Gender, Race & Ethnicity in Turkish Caricature
• July 1, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, anti-Semitism, antisemitism, architecture, collectors, colonialism, donations, Ethiopia, Fascism, fashion, fashion for women, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, Italy, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, propaganda, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda
Tags: Akbaba (magazine), Arabs, Arkitekt (periodical), Armenian massacres, burqas, caricature, cheesecake, clothing and dress, Dr. Onursal Erol, Ethiopians, ethnic cleansing, ethnicity, expulsion, Fascism, fashion, gender issues, globes, indigenous peoples, Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), Jews, Karikatur (magazine), legs, magazine cover art, Mimar (periodical), modernization, Mustafa Kemel Ataturk (?-1938), nationalism, Nazism, Ottoman Empire, pogroms, race, racial stereotypes, Republic of Turkey, secularization, stereotypes, sunbathing, tanks (military science), tanning, The Republic (Turkish newspaper), Turkification, war, Wolfsonian fellows, women's fashion, Women's rights
Winter Visits and Gift Acknowledgements
• January 29, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, acquisitions, African American History, American war propaganda, Art Basel, Art Deco, Artists, book art, cataloging, collectors, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, El Lissitzky, exhibitions, fashion for women, First World War (1914-1918), FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Florida International University students, France, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, fur, gifts, graphic designers, History Department, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Latin American and Caribbean Center, library donors, Lissitzky, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, photography, pochoirs, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, preservation, prohibition, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, veterans, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: "Mr. Babalú", 1920s, African American performers, Alain Locke, Alexander Archipenko, American Seduction, Art Deco design, Art Deco Weekend (2019), Barron Collier, bowling, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Gilpin, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, cocktail shakers, cocktail stirrers, Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, dance in art, Daniel Morris, devils, dry laws, Eduardo García Benito, fashion, fur, fur garments, Harlem Renaissance, Historical Design, Into the Stacks, Jazz, Jean S. Sharf, Josephine Baker, Leonard Finger, Lisa Green, Louis Miano, Miami Dade public schools, Miguelito Valdés, Modern art, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), Nathaniel Sandler, National Endowment for the Humanities Dialogue on the Experience of War, New Negro, Paris (France), Paul Colins, Paul Poiret, Paul Robeson, pillowcases, pochoir prints, Preservation boxes, Prohibition (1919-1933), Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (Wolfsonian exhibition), race, recruiting posters, Satan, shotglasses, stencilwork, The Emperor Jones, Tropicana (Nightclub), U.S.-Cuba tourism, veterans, Vicki Gold Levi, vintage postcards, War and Healing program, Wit as Weapon: Satire and the Great War (Wolfsonian library installation), Zines
VIENNA’S ADRIATIC SUMMER: A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM RECENTLY ADDED TO THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• July 3, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in architecture, Austria, David Almeida, displays, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, fashion, fashion for women, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Photograph albums, photography, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vienna, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: albums, Austro-Hungarian Emperor Francis Joseph I (1830-1916), Austro-Hungarian Empire, Österreichische Adria-Ausstellung (1913 : Vienna), Bell-towers, Dalmatia, exhibitions, fashion, folk costumes, Ludwig III of Bavaria (1846-1921), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nicolae Harsanyi, ocean liners, photograph albums, Prater, restaurants, surrogate experiences, Theme parks, Venice, Victorian fashion, Vienna, water sports
DESIGN 4 FASHION: “OBJECTIFYING” FIU ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS
• January 29, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Design 4, FIU School of Architecture, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Wolfsonian
Tags: fashion, museum objects
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