HALLOWEEN, WOLFSONIAN-STYLE: DR. CALIGARI, NOSFERATU, AND THE HORRORS OF THE “GREAT WAR”
• October 31, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in Florida International University, library donors, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Uncategorized, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, WWI
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THE POWER OF DESIGN: CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMPLAINTS AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU
• March 27, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Eric Gill, FDR, Federal One, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Britain, Great Depression, Harald Engman, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, WWI
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