Spring Hardcovers: Art & Architecture

Abbeville Press

Home in Park Cities (Apr., $75) by Virginia Savage McAlester et al. highlights the diverse architectural styles of Dallas’s historic suburbs.

Abrams

Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far (Mar., $40) by Stefan Sagmeister combines a visual list with personal advice from the artist. 50,000 first printing.

Acanthus Press

Great Houses of Chicago, 1871–1921 (Mar., $75) by Susan Benjamin and Stuart Cohen studies the Windy City’s grand homes.

Actar D

Architecture and Revolution in Cuba, 1959–1969 (May, $45) introduces the breadth and innovation of architectural projects built by the Cuban government.

Anova/Pavilion

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Jack Vettriano: Studio Life (Apr., $35.00), by Jack Vettriano photos by Jillian Edelstein, visits the artist in his studios in Scotland, London and Nice.

Antique Collectors’ Club

Art Deco Ceramics in Britain(Mar., $75) by Andrew Casey explores this popular style during the late 1920s and early ’30s.

Timeline Series(Mar., $9.95 each). Each book in this series contains eight fold-out pages that focus on one artist or period; early subjects include Rembrandt, Titian and Turner.

Arnoldsche

(dist. by Antique Collectors’ Club)

Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection (Mar., $110) by Cindi Straus illustrates 800+ pieces of jewelry created by nearly 200 artists from 1963 to the present.

Aurum Press

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

A Little Book of Angels (June, $12.95) by Mike Harding features photos of angels depicted in stained glass windows, statuary and churches in Britain and Europe.

Barron’s

The World’s Most Influential Painters... and the Artists They Inspired: The Stories and Hidden Connections Between Great Works of Western Art (Mar., $29.99) by David Gariff examines the cross-influences among 50 great painters.

Batsford

(dist. by Sterling)

Contemporary Botanical Illustration: Challenging Colour and Texture (July, $27.95) by Rosie Martin and Meriel Thurstan looks at unusual colors in botanical art.

Mitchell Beazley

(dist. by Sterling)

Miller’s Care & Repair of Antiques & Collectibles: A Step-by-Step Guide (May, $29.95) by Judith Miller provides advice for amateurs.

Bloomsbury

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Natural Selection (June, $24.95) by Denis Dutton challenges our understanding of art the way Steven Pinker challenged our understanding of linguistics.

Booth-Clibborn Editions

(dist. by Abrams)

Keith Edmier (Mar., $85) by Keith Edmier showcases the work of this American sculptor whose subject is flowers.

George Braziller

The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido (Apr., $80) by Sebastian Izzard offers a portrait of daily life in 19th-century Japan.

Jonathan Cape

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

The Revolution Continues: New Art in China (Apr., $60) by Jiang Jiehong contrasts the attitudes of contemporary Chinese artists with those who worked during the Cultural Revolution.

Chaucer Press

(dist. by IPM)

Tiepolo (July, $55) by Michael C. Jacobs examines the stylistically diverse work of this 18th-century artist.

Cleveland Museum of Art

(dist. by Abrams)

Arms & Armor (Apr., $55) by Stephen N. Fliegel features the museum’s collection, with period illustrations that show the use of each item.

Corcoran Gallery of Art

(dist. by Abrams)

Essential Modernism (Mar., $19.95) by Philip Brookman et al. examines the foundation of modernism as the defining movement of the 20th century.

Down East Books

At Home by the Sea: Houses Designed for Living at the Water’s Edge (Apr., $40) by Brian Vanden Brink and Bruce Snider celebrates seaside homes from the Bay of Fundy to St. Barts.

Duke Univ. Press

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool (Mar., $24.95), edited by Trevor Schoonmaker, is a catalogue of this American artist’s first career retrospective.

Editorial Rm

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Frida Kahlo: National Homage 1907–2007 (Mar., $65), essays by Carlos Fuentes et al., catalogues last summer’s Kahlo exhibit at Mexico City’s Palacio de Bellas Artes.

Flammarion

One Thousand Years of Manga (Mar., $49.95) by Brigitte Koyana-Richard tracks the genesis and development of this Japanese art.

Guggenheim Museum

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (Mar., $75), essays by Alexandra Munroe et al., surveys the work of this Chinese-born artist whose medium is often gunpowder and fireworks.

Hatje Cantz

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Women Impressionists (Apr., $60), a compendium based on a traveling exhibition, rebuts familiar impressionist narratives using the work of four painters: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Marie Bracquemond and Eva Gonzales.

Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales

(dist. by Antique Collectors’ Club)

John Lycett: Convict Artist(Apr., $69.95), edited by John McPhee, examines the life and work of one of Australia’s earliest colonial artists.

Hudson Hills Press

The House of Leleu: Classic French Style for a Modern World, 1920–1973 (Apr., $160) by Francoise Sirex commemorates the work of the interior design firm that focused on art deco in 1920s Paris.

Images Publishing Group

(dist. by Antique Collectors’ Club)

House with a View (Apr., $65) by Philip Jodidio examines the myriad forms of the modern chalet in mountain, seaside and urban environments.

Indiana Univ. Press

Contemporary Quilt Art (Apr., $34.95) by Kate Lenkowsky. This portfolio of quilts includes a guide for collectors.

Johns Hopkins Univ. Press

Hidden Harmony: The Connected Worlds of Physics and Art (June, $24.95) by J.R. Leibowitz looks at the common ground between physics and art.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

(dist. by D.A.P.)

BCAM/LACMA/2008 (Apr., $60) by Lynn Zelevansky et al. celebrates architect Renzo Piano’s new building for the L.A. museum.

Lost Coast Press

(dist. by Ingram)

The Realm of Silence (Apr., $14.95) by Elvire Coriat de Baëre. Paintings and poems remember those killed in the Holocaust.

Merrell Publishers

Frida Kahlo: The Still Lifes (Apr., $22.95) by Salomon Grimberg studies the artist’s still lifes, some of which have only recently come to light.

MFA Publications

(dist. by D.A.P.)

El Greco to Velázquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III (Apr., $65), edited by Ronni Baer and Sarah Schroth, explores the artistic world of 17th-century Spain.

Monacelli Press

Naomi Leff (May, $60) by Kimberly Williams explores the career of this interior designer, who created Ralph Lauren’s New York City flagship store.

DC Moore Gallery

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey (Mar., $45) by Robert G. O’Meally studies Bearden’s collages, which were inspired by Homer’s Odyssey.

MTV Press

Jackpot (May, $35) by Kevin Landers chronicles Manhattan’s changing face in color photographs from 1990 to 2007.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

(dist. by D.A.P.)

This Is Not to Be Looked At: Highlights (Mar., $59.95) by Paul Schimmel and Ann Goldstein accompanies an exhibit of works by 150 artists in MOCA’s permanent collection.

Museum of Modern Art

Home Delivery (Aug., $40). Essays by various experts examine how prefabrication in architecture can fulfill the need for sustainable housing, with special focus on a group of full-scale prefabs commissioned for a current MoMA exhibition.

W.W. Norton

Green Roofs in Sustainable Landscape Design (June, $69.95) by Steven L. Cantor provides an in-depth view of current design and technology via 60 case studies.

Dams (Aug., $75) by Christine Macy explores the history of dam development; includes CD-ROM. A Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebook.

Picture Box

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Gary Panter (Apr., $95) by Robert Storr et al. This two-volume, slipcased set gathers more than 1,000 images of Panter’s paintings, drawings, sculptures and more.

Pomegranate

Timothy J. Clark (Mar., $39.95) considers this American artist’s work in watercolor and oil.

Prestel

Bob Dylan: The Drawn Blank Series—Watercolor and Gouache (Mar., $60) by Ingrid Mössinger and Kristin Dreschel features 200 artworks to be shown at Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz in Germany.

Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers (Mar., $24.95) by Sacha Jenkins and David Villorente explores the graffiti-making process and highlights art from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Princeton Architectural Press

(dist. by Chronicle Books)

Loblolly House: Elements of a New Architecture (June, $40) by Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake studies this ecologically sound house, designed by the authors’ firm.

JRP RIngier

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Tony Oursler: 1997–2007 (Apr., $79) scrutinizes Oursler’s two-dimensional work over the past 10 years. Published in conjunction with New York’s Lehmann Maupin Gallery.

Rockport

Really Good Logos Explained: Top Design Professionals Critique 500 Logos and Explain What Makes Them Work (May, $45) by Margo Chase et al.

SustainAble: A Handbook of Materials and Applications for Graphic Designers and Their Clients (July, $40) by Aaris Sherin offers advice on such issues as paper, printing, formats, materials and more.

Royal Academy of Arts

(dist. by Abrams)

Tom Phillips: A World of Art (June, $75) by Tom Phillips presents four 48-page books about four areas of Phillips’s work, among them “visual poetry and painted music.”

SCALA

(dist. by Antique Collectors’ Club)

N.C. Wyeth: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings(May, $350), edited by Christine Bauer Podmaniczky, offers the first complete compilation of the artist’s work; two volumes slipcased.

Skira

Mark Rothko (May, $70) by Oliver Wick presents almost 100 of the artist’s works: 70 paintings and 28 drawings.

Sterling/Joost Elffers

An Objet d’Art Book: Picasso Portraits (May, $12.95) by Edward Leffingwell displays in panoramic format the evolution of Picasso’s work with the human form.

Paul Stolper/Coriander Studio

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Peter Blake: An Alphabet (Mar., $35) by Peter Blake and Mel Gooding reproduces Blake’s prints of each letter in the alphabet.

Taschen

Hiroshige, 100 Views of Edo (Apr., $125) by Melanie Trede reproduces one of this artist’s most famous works.

Tate Publishing

(dist. by Abrams)

Millais (Mar., $65) by Jason Rosenfeld and Alison Smith studies the painter’s career, from founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to his late works.

Texas A&M Univ. Press

Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodriguez (Apr., $30) by Patsy Light documents the rustic work of this Mexican artist.

Trinity Univ. Press

(dist. by Perseus)

Writers at Our Doorstep: San Antonio Writers & Artists (Apr.; $50, paper $29.95), edited by Nan Cuba and Riley Robinson, showcases the city’s literary and artistic community, with examples from their work.

Universe

Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi (Apr., $40) by Jon M. Gibson and Chris McDonnell chronicles Bakshi’s 30-year animation career with examples of preproduction art, animation cels and more.

Vendome Press

The Glass House: Buildings for Open Living (Mar., $45) by Nicky Adams illustrates the many ways glass can be used to create sophisticated homes.

Watson-Guptill

Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice (Apr., $35) by Juliette Aristides illuminates the principles of great studio paintings through the works of old and new masters.

Yale Univ. Press

Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926–1933 (May, $60), edited by Joan Simon and Brigitte Leal, focuses on the artist’s abstract, motorized and mobile works from this period.