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Every Thursday, ArtoftheDay weekly reviews an art book recently published in French. All subjects are covered, whether it is primitive arts or design or even the most contemporary works.

The books we present are not necessarily best sellers or beautiful coffee table objects. Our critics may sometimes be scathing in their comments and if need be will point out any flaw or deficiency. But they only review works which by their originality, novelty and seriousness deserve your attention. Of course this small list is far from being exhaustive.

We do not sell books… In fact, some of the ones we mention are already out of print and only available in second hand copies. But if one of these books should tempt you, we provide whenever possible, a link to an online bookshop that has indicated they can supply it, new or second hand.

And if you are loooking for other art books, go to our Art Shop, where our partners offer every French language art book, new or second hand, presently available.

Here are the books reviewed for you during the last weeks

	Jacqueline Lamba, peintre rebelle, muse de l’amour fou Alba Romano Pace She was one of André Breton’s three wives, maybe the one that counted the most in his intellectual itinerary, and the mother of his daughter Aube. Jacqueline Lamba, who died in 1993 at the age of 83, had a chequered itinerary as befits a woman in her position. She lost her father in a car accident in Cairo, then her mother when she was still a teenager, and she made [...] Read
	Art+Science Stephen Wilson If we are to believe this essay, we would affirm that art and science are linked. Under the following chapters - «Living Systems», «Human Biology», «Robotics», «Algorithms», and others, it shows how artistic creation closely follows scientific progress. And vice versa. From Kira O’Reilly, who took samples of her own blood by using glass balls, to Garnet Hertz, [...] Read
	DESIGN 1000 nouveaux designs écologiques et où les trouver Rebecca Proctor If one were to sum up the creed of «ecologic» design, we could say it consists in creating beauty and being practical while protecting the environment. To use recycled materials, select wood from renewable plantations, to favor water and energy-saving technologies … There are as many approaches as objects resulting from this research. This book presents a very [...] Read
	HISTORY OF ART L’art abstrait Laure-Caroline Semmer The key word for abstract movements is to shy away from the cult of resemblance. But, from Cubism to Op’Art, they cover realities that greatly differ from one another. This little manual can be used as a support in face of the abundant production that has surpassed Figurative art over the last century. Numerous «isms» appear in this setting– Dadaism, Neo-Plasticism, [...] Read