The Red Dot is an informational and ongoing list about visual and material news and resources, aimed at the University of California, Santa Barbara community, but open to all.
In case you don’t get the reference, it’s the little red dot in the corners of our legacy 35mm slides that helps you with orientation. And that’s what we’re here for – orientation, information, hot tips, and more. We’ll be posting regularly on Digital Humanities – and specifically Digital Art and Architectural History, new image and data resources, copyright, and events of interest.
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Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz online exhibitions
The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz announced a new online exhibition on The Cloister of Monreale. The exhibition offers general views of the cloister but it’s the extensive details of the capitals that make it worth seeing. Clicking on each detail opens a bit bigger image, but to get an even better view, follow the “full-size”… Read more
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New Acropolis Museum opens
After years of planning, and decades of debate, The New Acropolis Museum opened its doors on Saturday. The concrete and glass museum, designed by Bernard Tschumi, stands near the foot of the Acropolis and offers a view of the Parthenon — a visual argument by the Greek government that the Parthenon sculptures (previously known as… Read more
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Rubens etching found in Rome
A Peter Paul Rubens etching lost to scholars for over 170 years has been rediscovered in Rome. The work was based on Leonardo’s Last Supper and is believed to be one of the few etchings made by the artist himself. via ansa.it [Note: link now restricts access] Read more
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Long Beach Museum of Art forced to sell art?
The LA Times reported last Friday that the Long Beach Museum of Art appears to be in dire financial straits due to a $3-million bond debt due to the city in September. The city is threatening a takeover of the museum and to sell works of art to cover the debt. To address this issue,… Read more
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ARTstor release and collection announcements
It seems ARTstor has been very busy lately. Two agreements have been reached with the following organizations: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC): to release “hundreds” of images covering colonial, modern, and contemporary Latin American art (no specific number at this time) The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: to share over 600 images of… Read more
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Kodak stops making Kodachrome film
Eastman Kodak’s Blog 1000words posted an announcement today that they will “retire” Kodachrome slide film. Additional information can be found here. For those who love slide photography, or are old enough to have memories of family vacation slide shows (embarrassing or otherwise), this is a sad end of an era. To put a bit of… Read more