Art History Library
New Rare Photography Book Acquisitions from Richard Sun
Have a look at this selection of rare and out of print photography books. This is only a part of a recent, generous donation from Richard Sun. These books are located in the Art History/Classics Library within the Doe Memorial Library. Click on the titles to view their catalog records in UC Library Search.
Looking for Alice Lost Coast My Dakota
The Epilogue Stranger Fruit Silent Book
In Search of Frankenstein Encampment Wyoming Dormant Season
Photobook Pop-Up Exhibit, Friday, April 11
In association with the Reva and David Logan Photobook Symposium at the School of Journalism, the Bancroft Library is hosting a Photobook Pop-Up Exhibit, featuring selections from the Reva and David Logan Photobook Collection (The Bancroft), and photobook gifts from donor Richard Sun (Art History/Classics Library).
Artists featured:
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Claude Cahun, Robert Frank, Dorthea Lange, Miyako Ishiuchi, Graciela Iturbide, Dayanita Singh, Alfred Stieglitz, Francesca Woodman and many more.
Photobook Pop-Up Exhibit
Friday, April 11th 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Bancroft Library
UC Berkeley
Free and open to all
Hosted by Christine Hult-Lewis, Pictorial Curator, and Lynn Cunningham, Art Librarian
New York Times Best Art Books of 2024
Check out some of the New York Times “Best Art Books of 2024.”
A Book about Ray At the Louvre Atlas of Never Built Architecture Emergency Money
Exit Interview Iconophages If the Snake Louis Carlos Bernal
Mandalas Painting Men Truckload of Art Hello We Were …
Art as Resistance
Check out these, and other books that explore and represent the use of art as social and political resistance, currently on display in the Art History/Classics Library.
Elizabeth Catlett How to Design a Revolution LaToya Ruby Frazier
Propagandopolis Resist! The Art of Resistance Showing Resistance
New Publication from Art History Faculty Todd Olson
Check out Professor Todd Olson’s newest publication, Ribera’s Repetitions: Paper and Canvas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Naples
“Todd Olson carefully considers the diverse contexts for Ribera’s artistic practice, such as empire-building, materiality, and myth, and thus assesses the complexity of Ribera’s creativity through the lenses of repetition, rotation, and experimentation. This novel, interdisciplinary study reexamines the originality of Ribera’s praxis as engaged in a visual culture shaped by science, history, and belief in early modern Naples.”
“Much more than a mere study on Jusepe de Ribera, Olson’s book is an essay on materiality, technique, and their meanings; on imperial circulation and its discontents; and on knowledge, memory, and loss. This piece of cultural history, never losing touch with the artworks and their visual particularities, is beautifully written and at times moving, reminding us of the potentialities of art history as a literary and philosophical genre.”
-From Penn State University Press
Exhibit: “The Book as Art” up until February 28, 2025
The Book as Art showcases a selection of artists’ books from the collections of the Art History/Classics and Environmental Design libraries. The selected items span several decades and include artists’ books from Ed Ruscha, Sol LeWitt, Kiki Smith, Jenny Holzer, and many more.
The exhibit will be up in the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery in Doe Library until February 28, 2025.
Curated by: Nina Bayley, Lynn Cunningham, Abby Scheel
See the Library events calendar for more information
“Eclipse and Revelation” by Professor Henrike Lange now available as an audio book
Professor Henrike Lange’s recent book Eclipse and Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature and the Arts has been released as an audio book read by Professor Chris Hallett.
Rare Photography Book Donations from Richard Sun: Part 3 of 3
Check out these photography books generously donated by Richard Sun. Inquire with the Art History/Classics Library to view them in 308F Doe Library. Please request in advance, as they may be located off site.
As Terras do Fim do Mundo Beyond Drifting Body
Migrant Narrow Distances Now that you are Mine
Rare Photography Book Donations from Richard Sun: Part 2 of 3
These rare books are part of a generous curated donation from Richard Sun. They may be viewed in the Art History/ Classics Library. Request them in advance as they may be stored off site.
Zaido The Earth is Only a Little Dust Under our Feet Night Calls
As it was Given to Me Dream Children Jamais je ne t’oublierai
The Hidden Mother Landing Lights Park Hello My Name Is
Rare Photography Book Donations from Richard Sun: Part 1 of 3
Here are a selection of recently received donations of rare photobooks generously curated and donated by Richard Sun. They may be viewed in the Art History/ Classics Library. Please request in advance, as they may be located off site.
50% the Visible Woman Agata An Exorcism
Aeronautics in the Backyard Gretta Margins of Excess
