Italian Ethiopia at The Wolfsonian Library
• August 6, 2019 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, colonial propaganda, colonialism, donations, Ethiopia, Fascism, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gender, gifts, Great Britain, Italy, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, passenger ships, Photograph albums, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Abissinia, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Akbaba (magazine), anthropology, anti-imperialism, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), Ascari troops, atrocities, Aurelio Bertiglia, Autarky, Battle of Adwa, Benito Mussolini, Black Venus, British Somaliland, calendars, caricatures, collecting cards, Compagnia Italiana Liebig (Milano), Daniel Morris, East Africa, Enrico Cerulli, Eritrea, fans, fasces, gallows, General Baratieri, Haile Selassie, Harry Gannes, Historical Design, History Revealed, Il Travaso delle Idee, Italo-Ethiopian War (1895-1896), Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), James De Lorenzi, James W. Ford, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, League of Nations, Maps, March on Rome (1922), Marshal Graziani, Menelik II, military conquest, Ministero Africa Italiana, National Fascist Party (PNF), Nero, North African migrants, Orientalism, Orientalists, poison gas, postcards, Red Cross, road-building, school notebooks, sexual conquest, Sheet music covers, slavery, Tanks, Vulcania (steamship)
Out From The Shadows: Pulp Periodicals And Paperbacks
• May 10, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, Anti-Nazi propaganda, colonial propaganda, donations, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Japanese Empire, library donors, Middle East, museums, Orientalism, rape imagery, rare books and special collections library, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1939-1945), World War II
Tags: “true crime” stories, detectives, Erica Melamed, femme fatales, Film noir, G-men, gangsters, In the Shadows: American Pulp Cover Art (Wolfsonian library installation), Japanese militarists, Joseph Perez, kidnappers, Mauriel Fernandez, men's literature, Middle Easterns, murder, Nazis, North Africans, Orientalism, paperbacks, Police, pre-code Hollywood, Prostitutes, pulp magazines, Receptions, romance, sex, sexualization of women, Tiffany Breslawski, violence
A TRIP BACK IN TIME TO THE GILDED AGE AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• April 5, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in architecture, displays, exhibitions, fashion, fashion for women, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World's fairs
Tags: "white city", 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900, 3-D, A Bird in a Gilded Cage (song), Advertising cards, Arthur J. Lamb (1870-1928), B. T. Babbitt Soap Powder, California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco), Centennial International Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia), Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900), Chief Simon Pokagon, Children in advertising, Columbia's Courtship, commercial advertising, commercial art, Diamond Dyes, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, Eiffel Tower, Exhibition buildings, Expositions, Francis Xavier Luca, George B. Post (architectural firm), George Washington Gale Ferris, Gilded Age, Heinz, Heinz Ocean Pier (Atlantic City NJ), Henry Von Tilzer (1872-1946), International exhibitions, Jr. (1859–1896), Kate Greenaway Collection, Kate Greenaway Collection (Wolfsonian-FIU library), Krupp, Machinery Hall, Mad Men, Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building, Mark Twain (1835-1910), Midways, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., North American Indians in art, Orientalism, pavilions, Penobscot Indians, Red Man's Greeting, Singer sewing machines, Soap boxes, Statues, stereographs, The Gilded Age (1873), VIP visitors, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Walter Crane (1845-1915), World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
LET’S GO DUTCH: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DE VEEZE COLLECTION AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• October 7, 2013 • 6 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
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