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		<title>ArtSource: new art, architecture, and design database</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The library has begun a trial of Art Source, a brand new art &#38; architecture database created from a merger of two previous databases: Art Full Text with Art &#38; Architecture Complete. The new database has more resources and full-text articles than either previous database. It would represent the addition of the Art &#38; Architecture complete indexing, not before subscribed to by the library, to our research arsenal.The library is considering a full time subscription so please try out Art Source and tell us what you think!]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Navajo photographs c. 1911 by William Pennington now on display in Norlin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Fink</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University Libraries is proud to display historic Navajo photographs on loan from the CU Art Museum Polly and Mark Addison Collection. Featured in the Norlin 1st floor SW Gallery are 12 photos from “The Navajo Series,” c. 1911 by William Pennington, American (1874-1940). Pennington’s photographs depict a moment of history in the Southwest and preserve Indian culture, especially Navajo and other tribes in Colorado.  Born in 1874 in Kentucky, Pennington began photographing at a young age, working in any photo studio that would allow him. In his early twenties, he opened a studio of his own in Texas. Despite his success, he longed to experience the West firsthand. In 1902, Pennington met Lisle Updike, another photographer who had been photographing Western landscapes and indigenous peoples for several years. From then on, the two collaborated, travelled together, and jointly opened several studios. In 1917, Will Evans, a trader in Shiprock, New Mexico, contacted Pennington and Updike to photograph the Navajo people in the area. With an influx of white settlers, Navajo culture was constantly compromised, gradually becoming diluted and in danger of disappearing. Even though the images depict staged scenes, either outdoors near Shiprock and Chuska or in Evans’ Trading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Exhibitions in Special Collections Highlight Visual Materials</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for something to do on a Thursday or Friday afternoon? Come see the new exhibitions in the Special Collections reading room, which will be on view during regular walk-in hours (Thursdays and Fridays from 1 -5 pm) until May 10th, 2013. Attn: Selected Works from the Lucy R. Lippard Artists&#8217; Books Collection Here, There, and Everywhere: Portrait Photography from the Ira Wolff Collection &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Mid-Century Modern at the Library: The Eameses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles and Ray Eames, the husband and wife team, were responsible for some of the most iconic furniture design of the 20th century. They combined new production methods with aesthetic principle to produce beautiful furniture that could also be mass produced. Their goal was to bring design to the masses. Along with Harry Bertoia and George Nelson their designs became the hall-marks of mid-century modern design. Charles Eames began designing furniture in collaboration with Eero Saarinen, together they experimented with curved plywood furniture, their work was exhibited in 1942 at a MOMA show called Organic Design in Home Furnishings, you can find the original exhibition catalog in the CU library collection. A Machine for Sitting: The Eameses labored to perfect their chairs. They tested and tested in order to contour the pliable material to best support the human anatomy. The result is supremely comfortable chairs without cushions or upholstery. They utilized bent &#38; molded plywood, poured fiberglass, or wire-frames in order to conform to the human body. Charles Eames&#8217;s obituary in the Washington Post called him the man &#8220;who changed the way the 20th century sat down.&#8221; You can find this newspaper article and more in ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Eames [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus on Architecture: Wang Shu</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Wang Shu won the Pritzker Prize, architecture&#8217;s highest award, it put a focus on an new kind of design in China. He adapts from Chinese tradition creating new buildings in harmony with older architecture. Wang Shu&#8217;s China Academy of Art. Original photo by Flickr user o d b, made available under creative commons. Talk about architecture in China has  been focused on the rapid building of Western Style, Modernist skyscrapers. One needs only to think back to the 2008 Olympics when starchitects were rapidly constructing a new China. Foremost among these buildings was the bending CCTV tower. To find out more about this recent architectural history the library&#8217;s catalog uses the subject heading Architecture &#8212; China &#8212; 21st century. Downtown Beijing, with CCTV tower second from right. Photo by Flickr user kwrammg, made available under creative commons. Wang Shu&#8217;s architecture &#8220;fuses old-world Chinese and modern idioms, using inexpensive materials, like recycled bricks and tiles, as building material&#8221; according to the New York Times. In his mix of old and new, his work differs from most contemporary architecture, while still picking up on many of the most important aspects of new buildings: sustainability and productive interaction with the surrounding environment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artist Spotlight: Caravaggio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the artist Caravaggio rocketed to fame at the end of the 16th century, he ushered in the Baroque era. His style of high contrast between light and dark, known as tenebrism, inspired a legion of followers known as Caravaggisti. Did you know that the Art &#38; Architecture collection has over 100 books and other resources on Caravaggio? Scholarship on the artist has increased exponentially, he recently surpassed Michelangelo as the most written about Italian artist. His turbulent life included fights in the streets of Rome, a trial for libel, and a flight from the city after he killed a rival during a tennis match has him irresistible to scholars. The details of his life and especially his mysterious death is still an area of active research. Be careful when reading biographies as the details of his seemingly impossible escape from the island of Malta and his actual cause of death will vary. Check out the Grove Dictionary of Art for an excellent and up-to-date biography, or see a range of encyclopedia entries at Gale Virtual Reference. Another area of contention is the artist&#8217;s sexuality. Considered by many scholars as gay, his paintings of suggestive young men offer ample evidence. [...]]]></description>
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