Welcome to the Fine Arts Library Blog. We have a new look now, but all of our previous posts are still here. It’s the same blog, but with a slightly different look. This year, we held our annual Open House at the Fine Arts Library on October 4th. The Open House gives us an opportunity…
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic & South Asian Photograph Collection – Part 6
‘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…
Late Ottomania in the Fine Arts Library’s Binney Collection
Written by Gavin Moulton (Class of 2020) As a student assistant in the Fine Arts Library, I spent the Spring semester diving into the prints of the library’s recently acquired Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Orientalist Prints. This collection is an unparalleled resource for the study of Western and Central European perceptions of the Ottoman…
Coloring Book from the Welch Collection
By popular demand, and to brighten your quarantines, the Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection has come out with a coloring book! These images are all from this fantastic open-access collection, and we hope you’ll have fun with it. Feel free to use the links in the coloring book to see the…
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic & South Asian Photograph Collection – Part 5. Overview: Islamic Art in Private Collections
This post is the fifth 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 Alice West. The importance of our open access Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South…
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection – Pt. 4
This post is the fourth 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 Nicolas Roth The Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photograph Collection is…
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…
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…