ARTstor announced today that it will be eliminating the need for Java for image downloading, effective “in the near future”. Instead, individual image downloads will come packaged in a zip file with the HTML text file. The full announcement is here. We will post an update on exactly when this will take effect, and provide…
The Atlantic has posted 20 photos, some of paintings in the Museum of Modern Art, NY, and some taken from the International Space Station by photographer Chris Hadfield. See if you can figure out which is which (the answers are at the bottom).
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,…
Finally! After much anticipation, the Getty Research Portal, developed by the Getty Research Institute, is available. It contains links to over 20,000 art history titles, from the Getty and eight other institutions, with plans to keep on growing. And, it’s endorsed by our own Prof. Ann Jensen Adams!
The second book to be launched in our department this month is Ernst L. Freud, Architect: The Case of the Modern Bourgeois Home, by Volker Welter, UCSB architectural historian. In addition to being a prolific architect, primarily domestic architecture, Freud was the son of Sigmund Freud. Congratulations, Prof. Welter!
British artist Richard Hamilton died Tuesday, 13 September 2011, at age 89. Considered a forerunner of Pop Art, Hamilton is best known for paintings and collages that addressed issues of popular culture and consumption. via Reuters