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Contemporary Art of the Southwest E. Ashley Rooney, with Julie Sasse. Contemporary Art of the Southwest. E. Ashley Rooney, with Julie Sasse. This book surveys in text and over 600 photos contemporary artwork from Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The book’s intent is to take a fresh look at the magical and insightful ways in which the area’s artists have interpreted life in this region. Included are paint- ings, sculpture, ceramic art, prints, collage, jewelry, photography, and kinetic percussion electronic assem- blages. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •624 color photos •240pp. •978-0-7643- 4543-2 • HC • $45.00 Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: Images of Land and Sea Deborah Forman. Fifty Cape Cod artists, including Anne Packard, Salvatore Del Deo, Bao Lede, Tabitha Vevers, and Carmen Cicero, represent a spectrum of styles and media, including paintings, sculpture, and photographs. They are influenced by the glories of nature and find mood or mystery in the landscape, always within a frame of reference of life on Cape Cod • 12" x 9" (298 x 228 mm) • 349 color photos • 224 pp. • 978-0-7643-4451-0 • HC • $59.99 Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: On Ab- straction Deborah Forman. Forty-five Cape Cod artists working in abstraction tell their stories. Based on her interviews, Deborah Forman writes about the artists’ inspirations and approaches. Together with the more than 400 images of art, the essays give insight into the creative talents of the artists and provide an understanding of abstract art in relationship to art history. • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 401 color images•208pp. •978-0-7643-4865-5•HC•$59.99 Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: People and Places Deborah Forman. Contemporary Cape Cod artists go beyond the landscape for inspiration. They are inspired by people in their insightful portraits; by the dynamic activity of figures; by the calm of a still life; and by the fascination of an interior view. Deborah Forman interviewed forty-five artists, representing a spectrum of mediums and styles, who shared with her their inspirations and approaches, their personal lives, and their art • 12"x9" (304x228mm) •390 color photos•224pp. •978-0-7643-4722-1•HC•$59.99 Icons & Symbols of the Borderland: Art from the US-Mexico Crossroads Diana Molina. Wall or no wall? View the US-Mexico borderland saga through the eyes of artists who’ve lived it. More than 100 artworks represent a variety of mediums, from large paintings to mixed-media collage, neon, photography, and sculpture. Based on a traveling exhibit by mem- bers of the El Paso-based JUNTOS Art Association, the images explore the region’s animal and plant ecosystems, food and religious culture, and history. • 10" x 10" (254 x 254 mm) •144 color images •192pp. •978-0-7643-5893-7•HC•$45.00 Lost and Found: Time, Tide & Treasures Amy Heller and Gail Browne. Tools, pipes, pottery, scavenged wood, and doll parts are among the startling artifacts that have been exposed by the retreating tides in Provincetown,Massachusetts, the oldest continuous art colony in the US. Until the 1930s, the harbor was also the town dump, and six contemporary artistswith a keen eye for color, shape, and texture have amassed collections based on their individual intuition and aesthetic. Nearly 500 photographs and interviews with the artists create a unique narrative filled with wit, whimsy, and creative vision.. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) •490 color images •160pp. •978-0-7643-5942-2•HC•$34.99 Masterpieces of Haitian Art Candice Russell. A celebration of the best examples of Haitian art produced in the last seven decades. This mixture of work by masters like Hector Hyppolite and younger, emerging artists demonstrates the importance of the bond between past, present, and future generations. This historically important book explores how this resilient nation is rebuilding itself while thoughtfully preserving its heritage and culture through art • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) •308 color photos•256pp. •978-0-7643-4426-8•HC•$50.00 Miami Contemporary Artists Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow. Takes readers through significant high- lights of Miami’s art history, showcasing the works of over 100 key artists who have helped bring the cultur- al evolution to fruition. This selection of contemporary artists reveals diversity that breathes creative energy into the sultry, scintillating city of Miami. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215x279mm) •319 color photos •288pp. •978-0-7643- 2647-9 • HC • $49.95 Nantucket Portrait: Fun & Games with the Super Rich The Birth of Hard-Edge Realism James H. Cromartie as told to J.W. Nostrand. The story of artist Jim H. Cromartie in the first person, tracing the trials and joys of the struggle to find his style and acceptance in the world. It is heavily illustrated with 73 color re- productions of the artist’s work. • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 95 color images • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-3112-1 • HC • $49.99 Outsider Art of the South Kathy Moses. An intimate glimpse into the lives and work of 34 self-taught artists. Over 400 color photos show a wide range of artwork that has been called outsider, visionary, and folk. What- ever the labels, the work is passionate, religious, fan- tastic, heartrending, cryptic, naive, and compelling. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 444 color &12 b/wphotos • 240 pp. • 978-0-7643-0729-4 • HC • $59.95 Painted Sky: 106 Artists of the Rocky Mountain West E. Ashley Rooney, Foreword by Rose Fredrick. The works of 106 contemporary artists provide a fresh look at the artistic vibrancy of the Rocky Mountain West region of the United States. Over 600 stunning photos showcase their works in many mediums, in- cluding sculpture, mixed media, paint, photography, and others. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 616 color photos • 232 pp. • 978-0-7643-4961-4 • HC • $50.00 South Beach: Two Decades of Deco District Paintings by Mark Rutkowski Mark Rut- kowski. Over 115 original images reveal the Art Deco buildings and decorations in Miami’s South Beach through the artists’ eyes. It’s a view like no other! Pace yourself and prepare to enjoy two decades in the Deco District! Includes a preface by Ben Stein. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 119 images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-2369-0 • PB • $24.95 The Art of the Garden: Collecting Antique Bo- tanical Prints Denise DeLaurentis & Hollie Powers Holt. Magnificent botanical prints produced by notable artists of the 17th through the turn of the 20th centu- ries, including Besler, Merian, Catesby, Ehert, Brookshaw, Thornton, Redout, and many others, illustrated with 300+ full-color images. Includes information on values, archiving, framing, and displaying." • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) •301 color photos •320pp. •978-0-7643-2407- 9 • HC • $79.95 Bad Blood: Rivalry and Art History Clayton Schus- ter, Sartle, foreword by Noah Charney. Examine the sources of rivalries between artists and over artworks, from their origins in ancient Greece through to today. These 18 infamous artistic fights, dramatized with gripping moments of narrative, reveal how the rivalries that art fans love to gossip about reveal truths about our attitudes toward art • 6" x 9" (152 x 228mm) •16 color images •208 pp.•978-0-7643-5730-5•PB•$17.99 • 978-1-5073-0149-4 Birds in the Barnes Foundation Julie Stein- er. This delightful room-by-room search for birds hiding in the galleries is a brand new way to expe- rience the one-of-a-kind Barnes Foundation. Leg- end says that Dr. Barnes put a bird in every room of his famed collection. Is it true, and if so, why? The “bird-watching” tour combines playful learn- ing with art, history, and surprises about the world-famous collection. Notable names like Renoir, Cezanne, Picasso, and Matisse mingle with self- taught makers of furniture, textiles, ironwork, and other objects. • 8" x 8" (203 x 203 mm) • 124 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-5905-7 • HC • $19.99 Birds in the Barnes: 12 Folded Notecards The Barnes Foundation These high-quality boxed notecards feature reproductions of 6 of the most beloved works of art from Birds in the Barnes Foundation. In a two-piece box with lift-off lid, there are 12 museum-quality folded notecards and 12 envelopes. • (103 x 141mm) • • 12 cards withenvelopespp. •978-0-7643-5906-4•box set •$14.99 Birds in the Barnes: Puzzle The Barnes Foun- dation This 1,000-piece puzzle featuring beau- tiful images from Birds in the Barnes Foundation lets you recreate dozens of the collection’s works of art. • 8" x 8" x 2" (203 x 203 mm) • • pp. • 978-0-7643-5907-1 • box set • $18.99 Brushes with War: Paintings and Drawings by the Troops of WorldWar I: The WWHAM Collection of Original Art Joel R. Parkinson. A unique history of World War I in broad brush strokes. Over 200 original paintings, drawings, sculpture, and trench art by the combatants cover all aspects of the war. • 12" x 12" (304 x 304 mm) • 236 images • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643- 4634-7•HC•$69.99 A Century of Artist Letters: Notes to Family, Friends, & Dealers Delacroix to Leger Jacqueline Albert Simon & Lucy D. Rosenfeld. Over 100 letters from famous 19th and 20th century painters in Paris, includ- ing Monet, Renoir, Manet, Picasso, and Cassatt. With each letter is a transcription, English translation, a work of art by each artist, and their portrait. Additionally, each letter has been analyzed by a handwriting expert. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 222 photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-1934-1•HC•$79.95 Flowers in Art: Contemporary International Artists Cindy Ann Coldiron. Stunning floral-themed art images from more than fifty artists and designers from Ireland to Hungary, Finland, and Canada, and the United States. Works include photography, watercolor, acrylic and oil paintings, botanical drawings, pop art, glass, wood, jewelry, ceramic, collage, Ikebana design, cutting edge fractal art, and more • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •285 color photos •128pp. •978-0-7643-4239- 4 • HC • $29.99 Fruit in Graphic Art Michael B. Emery and Irwin Richman. This volume includes paintings by American artists, including Grant Wood, engravings and lithographs by leading illustrators like the prolific printmaking company Currier and Ives, and excerpts from vintage nursery catalogs. Still lifes, photographs, and amusing antique postcards are equally pleasing to behold. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 415 color photos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643-4489-3•PB•$29.99 ART HISTORY BACKLIST CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS • ART HISTORY | 51