June Online Resources for Art and Design

This is a summary of the most recent websites we have added to our del.ici.ous collection of bookmarks, organized by subject. Fine Arts ArtBabble The Auteurs Barlow Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronze and Jade Center for Contemporary Canadian Art Database Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource Architecture/ Design Access Ceramics Architecture of the Getty Center Fold School: Cardboard [...]

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Spotlight on Videos: American Film Treasures IV

This 2-DVD box set, entitled American Film Treasures IV: Avant-Garde, 1947-1986, was released by the National Film Preservation Foundation in early 2009. The set presents a truly eclectic collection of 26 experimental film titles by filmmakers as different from one another as Stan Brackhage, Bruce Baille, Jonas Mekas or Andy Warhol. It is the first [...]

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RDID Additions: Contemporary American Art

We have been cataloging and uploading into RDID, the RISD Digital Image Database, a  fantastic collection of images of artwork by contemporary American artists. The works all featured in an exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Art in London in 2006, and they are a really varied group of paintings, installations, sculptures and photographs. [...]

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