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“Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang”: Bird Extinctions Around The World Since 1600, Jeffrey Kaimowitz

Watkinson Publications

Guide to Watkinson exhibition.

From Aquatint To Photogravure: Architectural Illustration In The 19th Century, Sally Dickinson

Watkinson Publications

"This exhibition marks the dedication of the newly renovated Watkinson Library public spaces in the Raether Library and Information Technology Center, Trinity College."

You're The Top: Illustrated Sheet Music Of American Popular Songs From World War I To The 1940s, Peter J. Knapp, Anne H. Knapp

Watkinson Publications

Guide to an exhibition held by Watkinson Library, 2006.

Image And Enlightenment: Illustrated Books From The Age Of Reason To The Romantic Era, Trinity College

Watkinson Publications

Guide to exhibit held by Watkinson Library, 2004.

This exhibition grew out of an art history class taught by Professor Alden Gordon entitled “The Sublime, the Picturesque and the Romantic,” which focused on 18th century art with special emphasis on the book arts and printing. Supported by a Mellon Foundation course development grant for information literacy, the class aimed at developing the students’ visual literacy as the ability to understand art images and objects in their broader cultural and intellectual context.

Students were asked to select an illustrated book from the Watkinson Library printed during the 18th or early 19th …

From A To Z: An Exhibition Of Abc Books Selected From The John O.C. Mccrillis Collection, Alesandra M. Schmidt

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Guide to an exhibit held by the Watkinson Library, 1998.

Land Of Enchantment: British Fantasy Illustration In The Golden Age, Kimberly C. Weatherford

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Guide for exhibition held by Watkinson Library, 1997.

The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Britain saw a proliferation of sumptuously illustrated books, incorporating fantasy in its many facets. The times were right, with the social and political climate favorable to fantastic and visionary literature and art. An expanding British empire was sparking fascination with the non-Western world, giving rise to illustrations of exotic, far-away lands. At the same time, increasing interest in revivalism (Gothic, Medieval, and Renaissance), exotism, and spiritualism found a natural outlet in fantastic themes. Fantasy was a form of escapism from an increasingly industrialized lifestyle …

Herbs To Orchids: Botanical Illustration In The Nineteenth Century, Alesandra M. Schmidt, Trudy B. Jacoby

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Guide to exhibition held by the Watkinson Library March through June 1996.