‘Missing’ Images for Catalogs and Finding Aids Written by Alice West This post is the sixth in a series about the Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection written by the project’s staff in the Digital Images and Slides Collections of the Fine Arts Library. Previously, we talked about an important subset…
András Riedlmayer puts this war crime on the map
“… if you really want to make a librarian mad, burn down a library.” András Riedlmayer, Bibliographer in Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard’s Fine Arts Library, made this comment when asked why he undertook his project to collect, preserve and publicize evidence of the destruction of cultural heritage in the Balkan wars of the…
Announcement: Explore our Stuart Cary Welch Islamic & South Asian Photograph Collection!
You’re invited to share in a project with us here at the Harvard Fine Arts Library: a digital humanities game using images of Islamic and South Asian art, with the chance to win an art publication of your choice, worth up to $150 USD! For more information about The Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection, see…
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection – Pt. 3
This post is the third in a series about the Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection written by the project’s staff and student catalogers in the Digital Images and Slides Collections of the Fine Arts Library. Written by Logan Heiman The Stuart Cary Welch South Asian Photograph Collection is a collection…
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection – Pt. 2
Written by Bronwen Gulkis This post is the second in a series about the Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection written by the project’s staff and student catalogers in the Digital Images and Slides Collections of the Fine Arts Library. Before the widespread availability of high-quality digital images, patrons at the Fine…
Salted Paper Prints from Special Collections
Here you see the wide range in tonality and richness in colors. Indeed, monochrome can be very colorful. We are so glad that many of these salt prints have remained in good condition, such that the facial expressions and details of clothing and accessories for each sitter are still astonishingly clear. In collaboration with the…
Salted Paper Prints Symposium
Salted Paper Prints: Process and Purpose A Collaborative Workshop in Photograph Conservation In collaboration with the Foundation for the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Harvard Art Museums, and Houghton Library, Harvard Weissman Preservation Center (WPC) is hosting a symposium on salted paper prints on September 14th and 15th. Registered participants will be able to attend a special…
Lucy in the Sky
Book artist Peter Malutzki became interested with “selfies” and especially the way young women posed themselves for display on the Internet. He reused images found online to create a book about fantasy and self-representation, Lucy in the Sky; Big Brother is Watching You. Superimposed are the words from the Beatles’ song, Lucy in the Sky,…
Take a Trip Around America… at the Harvard Fine Arts Library
A grey, Boston winter is soon upon us, we could all use a sunny postcard or two to brighten the day. Luckily, the Harvard Fine Arts Library has an enormous postcard collection ready for your viewing pleasure. This collection mainly created in the early 20th century focuses on landscapes, architecture, and historical buildings and sculptures,…
Sporting Portraits Collection
Nicknames and Stylish Hair: all a day in the life of a bare-knuckle boxer. Take a moment to explore images from the Sporting Portraits collection. This collection contains over 350 photographs, prints, broadsides, clippings, and hand-drawn illustrations from the mid-18th to the 20th centuries. These portraits captured the likeness of more than 100 American, British, and Irish…