Autumn 2004 Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay A Conversation with the Artist, by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett
An author and artist who has helped us to understand the working and origins of everything from simple gadgets to elaborate architectural structures, David Macaulay has an extraordinary gift for conveying complex concepts for the printed page within a social and historical context.
Norman Rockwell, Year by Year: 1968, by Linda Szekely Pero
The first day of the New Year began as it usually did for Norman Rockwell. He spent it in his studio hard at work on his latest painting. He did not make a New Year’s resolution as he had the prior January 1, when he wrote, “Resolution – take no job I do not want to paint.” Nor did he renew this earlier vow, which might have saved him some angst before