Archive for the 'bindings' Category
UNSEEN WILLIAM H. BRADLEY WORKS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• April 6, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in Bill Bradley, bindings, book art, graphic arts, graphic designers, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nieuwe Kunst, posters, rare books and special collections library, Uncategorized, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: Advertising art, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts movement, Ault and Wiborg Company, Chap-Book, Colombina, Commerial art, Inland Printer, Nicolae Harsanyi, Pantalone, Periodicals, printing ink companies, William H. Bradley (1868-1962), William Morris, Wolfsonian library installations
TWO EMPIRES, ONE PUBLISHER: TWO MONUMENTAL BOOKS IN THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• July 10, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in Austria, bindings, collectors, donations, gifts, library donors, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vienna, Vienna Secession, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Art Nouveau, Austrian Empire, Austrian history, book design, Central Europe, Devrin Weiss, elephant folios, Emperor Franz Joseph, German Empire, German history, Heinrich Lefler (1863-1919), Joh. Jos. Tautenhayn, Joseph Urban, Joseph Urban (1872-1933), Kaiser Wilhelm II, lining papers, Ludwig Huber, Max Herzig, Michael Hughes, Rudolf von Larish (1856-1934)
LET’S GO DUTCH: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DE VEEZE COLLECTION AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• October 7, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in Artists, bindings, colonialism, donations, Dutch Art Nouveau, exhibitions, Far East, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, museums, Nieuwe Kunst, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War I, WWI
Tags: Acculturation, Art Nouveau, Art Nouveau funiture and furnishings, assimilation, “going native”, Batik, book bindings, C. A. Lion Cachet (1864-1945), calendars, Chris Lebeau (1878-1945), Colonial administrators, colonialism, Colonies, De Stille Kracht, de Veeze Collection, Decorative arts, Director Walter van der Kamp, Dr. Marjan Groot, Dutch artists, Dutch Colonial Society, Dutch colonies, Dutch designers, Dutch East Indies, Gerrit Willem Disselhof (1866-1924), Gustaaf Frederik van de Wall Perné (1877-1911), Herman Teirlinck (1879-1967), hinges, Indonesia, Jan Theodoor Toorop (1858-1928), Jan Toroop (1858-1928), Java, L. W. R. Wenckebach (1860-1937), Louis Couperus (1863-1923), Max van Alphen, Miscegenation, NEA (National Endowment for the Arts), Nieuwe Kunst, Opium, Orientalism, PALMM (Publication of Archival Library & Museum Materials), Publishing House ephemera, The Hidden Force, The Netherlands, Theodoor Willem Nieuwenhuis (1866-1951), TV mini-series, Women designers
TITANIC EXPECTATIONS: A VISIT WITH WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY SUPPORTERS
• August 3, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in acquisitions, architects, architecture, bindings, collectors, cruise ships, Cunard Line, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, exhibitions, gifts, Hamburg-American Line, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, transatlantic voyages, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises, World War I, WWI
Tags: book lovers, books, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Ferries, Frederick and Patricia Supper Foundation (Palm Beach), Good Neighbor Fleet, James Cameron, James River (Virginia), Jean Dunand (1877-1942), La Chasse [The Hunt] bas relief, Long Island, Mauretania, menus, Moore-McCormack Lines, New England, Normandie (Steamship), ocean liner aficionados, private libraries, R.M.S. Lusitania, R.M.S. Titanic, S.S. Argentina, Southampton (Long Island), Steamboats, Thomas C. Ragan, Virginia, Williamsburg
A VERY WOLFSONIAN WORLD’S FAIR
• April 16, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in acquisitions, American architects, architects, architecture, bindings, collectors, displays, donations, exhibitions, FIU, FIU School of Architecture, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, George B. Post (firm), gifts, library donors, memorabilia, Midways, Mitchell Wolfson, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Norman Bel Geddes, postcards, posters, promotional materials, student curators, Student exhibit, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: A Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago: 1933-1934), accordion-style book bindings, Amparo Baquerizas, Anika Batista, Anthony Quintana, Art, Chris Ingalls, Clara Palacio-de Luca, Danilo A. Mantilla, Exhibition buildings, Expositions, FIU School of Architecture Professor Elysse Newman, Francis Xavier Luca, Futurama, George B. Post (architectural firm), Inez Barlatier, International exhibitions, Jessica Martin, Katie Acosta, Lea Nickless, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Miami Dade College, miniature books, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Sudy Centre, New World School of the Arts Gallery, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), New York World’s Fair (1939), Nicolae Harsanyi, Paintings, pavilions, Perisphere, President George Washington, Rebecca Flor, student-curated exhibits, Tony Sarg (1880-1942), Trylon, Veronika Lugo, World of Tomorrow, World's Columbian Exposition, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
SCHOLARS MEET WITH WOLFSONIAN SUPPORTER TO DISCUSS ACADEMIC AND EXHIBITION PROJECTS TAPPING THE JEAN S. AND FREDERIC A. SHARF COLLECTION
• March 6, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in automobile design, automotive design drawings, bindings, Boers, book art, British Army, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonial tourism, colonialism, curator, David Almeida, Digital Library Specialist, displays, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Ethiopia, exhibitions, Far East, fashion, fashion for women, FIU, Florida International University, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, History Department, Japan, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Manchuria, Medicine, Modesto Maidique campus, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), museums, Orientalism, Photograph albums, photography, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Russo-Japanese War, South African War, Spanish-American War, Styled for the Road (Exhibition), The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Theodore Pietsch, Theodore W. Pietsch, Utility scheme garments, VIP vistors, war propaganda, wartime Britain, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1938-1951 (exhibition); Beauty as Duty: Textiles and the Home Front in WWII Britain (exhibition), Abyssinia, Academic Programs Manager Peter Clericuzio, Assistant Professor of Chinese Art History Lidu Yi, Assistant Professor of History Elizabeth Heath, Boer War (1899-1902), Boxer Rebellion (1898-1901), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston), British Empire, Curator Jon Mogul, Dr. Francis Xavier Luca, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Ethiopia, Flagler Museum (Palm Beach), Frederic A. Sharf, Frost Museum (Florida International University), Frost Museum Teaching Gallery, Keep Calm and Carry On: World War II and the British Home Front, Library Assistant Michel Potop, Libya, Metropole/Colony: Africa and Italy (exhibit), Museum of Fine Art (Boston), Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach), Philip K. Hu, Professor David Rifkind, Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Sharf Associate Librarian Rochelle Pienn, Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), St. Louis Art Museum, T. W. Pietsch
VISITORS TO THE WOLFSONIAN DURING ART BASEL
• December 14, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, airplanes, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, automobile design, bindings, book art, cars, children's books, Children's propaganda books, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonial tourism, colonialism, Constructivism, cruise ships, Cuba, displays, donations, El Lissitzky, Ethiopia, exhibitions, Frederic A. Sharf, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Lissitzky, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, Photograph albums, photography, political art, portfolios, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Steve Heller, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Theodore Pietsch, Theodore W. Pietsch, trains, war propaganda, Wiener Werkstatte, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: 20th Century Limited (train), Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Advertisements, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), Around the world cruises, Art Basel, Art Deco, Art deco book bindings, Art Nouveau, Austrian Secession, automobiles, Axis, Batik, book bindings, Bruno Munari (1907-1998), caricatures, Children's propaganda books, Contempo, De Stille Kracht, Depero Futurista, Display cards, Dlia Golosa, Dutch East Indies, Dutch Nieuwe Kunst, Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954), El Lissitzky (1890-1941), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), Flying Clipper, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Frederic A. Sharf, Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946), indigenous peoples, Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), Jeffrey Flemings, John Vassos (1898-1985), L'Inflation Sentimentale, Leonard A. Lauder, manufacturers' catalogs, Martijn F. Lecoultre, Nazis, ocean liners, Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Orion (Steamship), Pamela K. Harer, Peggy Loar, photograph albums, playing cards, pochoir prints, portfolios, postcards, Promotional materials, Richard P. Schick, Samples, Seguy, Sheet music covers, Steve Heller, Textile designs, Theodore (Ted) W. Pietsch III, Thomas C. Ragan, Ultimo, Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Wiener Werkstatte
