Top 10 Book Suggestions from 2011
If you haven’t completed your holiday shopping, you might consider buying a number of books that we covered in the blog this year, many of which are in stock at The Huntington’s Bookstore & More. Here are some suggestions for consideration.
Using a Band Saw Like a Pencil
Peter Kirby, an L.A. producer specializing in art and culture, filmed woodworker Sam Maloof in his workshop and home in 1990. We’re posting excerpts from this footage to whet your appetite for the upcoming Huntington exhibition “The House That Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945–1985.”
Out of the Shadows
Huntington curators call the second half of the 18th century England’s “golden age of mezzotint.” Invented in the 1600s, the engraving technique was little used until it exploded in popularity in the mid 1700s.
On Tax Day—A Little Death, Drama, and Profanity
A painting by John Harrison Mills (1842–1916) in the exhibition “Taxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late Nineteenth-Century American Art” gives everyone a chuckle. Leo G. Mazow, who co-curated the exhibition discusses the work in his essay.
Bukowski on iTunes
Sara S. “Sue” Hodson, literary manuscripts curator at The Huntington, discusses the unordinary life of one of the most original voices in 20th-century American literature in nine short audio clips, available on iTunes U.
