. Tottis
NA6233.D6 G838 2008

Sculpture

Barthé : a life in sculpture.
Margaret Rose Vendryes
NB237.B367 V46 2008

Bessie Potter Vonnoh : sculptor of women.
Julie Aronson
NB237.V6 A4 2008

Drawing and Graphic Design

Daniel Eatock : imprint.
folio NC999.4.E26 A4 2008

Over & over : a catalog of hand-drawn patterns.
Michael Perry
NC754 .P47 2008

Posters of the Cold War.
David Crowley
NC1806.8 .C76 2008

Painting

Birth of the cool.
Barkley L. Hendricks
ND237.H296 A4 2008

Bob Dylan : the drawn blank series.
folio ND1839.D95 A4 2007

The cultivated landscape : an exploration of art and agriculture.
Craig Pearson & Judith Nasby
ND1460.A39 P43 2008

The Prayer Book of Charles the Bold : a study of a Flemish masterpiece from the Burgundian Court.
Antoine de Schryver
ND3380.4.C43 S37 2008

Street art : the graffiti revolution.
Cedar Lewisohn
ND2590 .L49 2008

Printmaking

Jerry Bywaters, Lone Star printmaker : a study of his print notebook, with a catalogue of his prints and a checklist of his illustrations and ephemeral works.
Ellen Buie Niewyk
folio NE539.B98 N54 2007

Applied and Decorative Arts (including ceramics)

Album quilts of Ohio's Miami Valley.
Sue C. Cummings
NK9112 .C86 2008

Contemporary glass.
NK5105 .C66 2008

Pattern and decoration : an ideal vision in American art, 1975-1985.
NK1404 .P38 2007

The potter's eye : art and tradition in North Carolina pottery.
Mark Hewitt
NK4025.N8 H49 2005

Pricked : extreme embroidery.
David Revere McFadden
NK9210 .M33 2007

Photography

Elliott Erwitt's dogs.
folio TR729.D6 E78 2008

Graciela Iturbide : Juchitan.
TR647 .I877 2007

Malick Sidibé : photographs.
folio TR680 .S535 2003