The Southeast Chapter (ARLIS/SE) of the Art Libraries Society of North
America (ARLIS/NA) is pleased to announce the winners of its 18th Annual
Mary Ellen LoPresti Art Publication Awards Competition for the year 2001
publications. The winners were announced during the ARLIS/SE Chapter meeting
held in Asheville, North Carolina on November 9th, 2002.
AND THIS YEAR'S LOPRESTI AWARD WINNERS ARE:
***The Ceramic Glaze Handbook: Materials, Techniques, Formulas, by Mark
Burleson. Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina, 2001. ISBN 1-57990-202-2.
This well-designed handbook covers the historical and technical aspects of
ceramic glaze. Of particular note is the fine color photography depicting
the entire chronology of the process from choosing raw materials through
mixing, application, firing, and the finished piece. The author provides
an illustrated chapter of glaze formulas, a glossary of glaze terminology,
and appendices dealing with chemical compounds and additional resources for
the interested reader.
***Let It Shine: Self-Taught Art from the T. Marshall Hahn Collection, by
Lynne E. Spriggs, et al. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001. ISBN
1-57806-363-9. Distributed by the University Press of Mississippi. A
catalog of an exhibition held from June 23 to September 2, 2001 celebrating
a remarkable collection that focuses on twentieth-century self-taught art
from the American South. Three lengthy and scholarly essays cover
reflections of collector Marshall Hahn, insights into the work of the major
artists in the group, and a descriptive chronology of the evolution of
Southern folk art from the 1930's through the 1990's. The second half of
the book is a catalog of beautiful color plates with substantial information
about each entry. Notes, references, a checklist, artists' biographies, and
an index complete this notable volume.
***Michelangelo: Drawings and Other Treasures from the Casa Buonarroti,
Florence, by Pina Ragionieri. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001.
ISBN 0-939802-94-5. A beautifully-illustrated and highly-annotated
exhibition catalog of a rare showing of drawings and other personal
treasures from the family home of Michelangelo. The exhibition premiered at
the High Museum in the summer of 2001 and was the first time many of these
sketches and personal artifacts were seen outside of Florence. Included in
the catalog are superb reproductions of two-dozen rare sketches and studies
Michelangelo did for the Sistine Chapel and Medici tombs, showing some of
the workings and re-workings he did in red and black pencil and brown
watercolors. Each of the works that were exhibited has a page or two of
scholarly discussion along with detailed footnotes.
****************************************************************************
***************
The Southeast Chapter of ARLIS/NA established the LoPresti Publication
Awards Competition in 1985 to recognize and encourage excellence in art
publishing in the Southeastern United States. The award is named after Mary
Ellen LoPresti, who was the Design Librarian at the Harrye B. Lyons Design
Library, North Carolina State University, until her death in 1985.
Only art and architecture books, exhibition catalogues, and serials
published during the 2001 calendar year in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,
Tennessee, or the Virgin Islands were considered. A total of 40 eligible
entries were received and judged by the LoPresti award committee. The
winning entries list above are to be placed in the Duke University East
Campus Library, Durham.
The LoPresti Award Committee consisted of:
Thomas Caswell, University of Florida (Chair)
Ellen Anderson, University of Central Florida
Ann Lindell, University of Florida
For further information and complete listings of present and past LoPresti
Award winners, visit our web site at http://www.arlis-se.org/
__________________________________________________________________
Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]
For information about joining ARLIS/NA see:
http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html
Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc)
to [log in to unmask]
ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance:
http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html
Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]
