The Library of Congress announced the availability of slides from the Eames Collection that document the work and interests of Charles and Ray Eames and projects undertaken by the Office of Charles and Ray Eames. The slides feature graphic design projects, architecture, furniture, exhibitions, publications, films, family, friends, travels, office staff and professional colleagues, as…
This month the Rijksmuseum is launching its massive restoration of Rembrandt’s Night Watch. The team is posting regular videos and offering live chats with conservators, among other content-sharing of the complex work involved. The research phase begins today (July 5). More coverage in the Guardian. Among the rich offerings on the website is the section…
This year, the IRC DIL lecture series has focused on Mapping, culminating in a hands-on map-making workshop. However, sometimes we’re looking for historical maps and ways to work with them. A magnificent resource for the study and research about and with historical atlases and maps is David Rumsey’s Map Collection. At his last count, there…
Renaissance Polychrome Sculpture in Tuscany is an online open-access database of photographs of and information about over 350 objects, produced by Una D’Elia, Heather Merla, and Rachel Boyd. High-resolution photographs are freely available for research, teaching, and publication. Clicking on “show full item record” reveals further information and bibliography. The database also includes an integrated…
The first 1,000 of Britain’s 150,000 publicly-owned sculptures have been published this week thanks to a project organized by Art UK. These works are global in nature and range in date from c. 1000 CE to modern times. The project includes photographing works that have yet to be been properly documented and the remaining works…
The painting below, “The Republican Club” by Andy Thomas, hangs in the White House, in the Oval Office in fact. It depicts several living and dead Republican presidents. This article in the Guardian breaks down each individual portrait very nicely. Discuss! Points for identification of the fellow in the background on the right.