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First Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology c.1908 -
African American Art Today: Four Major Artists / an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Skunder Boghossian, Valente Malangatana, Twins Seven Seven, and Amir I.M. Nour. New York:, African-American Institute, 1974.
Author Archives: Nicola Shilliam
Catherine Perrot: An Early Treatise on Miniature Painting
The Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, created in 1648 during the Regency of Anne of Austria, shaped the teaching and regulation of the arts of painting and sculpture in France. During the 145 years of its existence, only … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, Catherine Perrot, French painting, women artists
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Before Ruscha?: All the Buildings on Amsterdam’s Canal Streets…ca. 1768
A recent purchase for Marquand Library, Verzaameling van alle de huizen en prachtige gebouwen gelangs de keizers en heere-grachten der stadt Amsterdam beginnende van den Binnen Amstel en eindigende aan de Brouwers-Gracht (Collection of all the beautiful buildings along the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, Berardus Mourik, Caspar Philips, Dutch Architecture 18th century, Ed Ruscha, Grachtenboek
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A Medieval Woman Artist and Musician at Work: The Gradual of Gisela von Kerssenbrock
Medieval illuminated manuscripts were produced collaboratively by groups of artists and craftspeople – including scribes, illuminators, pigment and parchment preparers, and book binders – whose identities were usually unrecorded. Though some of these manuscripts have been attributed, usually by stylistic … Continue reading
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Tagged Illuminated manuscripts, Medieval art
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It’s Not Too Late to Take a [Virtual] Vacation: Lovisa’s Il Gran Teatro di Venezia…[ca. 1720]
Although summer has (almost) officially ended, and many of us have returned to work, it’s always possible to take a virtual trip with one of Marquand’s rare topographical books, such as Il Gran Teatro di Venezia overro raccolta delle principali … Continue reading
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Samuel Fosso: In the Beginning
The work of Samuel Fosso, an acknowledged star of the contemporary art world, whose career spans five decades, was recently showcased in Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts, organized by the Princeton University Art Museum in collaboration with the Walther Collection and … Continue reading
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An Early Embroidery Pattern Book by a Female Professional Designer… and Greetings!
Kunst- und Fleiss-übende Nadel-Ergötzungen: oder neu-erfundenes Neh- und Stick-Buch [The Delights of the Art and Industry of the Practising Needle or the Newly-Invented Sewing and Embroidery Book], an early eighteenth-century German pattern book, was recently acquired by Marquand Library with … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, Embroidery designs, Margaretha Helmin
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Bringing Mannerist Art Theory to England: Lomazzo’s Trattato dell’arte della pittura… “Englished” by Richard Haydocke (1598)
When Richard Haydocke’s translation of Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo’s Trattato dell’arte della pittura… was published in 1598, England was regarded as a backwater of the European art world. Though the Tudor monarchs had begun to develop their patronage of artists to … Continue reading
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Tagged Albrecht Dürer, Art theory, English Art 16th century, Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, Italian Art 16th century, Mannerism, Printed books 16th century, Richard Haydocke, The Bodleian Library
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Jazz
The Magazine Jazz and French Colonialism in 1931 Jazz: L’Actualité intellectuelle (1928-1930?) was one of the new French photo journals (including Vu, Lu, and Voilà) of the Art Deco period that employed a multitude of avant-garde writers, illustrators, and photographers … Continue reading
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Tagged African Art, Art Deco, Colonial Exposition 1931, French Art, Photography 20th Century
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Francesca Caccini (1587-ca. 1640) and Tales of Powerful Women
Ferdinando Saracinelli, La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall’Isola d’Alcina. Balletto rapp.ta in musica al Ser.mo Ladislao Sigismondo principe di Polonia e di Suezia nella villa imp.le della serenss.ma arcid.ssa d’Austria gran duch.sa di Toscana… Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli (1625)https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99113265403506421 In Marquand’s rare … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, Festival book, Francesca Caccini, Italian architecture, Italian art, opera
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A Scrolling Facsimile of the Bayeux “Tapestry” in Marquand
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/99107157823506421 In 2020, the controversial “Brexit” finally severed a relatively new (less than fifty years) bond between Britain and Europe. Marquand Library recently acquired an unusual item that recorded a much earlier, even more tumultuous change in the relationship between … Continue reading
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Tagged Medieval art
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