{"id":8038,"date":"2011-09-01T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=8038"},"modified":"2017-05-05T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:08:56","slug":"summer-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2011\/09\/01\/summer-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8039\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/13006\/reader-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8039\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8039 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/08\/Reader-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reader #3 by Darren Thompson on Zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nothing says summer like relaxing outdoors with a good book. There&#8217;s a great tradition of painters doing portraits of people reading. It makes a great subject at any time of year. But why just look, why not be that person?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8040\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/2459\/woman-reading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8040\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8040 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/08\/Woman-Reading.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woman Reading by Peter Worsley on Zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just because autumn is around the corner doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s too late to do a little summer reading. And summer reading doesn&#8217;t always have to mean a novel or celebrity tell-all. A recent look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html\/ref=br_lf_m_1000698051_grlink_2?ie=UTF8&amp;plgroup=2&amp;docId=1000698051\">Amazon&#8217;s Best Picks for 2011 So Far<\/a> in the category of art &amp; architecture reveals quite a variety of appealing choices. Here are just a few:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8041\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alexander-McQueen-Savage-Beauty-Metropolitan\/dp\/0300169787\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1314653521&amp;sr=8-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8041\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8041 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/08\/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-book.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty-book-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Bolton: Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty on Amazon.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong> Alexander McQueen: \u00a0Savage Beauty<\/strong> by Andrew Bolton (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011). <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.metmuseum.org\/alexandermcqueen\/about\/\">The McQueen exhibit<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/\">Met<\/a> was one of this summer\u2019s blockbuster art events. If you missed it, or just want to relive the drama, check out this book which includes interviews, quotes and an overview of the sadly brief life and career of this fashion rebel who was an artist in his own right. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8047\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/California-Light-Century-Landscapes-Paintings\/dp\/0847836258\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8047\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8047   \" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/08\/california-light1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/california-light1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/california-light1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/span><p id=\"caption-attachment-8047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean Stern and Molly Siple: California Light: A Century of Landscapes:Paintings of the California Art Club on Amazon.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong> California Light: A Century of Landscapes: Paintings of the California Art Club<\/strong> by Jean Stern and Molly Siple (Rizzoli, 2011). This book celebrates\u00a0 a century of the works and activities of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_Art_Club\">California Art Club<\/a>, a society dedicated to capturing the landscapes of California following the tradition of plein air painting. With 200 paintings by 150 artists, a real visual treat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8050\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Linda-McCartney-Photographs-Annie-Leibovitz\/dp\/3836527286\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1314654911&amp;sr=1-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8050\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8050  \" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/08\/linda-mccartney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie Liebovitz: Linda McCartney Life in Photographs on Amazon.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs<\/strong> by Annie Leibovitz (Taschen, 2011). This retrospective of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linda_McCartney\">Linda McCartney<\/a>\u2019s life and work includes both family and celebrity photos taken throughout her long career and is both a nostalgic trip through rock n roll history and a gentle reminder that she was a lot more than the wife of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeatles.com\/\">Beatle<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8055\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/12421\/the-readers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8055\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Readers-400x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/Readers-400x338.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/08\/Readers.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Readers by Julie Wende on Zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Perhaps that gives you a bit of inspiration on art, books, or both. Enjoy the rest of your summer and summer\u2019s best art books!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Brian Sylvester is a guest blogger on WallSpin, and an artist on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/store\/index\/Brian-Sylvester\">Zatista<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just because autumn is around the corner doesn&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s too late to do a little summer reading. A recent look at best picks for art &#038; architecture books reveals quite a variety of appealing choices. 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