ABBEVILLE PRESS

Landscape Painting: A History (Sept., $135) by Nils Büttner traces the history of landscape painting with full-color illustrations.

The Lure of Gold: An Artistic and Cultural History (Sept., $65) by Hans-Gert Bachmann explores the impact of gold on every civilization.

ABRAMS

Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents (Nov., $29.95) by Nicholas Ganz presents his follow-up to Graffiti World, showcasing the contributions of women to graffiti art.

ANCIENT CITY PRESS

Art of the Cross (Sept., $19.95) by Mary Emmerling with photography by Jim Arndt delineates the history of one of the world’s most recognizable symbols.

ANDREWS MCMEEL

Wyland: 25 Years at Sea (Sept., $39.95) by Wyland with John Yow displays the work of the marine painter.

ANTIQUE COLLECTORS’ CLUB

The English House ($89.50) by John Steel and Michael Wright illuminates the stylistic changes in English domestic architecture over a 1,000-year period.

Flowers of the Amazon: The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee ($39.50) by Margaret Mee illustrates the author’s botanical work in the Amazon.

BARRON’S

New YorkLights Up (Oct., $14.99) by the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a picture book for adults.

BIRKHÄUSER

Colour: Communication in Space (Nov., $92.50) by Gerhard Meerwein, Bettina Rodeck and Frank H. Mahnke offers scientific research into the functions and aesthetic influences of color.

GEORGE BRAZILLER

Erotik im Fernen Osten oder: Transition from Cool to Warm, a Book by Anselm Kiefer (Sept., $39.95), intro. by Theodore E. Stebbins Jr. and Susan Craig Ricci, uses colors to correspond to the transition from winter to summer.

Ideas: A Sketchbook (Nov., $145) by Helen Frankenthaler, intro. by Ruth Fine, features facsimile color illustrations from the artist reproduced at actual size.

CENTURY (dist. by Trafalgar Square)

Wall and Piece (Sept., $35) by Banksy marks the first volume of work by the controversial British graffiti artist.

CHAUCER PRESS (dist. by IPM)

Marilyn in Art (Sept., $40) by Roger Taylor collects full-color tributes to the icon.

COLLINSDESIGN

Sex Design (Oct., $24.95) by Loft Publications takes a provocative look at design on the subjects of love and sec.

The Fabulous Women of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (Nov., $24.95) by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell with text by Nigel Suckling showcases female fantasy art by the artists.

D.A.P.

Painting People: Figure Painting Today (Sept., $45), edited by Charlotte Mullins, investigates the accomplishments of numerous artists worldwide who work in portraiture.

EARTH AWARE EDITIONS

The Missing Peace: Artists and the Dalai Lama (Oct., $40), preface by H.H. the Dalai Lama, centers on the difficult path to peace.

EDITIONS FLAMMARION

100 Masterpieces of Painting (Oct., $40) by Michel Nuridsany compiles 100 signature paintings.

Picasso Dora Maar (Sept., $75) by Anne Baldassari offers a glimpse into Picasso and Dora Maar’s mutual inspirations.

FILIPACCHI

The Secret Lives of Frames: One Hundred Years of Art and Artistry (Jan., $50) by Deborah Davis celebrates the artistry of frames and surveys their evolution.

GETTY PUBLICATIONS

Carved Splendor: Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria, and South Tirol (Nov., $150 slipcased) by Rainer Kahsnitz features 350 detailed color illustrations of 22 altarpieces.

GIBBS SMITH

Purcell & Elmslie: Prairie Progressive Architects (Sept., $29.95) by David Gebhard, edited by Patricia Gebhard, studies the work of these masters of the Prairie School.

HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE PRESS

China’s Sacred Sites: Dwellings in Nature (Nov., $69.95) by Nan Shun-xun and Beverly Foit-Albert explores the connection between Chinese architecture and nature through photographs and architectural descriptions.

HUDSON HILLS PRESS

The George Washington Collection: Fine and Decorative Arts at Mount Vernon (Sept., $60) by Carol Borchert Cadou spotlights the presidential artifacts collected by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.

Women’s Tales: Four Leading Israeli Jewelers (Sept., $50) by Davira Taragin et al. traces the development of contemporary jewelry in Israel.

INDIANAUNIV. PRESS

Domenico Tiepolo: A New Testament (Oct., $75) by Adelheid M. Gealt and George Knox presents the 18th-century Venetian artist’s New Testament drawings.

KODANSHA INT’L

Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World (Oct., $29.95) by Woodrow Phoenix studies Japan’s role in the booming postwar toy market.

LUDION/L.A. COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (dist. by D.A.P.)

Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images (Nov., $60), essays by Michel Draguet, Dickram Tashjian, Sara Cochran et al. describes the influence of Magritte on today’s edgy contemporary artists.

MANDALA PUBLISHING

Goddesses of the Celestial Gallery (Oct., $75) by Romio Shrestha, foreword by Caroline Myss, presents two-foot-tall, hand-bound mandala paintings.

MFA PUBLICATIONS

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690—1850 (Feb., $50) by Howard Hibbet et al. showcases 65 masterpieces of ukiyo-e painting.

MONACELLI PRESS

New York 2000: Architecture and Urbanism from the Bicentennial to the Millennium (Nov., $100) by Robert A.M. Stern et al. traces the impact of the designation of historic districts and new zoning on development, and the emergence of new commercial and residential centers.

MUSEUMOF MODERNART

(Dist. by D.A.P.)

Brice Marden: A Retrospective (Oct., $60) by Gary Garrels presents the first retrospective of the artist known for his luminous monochrome panels.

MUSEUMOF NEW MEXICOPRESS

Latin American Posters: Public Aesthetics and Mass Politics (Sept., $50), edited by Russ Davidson, documents Latin America’s social and political history through political posters.

W.W. NORTON

Bridges (Nov., $75) by Richard L. Cleary surveys American bridges from coast to coast. A Library of Congress Visual Sourcebook.

Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York (Feb., $50) by Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson looks at the man who reshaped New York City with projects such as Lincoln Center and the Cross Bronx Expressway. A Norton Book for Architects and Designers.

PANTHEON

The Architecture of Happiness (Oct., $25) by Alain de Botton looks at ways in which architecture has responded to human needs and desires throughout the ages.

PELICAN

Vanished Mississippi Gulf Coast (Sept., $21) by Jim Fraiser, photos by Rick Guy and Jim Fraiser, collects before and after scenes of historical landmarks damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

PHAIDON PRESS

Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography (Oct., $69.95) by the editors of Phaidon Press surveys new developments in contemporary international photography.

PORTLANDPRESS

Fire (Sept., $40) by Dale Chihuly documents various series by the artist in more than 100 color reproductions.

PRESS PUBLISHING

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Odd Nerdrum: Themes (Nov., $85) by Bjorn Li collects the artist’s sketches and drawings, many previously unpublished.

PRESTEL

Tres Logos (Sept., $55) by R. Klanten et al. considers the current state and evolution of logo designs.

Visions of Nature: The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel (Oct., $100) by Olaf Bredidbach charts the 19th-century biologist’s melding of nature and art.

PRINCETONARCHITECTURAL PRESS

Surreal Eden: Edward James and Las Pozas (Nov., $39.95) by Margaret Hooks describes the 20th-century surrealist artist’s eccentric Mexican estate.

PRINCETONUNIV. PRESS

Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment and Design (Oct., $60) by Martin Kemp highlights 200 pages from this artist’s notebooks.

Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock ($45) by Kirk Varnedoe presents a scholarly approach to abstract art.

QUARRY BOOKS

Painting Indiana II: The Changing Face of Agriculture (Oct., $39.95) by Indiana Plein Air Painters Association and the Center for Agricultural Science & Heritage assembles paintings of the state’s agricultural past, present and future.

RIONUEVO

Silver & Stone (Oct., $40) by Mark Bahti depicts jewelers who blend tradition with innovation.

RIZZOLI

Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie Houses (Oct., $50) by Alan Hess, photos by Alan Weintraub, showcases Wright’s distinctive residential creations.

Historic Houses of Virginia: Great Mansions and Plantations of the Founding Fathers (Oct., $55) by Kathryn Masson, photos by Steven Brooke, delineates important American landmark homes.

ROCKPORT

The Anatomy of Design (Feb., $45) by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic reveals the influences and inspirations on 50 examples of graphic design.

LogoLounge 3 (Oct., $40) by Bill Gardner and Catharine Fishel presents 2,000 logos from worldwide designers.

RYLAND PETERS & SMALL

Tuscan Escapes (Sept., $35) by Caroline Clifton-Mogg studies the design and architecture elements of this striking region of Italy.

SIMON SPOTLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Will Never See, in the New Yorker (Oct., $19.95) by Matthew Diffee compiles the favorite rejects from 30 New Yorker cartoonists. 200,000 first printing.

SKIRA EDITORE

Only in America: One Hundred European Masterpieces in American Museums (Oct., $65) by Pierre Rosenberg illuminates masterpieces from the 15th to early 20th centuries.

STERLING

Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theft (Oct., $24.95) by Simon Houpt tells the stories behind the blank spaces on museum walls.

TURNER

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Rufino Tamayo: A Modern Icon Reinterpreted (Jan., $75), edited by Diana C. Du Pont, showcases the work of one of Mexico’s leading Modernists.

TUTTLE

KoreaStyle (Nov., $44.95) by Marcia Iwatate and Kim Unsoo features 22 exceptional homes and public buildings.

UNIV. OF NORTHTEXASPRESS

A Life on Paper: The Drawings and Lithographs of John Thomas Biggers (Nov., $29.95) by Olive Jensen Theisen acclaims the work of this African-American artist.

UNIV.OF PENNSYLVANIAPRESS

Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers (Nov., $34.95) by Witold Rybczynski and Laurie Olin, photos by Steven Brooke, explores the legendary Miami estate.

UNIV.OF UTAHPRESS

At Nature’s Edge: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Artist Studio (Jan., $39.95) by Henry Whiting II examines the artist’s studio, a structure intended to foster the creative life.

UNIV.OF WASHINGTONPRESS

Templesand Tombs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the British Museum (Sept., $40) by Edna R. Russmann et al. highlights the diversity of objects collected by the ancient Egyptians.

UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

Dunlap (Nov., $45) by William Dunlap celebrates this artist, whose works range across the contemporary South.

WATSON-GUPTILL

Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice (Nov., $29.95) by Juliette Aristides demonstrates techniques for the serious art student.

WEATHERHILL

77 Dances: Japanese Calligraphy by Poets, Monks, and Scholars (Oct., $65) by Stephen Addiss surveys Japan’s early modern period of burgeoning calligraphy.

YALE UNIV. PRESS

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations (Nov., $65) by Joel Smith collects the work of an artist best known for his work in the New Yorker, who also created murals, fabrics, stage sets and more.