Academic Catalog 2010 - 3

The Arts | Art

Forthcoming

Jewish Artists
SIGNATURES AND MONOGRAMS A DIRECTORY
John Castagno
Whether used to identify, authenticate, or verify signatures and works of both wellknown and little-known artists, John Castagno’s Directories of Artists’ Signatures and Monograms have no equal. In this new volume, Castagno has collected the signatures and monograms of more than 600 Jewish artists, as well as additional signatures of artists whose work reflects Jewish themes. John Castagno is a multimedia artist and sculptor. He has been an art researcher for the past 40 years and also lectures on art and on art as an investment.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-7421-3 • July 2010 • 432 pp. • $150.00 • cloth

Artists, Patrons, and the Public
WHY CULTURE CHANGES
Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord
“An enormous aid to anyone working in the culture sector.” —Marta Braun, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University; author of Picturing Time: The Work of Etienne-Jules Marey Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord focus their two lifetimes of international experience working in the cultural sector on the challenging questions of why and how culture changes.The answer is a dynamic and fascinating discourse that sets aesthetic culture in its material, physical, social, and political context, illuminating the primary role of the artist and the essential role of patronage in supporting the artist, from our ancient origins to the knowledge economy culture of today. Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord are the founders and co-presidents of Lord Cultural Resources.
AltaMira Press 978-0-7591-1848-5 • April 2010 • 194 pp. • $44.95 • cloth
EBOOK

Church Woodwork in the British Isles, 1100-1535
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Robert A. Faleer
This thoroughly researched bibliographic guide to monographic, serial, archival, and graphical resources that deal with all aspects of late Romanesque, Gothic, and early Renaissance ecclesiastical woodwork in churches throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland includes more than 900 annotated citations for works published from the mid-19th century to the present.The extensive and informative annotations provide a synopsis of each cited resource. Resources are categorized in separate chapters by their specific location in the church, their decorative features, their structural function, or other pertinent criteria.This annotated bibliography represents the most comprehensive reference tool for material that deals with church woodwork that has yet been published. Robert A. Faleer is reference librarian and bibliographer at Central Michigan University.
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 978-0-8108-6739-0 • 2009 • 472 pp. • $100.00 • cloth
EBOOK

Also Available African, Asian and Middle Eastern Artists
978-0-8108-6357-6 • 2009 • 150 pp. • $100.00 • cloth

American Artists III
978-0-8108-6382-8 • 2009 • 596 pp. • $225.00 • cloth

Artists’ Monograms and Indiscernible Signatures III
978-0-8108-6383-5 • 2009 • 232 pp. • $125.00 • cloth

Australian, British and Irish Artists
978-0-8108-6384-2 • 2009 • 524 pp. • $200.00 • cloth

European Artists III
978-0-8108-6208-1 • 2009 • 308 pp. • $175.00 • cloth

Old Masters II
978-0-8108-6385-9 • 2009 • 152 pp. • $100.00 • cloth

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Academic Catalog 2010

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