Books Received

184 Books a systematic discussion of pertinent properties, deteriora- toxicity of organic solvents, microcrystalline polishing tion and restoration. The text is amply illustrated. An waxes and the use of indicators. impressive series of photographs shows a variety of objects Artists having an interest in materials will find this book before and after restoration. The supplies (British) of intriguing reading. Their acquaintance with conservation chemical agents mentioned in the text are tabulated in the problems is bound to have a beneficial effect, especially appendix. Also in the appendix are short sections on since many are looking to new materials to use in their diverse topics such as the preparation of solutions, the work. BOOKS RECEIVED A.frican Design: From Traditional Sources. G. Williams. Dover, New York, 1971. 203 pp., illus. The Anti-Rationalists. N. Pevsner and J. M. Richards. Architectural Press, London, 1973. 208 pp., Apparative Kunst. H. W. Franke and G. Jager. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne, 1973. 274 pp.. illus. Architecture and Color. W. Faulkner. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 1972. 146 pp., illus. Art and Culture. C. Greenberg, Thames and Hudson, London, 1973. 278 pp. Cloth €3.00; paper Art and the Future: A HistorylProphecy of the Collaboration between Science, Technology and Art. The Art of Papier Mrjchi. C. and J. B. Kenny. Chilton, Philadelphia, 1968. 143 pp., illus. Paper Bangwa Funerary Sculpture. R. Brain and A. Pollock. Gerald Duckworth, London, 1971. 148 pp., Children and Their Art: Methods for the Elementary School. 2nd ed. C. D. Gaitskell and A. Hurwitz. A Computer Perspective. C. and R. Eames. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA., 1973. 175 pp., Concepts of Modern Physics. A. Beiser. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1973. 467 pp., illus. Conservation of Painting and the Graphic Arts. Int. Inst. Conservation of Historic and Artistic Cults of Unreason. C. Evans. Harrap, London, 1973. 264 pp., f3.00. Culture as Praxis. Z . Bauman. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1973. 198 pp., f3.25. Cultures. Vol. I, No. 1. Music and Society. G. S . MBtraux, ed. Unesco et la Baconniere, Paris, illus. Cloth f6.00. DM 24.00. f6.65. f0.95. D. Davis. Thames and Hudson, London, 1973. 208 pp., illus. f6.50. F12.50. illus. f4.00. Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1970. 507 pp., illus. f5.50 (London). illus. $15.00 Works, London, 1972. Illus. f6.00; $17.50 (New York). 1973. 282 vv. Design in Piiier Mrjchi. C. and J. B. Kenny. Chilton, Philadelphia, 1971. 190 pp., illus. Paper $12.50. " . . A Dictionary of Art and Artists. 3rd ed. P. and L. Murray. Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1972. 468 Ears Two: Summer 73,Light Sound Area. Exeter College of Art and Design, Exeter, 1973. 70 pp., Experimental Techniques in Enameling. F. Ball. Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, 1973. 143 pp., Foundations of Cyclopean Perception. B. Julesz. Univ. of Chicago Press, London, 1971. 406 pp., Glassblowing: A Searchfor Form. H. K. Littleton. Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, 1971. 143 pp., A History of Economic Thought. E. Roll. Faber & Faber, London, 1973. 626 pp. €2.25. A History of Glassmaking. S . Frank and R. W. Douglas. G. T. Foulis, Henley on Thames, 1972. House Decoration in Nubia. M. Wenzel. Duckworth, London, 1972. 227 pp.. illus. f5.95. Illusion in Nature and Art. R. L. Gregory and E. H. Gombrich, eds. Duckworth, London, 1973. ltttellectual Functioning in Adults. L. F. Jarvik, C. Eisdorfer and J. E. Blum. Springer, New York, TheJoysof Watercolor. H. Leech and E. Holmes. Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, 1973. 111 pp., Paul KIee Notebooks, Vol. 2: The Nature of Nature. J. Spiller, ed. Trans. H. Norden. Lund The Last Two Million Years. The Readers Digest Assoc., London, 1973. 488 pp., illus. The Life and Times of the New York School: American PaintinR in the Twentieth Century. D. Matisse on Art. J. D. Flam, Phaidon Press, London, 1973. 199 pp., illus. f4.25. The Meaning of Art. H. Read. Praeger, New York, 1972. 280 pp., illus. $2.95. Mind & Art: An Essay on the Varieties of Expression. G. Sircello. Princeton Univ. Press, A Modern Book of Esthetics: An Anthology. 4th ed. M. Rader. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New National Register of Internships and Experiential Education. C. Lewchuck, ed., assisted by R. A. Negative Dialectics. T. W. Adorno. Trans. E. B...