AA PUBLICATIONS (dist. by Princeton Architectural Press)
Corporate Fields: Office Projects by the D[R]L (Mar., $50) by Design Research Lab, edited by Brett Steele, anticipates the office of the future.
BARRON'S
Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Illustrator's Guide to Creating Action Figures and Fantastical Forms (Mar., $21.95) by Glenn Fabry with Ben Cormack speaks to budding artists interested in graphic novels, fantasy posters and SF book covers.
CODHILL PRESS (dist. by Steiner Books)
Ode to the Human Face: Seeing/Molding the Human Face as Meditation (Mar., $16) by Frederick Franck finds the pathos and beauty in the face through photos of ceramic masks.
DUKE UNIV. PRESS
Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain (Apr., $29.95), edited by David A. Bailey et al., is an illustrated history.
GETTY PUBLICATIONS
Symbols and Allegories in Art (May, $24.95) by Matilde Battistini enables museum visitors to decipher common symbols found in art.
HARPER DESIGN
Foul Play!: The Art and Artists of the Notorious 1950s E.C. Comics! (Apr., $29.95) by Grant Geissman recalls artists and reprints classic comics stories. 30,000 first printing.
Digital Manga Workshop (May, $24.95) by Jared Hodges and Lindsay Cibos demystifies technologies and digital possibilities.
MFA PUBLICATIONS (dist. by D.A.P.)
Future Retro: Drawings from the Great Age of American Automobiles (Apr., $19.95) by William Porter and Frederick A. Sharf showcases the ingenuity of automobile design from the 1940s to 1960s.
MIT PRESS
Archigram: Architecture Without Architecture (July, $35) by Simon Sadler is an account of the ultramodern 1960s movement that advocated "living equipment" instead of buildings.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (dist. by D.A.P.)
Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape (Mar., $34.95) by Peter Reed illustrates 23 new public spaces throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOKS
Spirit of a Native Place: Building the National Museum of the American Indian (Apr., $24) by Duane Blue Spruce records the creation of the newly opened Washington, D.C., museum.
PENGUIN/CHAMBERLAIN BROS.
American Gothic (June, $9.95) by Thomas Hoving researches both Grant Wood and his famous painting.
PENN STATE UNIV. PRESS
Slideshow (Mar., $29.95) by Darsie Alexander with essays by Charles Harrison and Robert Storr is an exhibition catalogue that explores slide shows as art; co-published with the Baltimore Museum of Art. Advertising.
The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas (July, $39.95) by Jay M. Fisher et al. identifies the importance of patrons of the arts in 19th-century America; copublished with the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum. Advertising.
PHAIDON PRESS
Christian Marclay (Mar., $39.95) by Jennifer Gonzalez is a monograph on the New York sculptor and installation artist who merges music with art.
PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
The New Modern House (Apr., $35) by Will Jones features 40 buildings on which the architect and client concurred on every detail.
100% Evil (Apr., $14.95), written and illust. by Nicholas Blechman and Christoph Niemann, catalogues misanthropic imaginings.
RIZZOLI
Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson—Twelve Houses (May, $65), edited by Oscar Riers Ojeda, features tranquil retreats of understated distinction including Bill Gates's complex in Washington state.
ROYAL COLLECTION PUBLISHERS (dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
Watercolours and Drawings from the Collection of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (Apr., $24.95) by Susan Owens documents her patronage of contemporary artists that began in the 1930s.
SHAMBHALA
Art Is a Spiritual Path (Aug., $16.95) by Pat B. Allen engages the sacred through visual art and writing.
STEINER BOOKS
What Is Art? Conversations with Joseph Beuys (Mar., $28) by Joseph Beuys and Volker Harlan explores motivations and insights behind his "social sculpture."
STERLING
Fantasy! Cartooning (Mar., $9.95) by Ben Caldwell. The former Marvel cartoonist shows how it's done.
THAMES & HUDSON
Art Works: Perform (May, $29.95) by Jens Hoffmann and Joan Jonas addresses the place and function of performance art.
UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS
Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space (May, $35) by Wu Hung follows the square's transformation from a restricted imperial domain to a public arena.
UNIV. OF TEXAS PRESS
Thinking with Things: Toward a New Vision of Art (July, $24.95) by Esther Pasztory re-evaluates what art is and why we create it.
WALLACE COLLECTION (dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
François Boucher: Seductive Visions (Mar., $35) by Jo Hedley traces the 18th-century artist's rise to First Painter in the court of Louis XV.
WATSON-GUPTILL
Manga Mania Bishoujo: How to Draw the Alluring Women of Japanese Comics (July, $19.95) by Christopher Hart is the latest from a man whose cartooning books have sold over two million copies worldwide.
