"Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonne"
by Barbara Buhler Lynes
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The name Georgia O'Keeffe instantly evokes images of
suggestive pastel flower petals and her role as muse to
husband Alfred Stieglitz. But as the more than 2,000
works--cloud paintings, architectural watercolors, ceramic
vessels, and drawings among them--reproduced and annotated
in this two-volume book attest, O'Keeffe's range as an
artist was broad and complex. This expert catalogue raisonne
is a wonderful homage to its subject's layered artistic
life, and it should satisfy O'Keeffe fans for years to come.
"Explosive Acts"
by David Sweetman
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In "Explosive Acts," David Sweetman visits
turn-of-the-century Paris and combines the individual
stories of such characters as painter Henri de Toulouse-
Lautrec, muse Suzanne Valadon, and writer Oscar Wilde in an
intoxicating tale of art, madness, politics, and passion.
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Heading to Chicago during the next couple of weeks and
wondering what's happening at the Art Institute? Lost in the
cloisters at the Met? Want to know more about the National
Gallery's impressionism collection? Fear not: we've
collected a set of specialized guides to lead you to the
right museum and help you understand what you see when you
get there.
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WALKER IN THE CITY
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With the Metropolitan Museum exhibiting its massive archive
of his photographs from February 1 to May 14, 2000, and the
reissue of "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," Walker Evans is
the photographer of the moment. Originally published in
1941, "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" is the now-classic
result of a collaborative effort between Evans and writer
James Agee to document the lives of tenant farmers in
America's rural South. The nearly 200 images in the book
represent some of the photographer's most powerful work,
while Evans's foreword articulates the way this great
image-maker visualized the world.
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LOVE IS IN THE AIR
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"Couples"
by Magnum Photographers
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Magnum photo agency shutterbugs--Henri Cartier-Bresson,
Bruce Davidson, and Eve Arnold among them--capture couples
kissing in Brazil, shopping in France, resting in India, and
embracing on the silver screen in this delightful homage to
pairs.
"Love: Meditations on Love by Sister Wendy"
by Sister Wendy Beckett
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Perfect love, obsession, and lifelong fidelity are just some
of the love lessons indefatigable art lover Sister Wendy
illustrates with the work of Rembrandt, Klimt, van Gogh,
Bonnard, and other artists.
"Body Language"
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The Museum of Modern Art's collection of corporal paintings,
photos, and sculptures explores the human shape in all its
different forms.
"Love"
by Keith Haring
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Keith Haring's brightly colored, animated (with his
signature cartoon-like legs and arms) hearts will charm
readers.
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Visual Art Bestsellers:
"Rembrandt's Eyes"
by Simon Schama
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"The American Century: Art and Culture, 1950-2000"
by Lisa Phillips
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"Art for Dummies"
by Thomas Hoving
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Architecture and Design Bestsellers:
"Gehry Talks"
by Frank Gehry
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"Design of the 20th Century"
by Charlotte and Peter Fiell
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"Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist"
edited by Peter Hall
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Photography Bestsellers:
"Women"
by Annie Leibovitz
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"Century"
edited by Bruce Bernard
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"On Photography"
by Susan Sontag
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by Simon Schama
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In Simon Schama's skillful hands, Rembrandt's conflicted
relationship with fellow painter Peter Paul Rubens, his
ambitions, and his great loves emerge--along with the
stories of his paintings--from the shadows of history.
"Rembrandt's Eyes" is a potent blend of traditional
biography and art history that expands our understanding of
the famously mysterious artist.
"Lee Krasner"
by Robert Hobbs
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This richly illustrated and expertly written monograph
illuminates the work of painter Lee Krasner, whose artistic
accomplishments are often overshadowed by the renown of her
husband, Jackson Pollock.
"Hotel LaChapelle"
by David LaChapelle
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Within the wildly surreal pages of "Hotel LaChapelle" lurk a
rock star curled into an embryonic bubble, a movie star
breaking into a dollhouse, and a bodybuilder chewing on a
golden slipper--intricately stylized images that bring
photographer David LaChapelle's imagination into clear
focus.
Photographer Ezra Stoller is nearly as important in the
history of architecture as Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der
Rohe, or Louis I. Kahn, as it was he who presented their
work to most of the world. With a rare talent for capturing
the essence of space, he photographed Saarinen's TWA
Terminal and Le Corbusier's Chapel at Ronchamp, among other
iconic buildings of the mid 20th century. In a series of
mini-monographs, Stoller collects his favorite images of
eight different buildings and shares with readers his
impressions of those spaces. Amazon.com's John Pastier
leads a virtual tour to some of the most famous buildings in
the world.
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"The TWA Terminal"
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"The Chapel at Ronchamp"
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Flair magazine had an unnaturally short life--just a dozen
issues published between 1950 and 1951. During its run,
though, Flair's indomitable editor Fleur Cowles pressed
artists like Lucian Freud and Salvador Dali and writers such
as Tennessee Williams and Colette into service to create a
magazine that appealed to lovers of art, literature, and
culture. On the occasion of the publication of "The Best of
Flair"--a faithful reprint of the entire set--Cowles chatted
with Amazon.com's Jordana Moskowitz about the trouble with
barbershop magazines and contemporary fashion photography
and her singular flair for life.
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"The Best of Flair"
edited by Fleur Cowles
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The end is near, so it seems apt to begin our annual
assessment of the year that was (or will have been).
Monographs on Edward Steichen, Annie Leibovitz, and Richard
Avedon--along with less well known photographers like Lady
Clementina Hawarden and David Doubilet--are among the best
photography books of the year.
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"Edward Steichen: The Early Years"
by Joel Smith
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"Women"
by Annie Leibovitz and Susan Sontag
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"The Sixties"
by Richard Avedon and Doon Arbus
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"Lady Hawarden: Studies from Life, 1857-1864"
by Virginia Dodier
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"Water Light Time"
by David Doubilet
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Architecture and Design Bestsellers:
"Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works"
by Francesco Dal Co and Kurt W. Forster
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One of the world's greatest architects, Frank O. Gehry has
produced an astonishing body of work over the past 40
years. This pioneering designer continues to receive
worldwide praise from both peers and critics as the most
talented and influential architect working today.
"A World Without Words"
by Jasper Morrison
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It's a good place to find an idea, within the pages of this
little book called "A World Without Words." True to its
name, it contains not a single complete sentence. Instead,
it is composed of more than 100 pages filled with
captivating images.
"Minimum"
by John Pawson
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Architect John Pawson delves into all aspects of minimalism
in this compact (five-by-five-inch) but thick (325-page)
format. Reading "Minimum" is almost like sitting in on a
slide lecture given by a passionate professor of pared-down
design.
Photography Bestsellers:
"Century"
edited by Bruce Bernard
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The impact of photography, with its permutations and
manipulations, has created incredible images of human hope
and suffering throughout the 20th century. Inured as
readers may be to the sights of our age, anyone who leafs
through the astonishing chronicle that is Bruce Bernard's
"Century" cannot fail to be impressed and moved by this vast
visual document of the past 100 years.
"Physiognomy"
by Mark Seliger
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Mark Seliger's book is filled with a riveting cast of
characters culled from the celebrity subjects he shoots as
the chief photographer for both Rolling Stone and US
magazines. His portraits of musicians range from
seldom-photographed country stars like Loretta Lynn and
Kitty Wells to Marilyn Manson, Tom Petty, Curtis Mayfield,
and Courtney Love.
"The Model Wife"
by Arthur Ollman
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Photographer and author Arthur Ollman explores nine couples
whose collaborations as photographer and wife have resulted
in a series of pictures that speak volumes about marriage
itself, the distinction between self and other, the observer
and the observed. The photographers are Baron Adolph de
Meyer, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston, Harry Callahan,
Emmet Gowin, Lee Friedlander, Masahisa Fukase, Seiichi
Furuya, and Nicholas Nixon--three of whom still photograph
the wives whose long-lost, limber years are included here.
Visual Art Bestsellers:
"The American Century: Art and Culture, 1950-2000"
by Lisa Phillips
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This lively compendium is the catalog for the second half of
the Whitney Museum of American Art's nine-month, two-part
exhibition on American culture of the last 100 years. Like
the first, this volume pulls together an array of cultural
icons, defined inclusively. This being the Whitney's gig,
the visual arts are appropriately dominant.
"The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-1950"
by Barbara Haskell
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"The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-1950," by
curator Barbara Haskell, is the catalog for the first part
of a tremendous nine-month exhibition. Included are images
from painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and
design, providing a comprehensive overview of artistic and
cultural ideas in the first half of this century.
"Life Is Paradise: The Portraits of Francesco Clemente"
by Francesco Clemente
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"Life Is Paradise" is a gorgeous book, one that any Clemente
aficionado would not want to be without. It includes a
sensitive, smart essay by Vincent Katz, an illuminating
interview with the artist, and nearly 100 very large,
beautifully printed reproductions of Clemente's portraits in
watercolor, oil, and dry media. As Katz writes, "One can
wallow for days in these faces."
