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PRESENTATIONS BY FOUR FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENTS

• April 28, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in Dennis Wiedman, ethnohistorical methods, ethnohistory, Fascism, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, propaganda arts, racism
Tags: Advertisements, African-Americans, Catholic Action, Ethiopia, Italian colonies, Libya, North Africa, stereotypes, Sweepers, Vacuums

BOOK BINDINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN VASSOS

• April 23, 2011 • 3 Comments

Posted in bindings, book art, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: American artists, Art Deco, Art Moderne, Bernadine Heller-Greenman, commericial artists, illustrated books, John Vassos (1898-1985)

A NOTE FROM THE WOLFSONIAN’S DIGITAL LIBRARY SPECIALIST

• April 22, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Digital Library Specialist, displays, exhibitions
Tags: curators, David Almeida, library exhibits, Matthew Abess, poetry, Rewriting the World

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS ON AMERICAN ILLUSTRATORS

• April 20, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Children's propaganda books, donations, FIU students, Florida International University students, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, Pamela K. Harer
Tags: American artists, Bernadine Heller-Greenman, Canterbury Tales, Elinor J. Brecher, Henry C. Pitz (1895-1976), Ideal Gladstone, illustrators, Inez Hogan (1895-1973), Leo Brecher, Monro Leaf (1905-1976), Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), William H. Bradley (1868-1962)

SOME CUBAN TREASURES–ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE “BAY OF PIGS” CALAMITY

• April 15, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Cuba, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection
Tags: Bay of Pigs invasion, Bohemia, Carteles, Conrado W. Massaguer, Fidel Castro, Social, tourism, tourist trade, U.S.-Cuba travel

FUTURES PAST: DR. HARSANYI DESCRIBES SOME OF OUR FUTURIST HOLDINGS

• April 13, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Futurism, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., VIP vistors, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection
Tags: Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Italian futurists, Tato (1896-1974), Tullio d'Albisola

ART AND PROPAGANDA

• April 1, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), persuasive arts, political art, postcards, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: caricatures, Cartoonists, CPUSA, Dance of Death, Dante Coscia (1912-?), Fascist artists, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, G. A. Stevens, Gino Boccasile (1901-1952), Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956), Mother Goose, Professor Paula Harper, University of Miami students, war refugees