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Commonthought, (Fall 2009), Commonthought Staff
Commonthought, (Fall 2009), Commonthought Staff
Commonthought
This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.
Commonthought, Vol 20 (Spring 2009), Commonthought Staff
Commonthought, Vol 20 (Spring 2009), Commonthought Staff
Commonthought
This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.
Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Printmaking
xv, 368 p. : col. ill., plans. "In association with the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Yale Center for British Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. ""This publication accompanies the exhibition Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill organized by the Lewis Walpole Library, the Yale Center for British Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum""--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index." Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.
The Brilliant Line, Emily Peters, Evelyn Lincoln, Andrew S. Raftery
The Brilliant Line, Emily Peters, Evelyn Lincoln, Andrew S. Raftery
Books
Renaissance engravings are objects of exquisite beauty and incomparable intricacy that are composed entirely of lines. Artists began using this intaglio process in Europe as early as 1430. This captivating catalogue focuses on the height of the medium, from 1480 to 1650, when engravers made dramatic and rapid visual changes to engraving technique as they responded to the demands of reproducing artworks in other media. The Brilliant Line follows these visual transformations and offers new insight into the special inventiveness and technical virtuosity of Renaissance and Baroque (Early Modern) engravers. The three essays discuss how engraving’s restrictive materials and the …