MU Libraries New Books: Architecture

About the new book list

5/15/2013

The RSS feeds for the new books list is updated every Wednesday and contains a list of books added to the Ellis Library collection for the last six weeks. The titles are grouped by call number classification, and are listed by week and alphabetically by title.

Books for the most recent weeks are currently on the New Books Shelves inside the north entrance of Ellis Library. They can be checked out.

Baldassare Longhena and Venetian Baroque Architecture / Andrew Hopkins with photography by Alessandra Chemollo. (5/15/2013)

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About the Author

Andrew Hopkins is associate professor at the Università degli studi de L'Aquila.

Call #: NA1123.L57 H6713 2012

From ornament to object : genealogies of architectural modernism / Alina Payne. (5/15/2013)

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Call #: NA645.5.M63 P39 2012

James Wyatt (1746-1813) : architect to George III / John Martin Robinson. (5/15/2013)

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Call #: NA997.W9 R63 2012

The language of luxe : the work of AB Concept / Ed Ng & Terence Ngan. (5/15/2013)

5/15/2013

Call #: NA1549.A33 N55 2013

Greek and Roman mosaics / Umberto Pappalardo, Rosaria Ciardiello photography by Luciano Pedicini translated from the Italian by Ceil Friedman. (5/8/2013)

5/8/2013

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From the Inside Flap

Mosaic has been called “painting for eternity,” and it is in fact one of the few arts of antiquity to survive in something like its original condition and variety. Mosaic pavements with geometric and figural motifs first appeared in Greece at the end of the fifth century BC and subsequently spread throughout the entire classical world, from the palaces of the Greco-Bactrian rulers of present-day Afghanistan to the villas of Roman Britain. Local workshops cultivated many distinctive regional styles, while traveling teams of Hellenistic craftsmen produced figural mosaics of stunning refinement, often modeled after famous paintings; indeed, their work constitutes one of our only records of classical Greek painting, which has been almost entirely lost.

The styles and techniques of the ancient mosaicist’s art are given a concise yet authoritative exposition in the first part of this handsome volume. The second, and larger, part conducts the reader on a chronological tour of the most important centers of the art form’s development, from the Macedonian capital of Pella, whose compositions in natural pebbles set a high artistic standard for mosaics at the very beginning of their history, to the Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, whose wall and vault mosaics, with their glittering vision of a triumphant Christianity, mark the transition between antiquity and the Middle Ages. Special attention is given to Pompeii and its surroundings, where the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 preserved intact an astonishing variety of mosaics, including such ambitious figural scenes as the famous Alexander mosaic, composed of some four million miniscule tesserae, as well as characteristically Roman pavements in black and white, and the brightly colored wall mosaics of garden grottoes.

Featuring more than two hundred newly commissioned photographs, Greek and Roman Mosaics is the first survey of its subject to be illustrated in full color. It will be a necessary addition to every art lover’s library, and a worthy companion to Abbeville’s Italian Mosaics: 300–1300.

Call #: NA3770 .P3513 2012

Henri Labrouste : structure brought to light / Corinne Bélier, Barry Bergdoll, and Marc Le Cœur with essays by Martin Bressani ... [et al.]. (5/8/2013)

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Call #: NA1053.L18 A4 2012

Insuring the city : the Prudential Center and the postwar urban landscape / Elihu Rubin. (5/8/2013)

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Call #: NA9053.O3 R83 2012

La Nuova Gerusalemme : artigianato palestinese al servizio dei Luoghi Santi / Michele Piccirillo Centro di documentazione dei Sacri Monti, Calvari e complessi devozionali europei. (5/8/2013)

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Call #: NA5978.J4 P53 2007

Roman architecture in Provence / James C. Anderson, jr. (5/8/2013)

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Book Description

This book provides a survey of the architecture and urbanism of Provence during the Roman era. Provence, or "Gallia Narbonensis" as the Romans called it, was one of the earliest Roman colonies in Western Europe. This book focuses on the remains of buildings that can still be seen, exploring decorative elements and their influence from Rome and local traditions, as well as their functions within the urban environment.

Call #: NA335.P76 A53 2013

Louis Kahn : the power of architecture / [editors, Mateo Kries, Jochen Eisenbrand, Stanislaus von Moos translations: Brian Currid, Barbara Hauss, Anna Stüler]. (4/24/2013)

4/24/2013

Call #: NA737.K32 A4 2012

Star commercial spaces / Àlex Sánchez Vidiella, Daniela Santos Quartino. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

Call #: NA6210 .S36 2012