Princeton’s Index of Christian Art, along with the university’s Visual Resources Collection, Department of Art & Archaeology, hosts an annual conference that addresses “high level current methodologies” and offers case studies of public digital archives. These lectures are now available in electronic (pdf) copies and explore topics such as new ways of teaching with images…
Professor Barbara Flueckiger, Institute of Cinema Studies, University of Zurich, has created a database that traces the development of photographic and cinematic use of color. The database, based on her project Film History Re-mastered, provides descriptions, bibliographies and/or illustrations for each chromatic technology (choose “Show detailed information →” to access detail pages). It is worth…
We’ve periodically added links to fun things one can make with old slides, e.g. lampshades or curtains. Here’s something else in the crafty home decor department: mirror frames using painted slide carousels. The Red Dot gang can’t wait to get out the spray paint!
Well we knew this day would come, but it still doesn’t make it easy. Today, June 12, is the IRC’s last day behind the lovely red doors. The retrofit of the Arts building is complete so we must gather up our belongings and move back. Our stay at Ellison Hall has been wonderful and we’re…
Well, not “mistaken for,” exactly. But a Michael Graves-designed kettle on a JC Penney billboard in Los Angeles bore enough of a resemblance to Hitler (if you squinted) that it suddenly became a hot item and sold out. People are so weird…. And just like that, the listing on JC Penney’s website is gone, as…
No, not a new young adult book, but real life tales from the world of conservation! Conservators at the Museum of Modern Art in NY have been conducting a 10-month examination and restoration of Jackson Pollock’s One: Number 31, 1950 and have made some interesting discoveries. It appears that not all of the paint was…