Spotlight on Video: The Rape of Europa

The RISD library has recently acquired “The Rape of Europa,” a documentary film tracing the Nazi theft of art during World War Two, and the allied armies’ efforts to recover the stolen artworks. The film has been praised both for its rare archive footage, and for its narrative structure, which keeps viewers completely absorbed in [...]

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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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Historic Fashion files added to the Picture Collection

Five new image files have been added to the Picture Collection: Fashion Historic 1900-1919, 1920-1925, 1926-1929, and 1930′s. These five fabulous fashion files contain images of the beginnings of couture and the first fashion designers and their houses, such as: Charles Frederick Worth, Maison Redfern, Jeanne Paquin, Jeanne Lanvin, Elsa Schiaparelli, and others. These can [...]

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Launch of the World Digital Library

Today is the official launch of the World Digital Library, a joint project between the Library of Congress and UNESCO which creates an “easily-accessible collection of the world’s cultural riches that would tell the stories and highlight the achievements of all countries and cultures.” The library currently holds material in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, [...]

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