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 …
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
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.”—Lisandra Estevez, editor of Collecting Early Modern Art (1400–1800) in the U.S. South
“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.”—Itay Sapir, author of Ténèbres sans leçons: Esthétique et épistémologie de la peinture ténébriste romaine, 1595-1610
-From Penn State University Press
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
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.
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
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
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
You are welcome to attend one of the upcoming library orientation sessions for the Art History/Classics Library (308 Doe). The sessions are capped at 20 students, so be sure to reserve your spot via the rsvp form. Sessions are offered on the following dates/times:
Tuesday, September 10th, 3-4
Monday, September 16th, 4-5
Check out these new publications by U.C. Berkeley Art History Alumni, available through UC Library Search.
The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi: Allegory and Visual Narrative in the Late Empire, by Mont Allen.
Rethinking the Public Fetus: Historical Perspectives on the Visual Culture of Pregnancy, by Jessica M. Dandona.
Toshiko Takaezu; Worlds Within, essay by Diana Greenwold.
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History Art and Culture in 101 Objects, essay by Diana Greenwold.
Female Cultural Production in Modern Italy. Literature, Art and Intellectual History, by Sharon Hecker (ed.).
Collective Body: Aleksandr Deineka at the Limit of Socialist Realism, by Christina Kiaer.
Henry van de Velde: Designing Modernism, by Katherine Kuenzli.
Henry van de Velde: Selected Essays 1889-1914, by Katherine Kuenzli.
Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning, by Amy Lyford.
Albrecht Durer and the Depiction of Cultural Differences in Renaissance Europe, by Heather Madar.
Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, essay by Bibiana Obler.
Expressionists: Kandinsky, Munter and the Blue Rider, essay by Bibiana Obler.
