Tuesday, August 11, 2009

New book highlights 8/11/2009

The annotated Alice: Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking-glass
Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, Sir John Tenniel
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
0393048470, 9780393048476
312 pages





For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the world's leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His Annotated Alice, first published in 1960, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is highly sought after by families and scholars alike-for it was Gardner who first decoded the wordplay and the many mathematical riddles that lie embedded in Carroll's two classic stories: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Forty years after this groundbreaking publication, Norton is proud to publish the Definitive Edition of The Annotated Alice, a work that combines the notes of Gardner's 1960 edition with his 1990 update, More Annotated Alice, as well as additional new discoveries and updates drawn from Gardner's encyclopedic knowledge of the texts. Illustrated with John Tenniel's classic and beloved art - along with many recently discovered Tenniel pencil sketches - The Annotated Alice will be Gardner's most beautiful and enduring tribute to Carroll's masterpieces yet.



The triumph of painting: Matthias Weischer, Eberhard Havekost, Dexter Dalwood, Dana Schutz, Michael Raedecker, Inka Essenhigh
Matthias Weischer, Saatchi Gallery, Eberhard Havekost
Koenig Books, 2005
3865600158, 9783865600158
128 pages




This third volume documenting Saatchiís substantial collection of twentieth and twenty-first century painting includes Matthias Weischerís echoing architectural grids, Eberhard Havekostís barrenly unpeopled snapshots, Dexter Dalwoodís midcentury-inspired interiors, Dana Schutzís emotions personified, Michael Raedeckerís dark fairytale suburbs, and Inka Essenhighís otherworldly whorls. With a foreword by Meghan Dailey.



A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers
Kate L. Turabian
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007
0226823369, 9780226823362
436 pages




First published in 1937, Turabian's manual has been updated to reflect the fifteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (2003) as well as the habits and needs of today's students. The chapter on source citation now includes sections on online databases, e-books, and "informally published electonic sources." A new and lengthy part 1, "Researching and Writing: From Planning to Production," cautions researchers to "beware of Wikipedia" and "never cite it as an authoritative source." Another caution: citation software "may save time, but it is not a substitute for knowing the underlying principles of the style." Quinn, Mary Ellen



The artist's guide to public art : how to find and win commissions
Lynn Basa
Allworth Communications, Inc., 2008
1581155018, 9781581155013
256 pages






Public art commissions--how to find them, how to get them

* First-hand advice from experienced public artists

* Written by an artist for artists

* Includes expert information on public art law

Public-art commissions are challenging and rewarding and this timely guide shows beginning and working visual artists exactly how to start and build a career in the world of public art. Learn how to find, apply for, compete for, and win a public art commission. First-hand interviews with experienced public artists and arts administrators provide in-the-trenches advice and insight, and a chapter on public art law, written by Barbara Hoffman, the country’s leading public art law attorney, answers questions about this complex area. Packed with details on working with contracts, conflict, controversy, communities, committees, and more, The Artist’s Guide to Public Art shows artists the way to cut through the red tape and win commissions that are rewarding both financially and artistically.