Books Received

ART IN OUTER SPACE VHS videotape, 28 min., produced and directed by Katherine Boyce, 708 Earlham St., Pasadena, CA 91101, U.S.A. This video documents the work of eight Southern California artists who use new technology to produce art. In this imaginative project, the artist's works were displayed in seven public waiting areas in the Los Angeles area (laundromats, hospital waiting rooms, etc.). At the end of the project , people in the waiting rooms were interviewed about their reactions to the artwork. Four of the artists featured include Daniel Martinez (multiplex holography), Shiela Pinkel (x-ray zone radiography), Deborah Coleman (computer animation) and UlyssesJenkins (computer animation ). THE LIFE AND WORK OF LEONARDO DA VINCI VHS videotape, 54 min., produced by John Halas. The Great Masters Ltd., 3-7 Kean St., London WC2, United Kingdom. This documentary, produced for teleBOOKS RECEIVED vision byJohn Halas, describes the life and achievements of Leonardo da Vinci. The videotape gives an excellent overview of Leonardo's work in art, science and technology at a level that makes it suitable for use in schools. The documentary mixes photoanimation, photographs of Leonardo's paintings and manuscripts , and computer graphics. The use of computer graphics is particularly elegant and supports the flow of visual information. Art and Archaeology TedmicalAbstracts, Vol. 25, No.2 (1988)/Volume 26, No.1 (1989) Getty Conservation Institute (in association with the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works), 4503 Glencoe Avenue, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, U.S.A., 1988.641 pp. Paper, $15.00. ISSN: 0004-2994. The Am & Technology H:A Sympo8ium, Proceedings 2-5 Feb· nuzryI989 Noel Zahler. Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320, U.S.A. ArtiJiciaI Life-The Proceedings f(an Interdisciplinary Wtrishopon the Synthesis and Simulation f(LivingSystems, September ,I987 Christopher G. Langton, ed. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Redwood City, CA, U.S.A., 1989. Paper, trade. ISBN: 0-201-09356-1; ISBN: 0-201-09346-4. The Art f( Work. An Epitaph to SkiD. Roger Coleman. Pluto Press, 11-21 Northdown Street, London NI9BN, U.K., 1988. 182 pp. Trade, $34.95. ISBN: 0-7453-0168-1. Carlo Scarpa: An:hitmure in Details Bianca Albertini and Sandro Bagnoli. Donald Mills, trans. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1989.230 pp., illus. Trade, $50.00. ISBN: 0-262-01107-7. Developing Theories f(Mind. Janet W. Astington, Paul L. Harris and David R. Olson, eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1988. Trade, £27.50. ISBN: 0-521-35411-0. EastAfrican Mammals. An Atlas f(Evolution in Africa-Large Mammals, Vol. IIIB Jonathan Kingdon. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago , IL, U.S.A., 1989.436 pp., illus. Paper, $37.50. ISBN; 0-226-43722-1. The EncycIoJHudia f(the Musical Film Stanley Green, ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1988.344 pp. Paper, £9.95. ISBN: 0-19-505421-0. Estetica ed Etologia Franco Nicolino. Edisud Editrice, via L. Cassese, 26-84100 Salerno, Italy, 1988. Paper. Esthetics Contemporary, Rev. Ed. Richard Kostelanetz, ed. Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A., 1989.470 pp. Trade, $29.95. ISBN: 0-87975-536-9. Extreme Measures Michael Winkler. Printed Matter, Inc., 7 Lispenard Street, New York, NY10013, U.S.A., 1988.64 pp., illus. Paper, $10.00. Fragmentsfor a History f(the Human Body Michel Feher, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1989.3 vols, 1500 pp., illus, Paper, $19.95 (each volume). ISBN: 0-942299-23-X; ISBN: 0-942299-24-8; ISBN: 0-942299-28-0. The History f(Surrealism Maurice Nadeau. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1989.351 pp. Paper, $14.95. ISBN: 0-674-40345-2. Kunst der dritten Dimension-Holographie, Laserlidat, EleIr.tronik , exh. cat. Neckarwerke Elektrizitiitsversorgungs-AG, Esslingen am Neckar, Federal Republic of Germany, 1988.32 pp., illus. Paper. Information Science, Creative Work, Recursion A. V. Anisimov. Publishing House 'Naukova Dumka', Kiev, USSR, 1988. 223 pp. Interaction-Light, Sound, Motion, exh. cat. Ellen M. O'Donnell. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, cr, U.S.A., 1988. 18 pp., illus, Paper. An Introduction to Quwtic Dynamical Systems, 2nd Ed. Robert L. Devaney. 352 pp., illus. Trade, $41.95. ISBN: 1-201-13046...