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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. -
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BLOG ARCHIVE
- An Antiphonary Printed in 1612 at the Certosa of Pavia, Italy, by a “Visitor” From Chercq, Belgium
- Chronicling Disaster in Mid-19th century Japan
- Catherine Perrot: An Early Treatise on Miniature Painting
- Before Ruscha?: All the Buildings on Amsterdam’s Canal Streets…ca. 1768
- Art Between the Wars: “Seikigun” and Experiments in ‘Synthetic Art’
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Tag Archives: Italian art
An Antiphonary Printed in 1612 at the Certosa of Pavia, Italy, by a “Visitor” From Chercq, Belgium
Antiphonarii Ordinis Cartusiensis ad exemplar Maioris Cart. Castigati Pars Hyemalis et Pars Aestiva. This monumental, 2-volume Antiphonary, a recent acquisition by Marquand Library, was published between 1611-1612 in the Certosa of Pavia, near Milan, for the use of the Carthusian … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th century, 16th century, 17th century, Antiphonary, Carthusians, Certosa of Pavia, Chercq, Italian art, printed books, Printers
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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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