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Women Artists

·          The Arts and Crafts Movement, Blakesley, Rosalind P.  Phaidon.  709.034 BLAKESLEY

·          The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, Sillevis, John.  Art Services International.  759.98 SILLEVIS

·          Beginner's Guide to Digital Photo Art, Airey, Theresa.  Lark Books.  776 AIREY

·          Betye Saar: Extending the Frozen Moment, Saar, Betye.  University of Michigan Museum of Art.  709.2 SAAR

·          Black & White Photography: A Practical Guide, Mulligan, Steve.  Photographers' Institute Press.  771 MULLIGAN

·          The Book as Art: Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Wasserman, Krystyna.  Princeton Architechtural Press.  704.042 WASSERMAN

·          The Colorful Apocalypse: Journeys in Outsider Art, Bottoms, Greg.  University of Chicago Press.  709.73 BOTTOMS

·          East European Art, 1650-1950, Howard, Jeremy.  Oxford University Press.  709.47 HOWARD

·          Dialogues with Michelangelo, Hollanda, Francisco de.  Pallas Athene.  701.18 HOLLANDA

·          A Flexible History of Fluxus Facts and Fictions, Williams, Emmett.  Edition Hansjörg Mayer.  709.0407 WILLIAMS

·          I Am 8-bit: Art Inspired by Classic Videogames of the '80s, Gibson, Jon M.  Chronicle Books.  704.949 GIBSON

·          Intaglio: Acrylic-Resist Etching, Collagraphy, Engraving, Drypoint, Mezzotint: the Complete Safety-First System for Creative Printmaking, Adam, Robert.  Thames & Hudson.  765 ADAM

·          Internet 101 for Artists : With a Special Guide to Selling Art on eBay, Smith, Constance.  ArtNetwork.  706.88 SMITH

·          Josef Albers: to Open Eyes: the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Yale, Horowitz, Frederick A.  Phaidon.  759.13 HOROWITZ

·          Kaleidoscope: Projects and Ideas to Spark your Creativity, Simanaitis, Suzanne.  North Light Books.  702.8 SIMANAITIS

·          Land Art, Tufnell, Ben.  Tate.  709.0407 TUFNELL

·          Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Danziger, Danny.  Viking.  708.1471 DANZIGER

·          Notes on the Need for Beauty: An Intimate Look at an Essential Quality, Gendler, J. Ruth. Marlowe & Co.  111.85 GENDLER

·          Russian Painting: From the 18th Until the 20th century, Leek, Peter.  Parkstone.  759.7 LEEK

·          The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend, Nevelson, Louise.  Jewish Theological Seminary of America.  730.92 NEVELSON

·          Studies in the Art Anatomy of Animals, Seton, Ernest Thompson.  University Press of the Pacific.  743.697 Seton

·          Sculpting the Human Figure, Mills, John W.  Crowood.  731.82 MILLS

·          Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography, Alonso, Rodrigo.  Phaidon.  779.074 VITAMIN

·          Wall and Piece, Banksy.  Century.  759.2 BANKSY

·          When Trash Becomes Art: Trash, Rubbish, Mongo, Vergine, Lea.  Skira.  709.04 VERGINE

·          William Halsey: Mastery of the Modern, Halsey, William.  Charleston Renaissance Gallery.  759.13 HALSEY

Events & Exhibits

Diana Walker: Photojournalist
(Headquarters, 10/2007 to 1/2008)
The exhibit comprises 82 photographs of Walker’s White House work as well as wonderful portraits of other noteworthy people and events. Time and other magazine covers and page layouts accompany the photographs, documenting the
transformation of individual photographs into iconic publishing moments.

  The Big Read
is on the way!


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More Art Books on the Way...

Find It!

• Alberto Giacometti: Sculpture in Plaster, Scheidegger, Ernst.
   
• The Art of Buying Art: An Insider’s Guide to Collecting Contemporary Art, West, Paige.
   
• The Art of Lee Miller, Haworth-Booth, Mark.
   
• Border Film Project: Migrant and Minutemen Photos from the US-Mexico Border, Adler, Rudy.
   
• Burning Man: Art in the Desert, Nash, A. Leo. 
   
• Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Dore, Zafran, Eric. 
   
• George Bellows: An Artist in Action, Haverstock, Mary Sayre.
   
• Ice Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture, 10 Curators. 
   
• Image Makers, Image Takers: Interviews with Today’s Leading Curators, Editors and Photographers, Jaeger, Ann-Celine.
   
• Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-Century Photography, Bunnell, Peter C.
   
• Jubilee City: A Memoir at Full Speed, Andoe, Joe. 
   
• Kara Walker: Pictures from Another Time, Walker, Kara E.
   
• Layout Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Building Pages in Graphic Design, Cullen, Kristin.
   
• Matisse: Painter as Sculptor, Kosinski, Dorothy.
   
• Mixed-Media Collage: An Exploration of Contemporary Artists, Methods, and Materials, Harrison, Holly. 
   
• Odilon Redon: As in a Dream, Hollein, Max.
   
• Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 60’s, Houston, Joe.
   
• Pieter Bruegel, Roberts-Jones, Philippe.
   
• Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years, McShine, Kynaston.
   
• Secrets of Rusty Things: Transforming Found Objects into Art, DeMeng, Michael.
   
• Traditional Oil Painting: Advanced Techniques and Concepts from the Renaissance to the Present, Elliott, Virgil.
   
• The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings, Ganz, James A.
   
• Video Art (revised edition), Rush, Michael.

Locating Items
(Headquarters Library) 

 New art books:
main floor, middle

 Other art books:
upper floor, in the back

 Videos & DVDs:
main floor, on the right

 Art Magazines:
main floor, in the back

All branch libraries have art
books, too.  If you have trouble finding an item, ask a staff
member for help—that’s what
we’re here for!


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Putting a Book
on Hold
 If the item you want has been checked out, you can put it on
hold.  We’ll put it aside for you
when it’s returned, and give
you a call.  You can put it on
hold yourself through
the library’s online catalog,
or you can call or come by and
we can do it for you. 


Getting &
Returning Books
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your choice and have them send the item you’d like to any of our other 9 locations.  You can pick
it up (and return it) at any Spartanburg County
Public Library!

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