The second workshop offered through the IRC will take place on Friday, November 2, 3-4pm in Ellison 1811. The topic is “Maximizing Online Image Resources & New Image Technology”, led by Jackie Spafford. All are welcome. This workshop will cover overviews of: image size and resolution, and best downloading protocol ARTstor’s growing collection and its…
A real estate agent with a sharp eye has saved a treasure trove of maps from a Los Angeles home set for demolition. As reported in the LA Times today, the agent was tasked with clearing out the house so it could be torn down, and came upon thousand and thousands of maps. The occupant,…
There is an item in the New York Times today about how infrared photography revealed a portrait of a man with a mustache painted on the canvas before Picasso painted Woman Ironing. The painting was recently cleaned and the ghost portrait is quite clear. And the NYT employs some nifty technology to illustrate it: Rotate the…
Now that Fall quarter is underway, we at the IRC would like to welcome back faculty, and new and returning graduate students. We are offering a series of instructional workshops this quarter, and in future quarters we will repeat some and offer others. The first workshop will be on Friday, October 19, 3-4pm in Ellison…
It’s that time of year again to mark your calendars for the Annual Los Angeles Art Show, which will be held January 23-27, 2013 in the South Hall of the LA Convention Center. This year is even more comprehensive, with four distinct “fairs-within-a-fair” (last year there were three): Modern & Contemporary, Historic & Traditional, Vintage…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made nearly 650 titles published from 1964 to the present available online, which “offers unparalleled in-depth access to the Museum’s renowned print and online publications, covering art, art history, archaeology, conservation, and collecting.” This will be is a huge boost for researchers, who can browse sections dedicated to the…