The Artifice - Online Magazine Of It's Own Making

4.5 million Facebook-likes is high praise indeed. That's how many people approve of The Artifice, a growing online magazine for broad sections of the arts including film, anime, manga and the comic-book.

A leisure resource first and foremost, there is plenty here to keep its massive audience entertained. Take a quick glance and you'll see that the magazine's strength is its focus on the anime, manga and comic genres. Titles range from 'The History of Comics: decade by decade' to 'The Modern Comic Convention Experience.' The film section is by far the largest with new articles posted every few days- see titles such as 'Silent Suspense: The Top 5 Forgotten Hitchcock Films.'

The magazine is built on the submissions of a large network of arts enthusiasts and is keen to garner academic opinion from students. If you have experience of writing for the web including keeping your own blog, this could be an opportunity to reach a larger number of people, or simply take part in an online collaborative project. The fact that the magazine has only just expanded its scope to include a section on games, literature and the arts could spell potential for high-calibre submissions. More information is here.

'Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures' on YouTube!

Last year's documentary film 'Room 237' in which director Rodney Ascher presented perceived meanings in Stanley Kubrick's film 'The Shining' reawakened interest in the man behind of some of the most psychologically-intense films ever made.

It seems little coincidence that only a few months later, 'Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures' can now be watched here on YouTube. Released in 2001, this film about Stanley Kubrick is directed by his long-time assistant Jan Harlan and features interviews of many actors from Kubrick's films as well as directors Speilberg and Scorsese. Tom Cruise narrates over a sequence of film-clips, pictures and home movies which offer rare glimpses into the life of the famously private Kubrick. 

The Library catalogue hold many titles by, and about, Kubrick which are searchable here. As well as holding his best-known films on DVD, the excellent 'Stanley Kubrick Archive' at the link through to the University of the Arts in London can be accessed here. The archive provides a unique insight into the film-making processes of Kubrick and is fantastic fodder for fans of the acclaimed and controversial film-director. 

FMinism - Radio 4's Feminist Collection

Delve into BBC Radio 4's digital archive to listen to their collection of programmes exploring feminst theory and its impact since the movement began. The Melvyn Bragg-fronted series 'In Our Time' charts the rise of feminism in the twentieth century and the life of writer Mary Wollstonecraft while historian Bettany Hughes explores the fall-out that led to post-feminist theories of thought. On a more leisurely note, Germaine Greer chooses her 'Desert Island Discs.'

With its accessible format, diverse content and popular critic-presenters, Radio 4 makes ease of learning a virtue. Once better known for the shipping forecast and series such as The Archers, the radio station's educational content now stands up as an excellent learning resource. Some programmes such as 'In Our Time' provide references to further reading material. This will undoubtedly be beneficial for anyone planning to following up their listening with more detailed study, in this case on the topic of feminist theory.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015pnl0

Discovery Guides

We've recently updated all our guides to make them easier to use and more helpful. You'll find guides to our collections (such as graphic novels or artists' books), finding aids and bibliographies (for particular research topics), info skills guides (for services such as Google and Wikipedia), and support guides in a brand new Discovery Guides section of our website. In addition we've developed new attractive branding to differentiate between different types of guide. Let us know what you think!
http://www2.gsa.ac.uk/library/discovery_guides.html

Artists' Books Visit from Otis College, Los Angeles

On Friday, we were thrilled to welcome Cathy Chambers from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles to view the library's artist's books collection. Cathy is responsible for the artists' books collection at Otis College, an art school founded in 1918 which augmented its reputation in the 1950s with distinguished alumni such as Robert Irwin and Ken Price. We were interested to learn about courses offered by the college which  alongside the art school staples - architecture, digital media and fine arts - also include an option to study Toy Design and an elective on book-making.

With Cathy, we discussed the acquisition of our artist's books and the steady growth of the GSA Library collection. The visit was a great opportunity to share ideas of best practice when it comes to acquiring, storing and providing access to the artists' books. It was also a great excuse to revisit some of our favourite titles and muse over the merits of the book as an art object in its own right. 

To request a look at the artists' books collections before the library refurbishment begins in June, search the library catalogue by subject or artist name. In a lot of cases, it will be possible to refine your search to artist's books. Once you've identified the titles you're interested in, complete a form at the desk for staff to collect from the library's store. You'll be able to refer to the books in the library and take a few snaps of anything that  feeds your curiosity. 

New Radicals - Summerhall TV

Summerhall, Edinburgh's newest and largest arts venue, are proudly promoting a television channel dedicated to "capturing the weird, radical and wonderful" on film. The idea of housing an eclectic collection of arts-dedicated films on one site is certainly innovative for an arts-centre only established in 2012 and already upping its game in the digital arena of arts coverage. Summerhall TV makes no compromises in its reporting of the visual arts, literature and cultural events.

The channel houses TV art-news - previews and reviews with artists, authors, curators and performers - and includes a strong historical element with more than two hundred interview clips going back over ten years. The Archive section is a strong educational resource, including longer programmes on art in Scotland, interviews with artists and authors, and (more peculiarly) coverage of the trades union movement stretching back to the 1970s. See also, the Face to Face Section under TV Series for the John Byrne event we blogged about back in March.

Summerhall occupies the former Royal School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh and is an interesting space for art exhibitions, talks and gigs. It's a recent addition to the list of Edinburgh Fringe Festival venues and is fast becoming a shiny beacon for all cultural goings-on, east of Glasgow. We absolutely recommend delving into the wealth of information on their website for more detail.

Read David Shrigley's Dissertation in the Library!

David Shrigley's dissertation A brief history of science (1990), written during his time as a student of Environmental Art at GSA, is held in the Library's Special Collections. David was announced as one of the Turner Prize nominees for this year's award, the winner of which will be announced in December. He joins a list of nine Glasgow School of Art graduates who have been nominated in the past ten years, carrying on the School's lengthy successful association with the prize.

Established in 1984, the Turner Prize is awarded to a contemporary artist under 50, living, working or born in Britain, who is judged to have put on the best exhibition of the last twelve months. David is shortlisted for his solo exhibition Brain Activity, at London's Hayward Gallery. The exhibition was described by the Turner Prize organisers as  a "comprehensive overview" that revealed "his black humour, macabre intelligence and infinite jest," a description which could be applied to many of his illustrations, sculptures and animations. 

David Shrigley's unhinged art is arguably informed by his intrigue as a student with the science versus religion dichotomy. His dissertation is a study of the roots of scientific knowledge and an analysis of how religion and science have changed through time to become regarded as the two most important types of human knowledge.

To arrange a time to view the dissertation, ask at the Librarians' Office on Level 1 and read the ponderings of the artist as a young man before his art propelled him to Turner Prize nominee.

There's no business like 'Slow' business - Slow Art Day, 27th April 2013

We've had slow food, slow travel...we've even had slow architecture. So it was only really a matter of time before Slow Art Day leapt, (or should that be casually strolled?) onto the scene. This 2010 ARTNews feature article, Slow Down You Look Too Fast, provides an excellent overview of Slow Art Day which this year, is happening tomorrow, 27th April.

The event is in keeping with The Slow Movement which encourages a mindful approach to the frenetic pace at which many of us live our lives. More than a soporific fad, 'Slow Movement' philosophy has been promoting cultural awareness since the 1980s. Many slow subcultures exist globally including Glasgow where, for example, the Go Slow Cafe on Victoria Road encourages relaxation!

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's crowd-sourced Tumblr page is providing an online space to enable contributors to comment on their experiences of looking at art 'slowly'. To participate, spend ten uninterrupted minutes of your day tomorrow looking at an object or an image of your choice, take a photograph of it, and tell the museum what thoughts you had while you were looking at the object. Submit your contribution here and use #SFMOMAslow to share your thoughts on the experiment!

Get Your Rocks Off - Martin Parr's Sweet Factory Film!

Maestro photographer Martin Parr unwraps the sweet delights at Teddy Gray's Sweet Factory in this marvellous, documentary-style film.

Family-run Teddy Gray's has retained its traditional, hand-made methods of sweet-making and could be one of the few surviving businesses successfully run without the use of a single computer or "adding machine", director Betty Guest's quaint term for calculator. In scenes that could be straight from Willy Wonka, the factory's faithful staff talk affectionately about the business and reveal the secret methods that go into manufacturing its famous sweets. Parr's affection for the place is clear from his assortment of interviews with a range of workers who seem proud of their trade and widely content to continue the traditions established since 1826.

The short film is part of the Black Country Stories body of work commissioned by Multistory in 2011 to document life in the Black Country. Multistory's eclectic short films series captures and celebrates life as it exists today, in the traditionally industrial West Midlands. 

Download the film to watch through vimeo here, or search on YouTube. A magical treat that is bound to surprise, thrill and leave you feeling more than a little nostalgic! 

Today Only - Notebooks on Radio 4!

Just a quick note to say that anyone interested in an audio study of the notebook as a crucible of creativity has until the end of today only, to listen in on a 15 minute discussion of the humble notebook. In an introduction to the value of the notebook to the creative process, author and critic Ian Samson talks us through the notebook as a locus for the germination of ideas and the rediscovery of lost trains of thought. In an age of digital discovery where mobile devices and laptops are commonplace, Samson reviews the role of the notebook and questions whether the advent of new technologies marks the demise of our tatty, dog-eared companions. What is the digital alternative to the tactile process of writing and storing ideas in a notebook? Listen here or, for a case study of the use of the notebook in art, see Dieter Roth's Diaires which is available through the library catalogue.

Smarthistory: The Future of Art History Education

Internet sensation Smarthistory is a multimedia web-book with open access to videos, scholarly essays and high-quality images spanning the full spectrum of art history. Its easy-to-use book format presents learning resources in chronological order, enabling readers to browse information on different chapters in art history, from 'Ancient Cultures' through to the 'Age of Post-Colonialism.' Each chapter is organised into information on individual art movements with a map showing the origins of the movement as well as links to related content and a Flickr stream of images.

The innovative format-design is intended to engage learners in a debate about art history and make learning about art history simple; it is in essence, an antidote to the traditional art history textbook. As well as using the academically-compiled learning resources, there is the option to interact, share and learn with others by commenting on, and contributing to the feed of information. By harnessing the power of social networking, the site has grown since 2005 to become one of the most successful educational learning platforms available on the web.

Find out what inspired TIME magazine to rate Smarthistory one of the '50 best websites of 2011' (and what won them the award for 'Best Educational Website'), by visiting the link:  http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/.

Candid Camera - Historypin

We rather like Historypin's description of itself as a collaborative community working to discover and pin as much history as possible "from all over the world, from within archives, in attics, and saved up in wise old heads." This online knowledge domain is thriving on the contributions of individuals, interest groups and institutions, all working on the simple premise that everyone has history to share, whether that's important archival information, the retelling of an old story or the memory of a relative. The personal tone set by We Are What We Do - the not-for-profit company who have created the site - lends it charm and is revealing of a wider social purpose to unite people across the world. So far there have been 229,488 pins of images, audio clips and video content! 

Learn more about the histories of other cultures, generations and places by searching the site's map. Historypin uses Google mail accounts so anyone using Google for their email can start digitising their images, adding any researched information along the way. There's a smartphone app too for anyone especially eager. Click 'join' in the top navigation pane to register an account and get pinning!

http://www.historypin.com/

Mitchell Library Access to Online Music Archive

Members of Glasgow's Mitchell Library have just been given digital access to an extensive online music archive. Rock's Backpages contains over 20,000 classic articles on many musical artists across all music genres by some of the most prolific music-journalists of the last 50 years.

A library of over 300 audio interviews, including conversations with Leonard Cohen, Little Richard and Johnny Cash is possibly the best resource available through the site which also boasts a limited selection of transcribed reports, interviews and music reviews. The magazine archive promises to yield some interesting information on the designers and photographers behind the cover art featured on the likes of New Musical Express, Sounds and Rolling Stone although note charges apply.

Access this online resource in all Glasgow Libraries and from home, or the Art School by entering your Glasgow Libraries card number at "Login via your library". It's possible to join Glasgow Libraries, free of charge, and for immediate access to all resources here.
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/

Lost Art Resurrection - The Gallery of Lost Art

An innovative online archive has been announced art-prize winner at the coveted SXSW Interactive Awards. 'The Gallery of Lost Art' tells the story of artworks that have disappeared by welcoming the site's visitors into a virtual research centre resembling a crime-scene in a warehouse. A selection of newspaper cuttings, letters, images and films laid out for examination, reveal the last traces of lost works by more than forty twentieth-century artists, including Marcel Duchamp's urinal, Willem de Kooning's painting and Tracey Emin's tent. Whether stolen, discarded, rejected, erased or ephemeral, all of these works are being resurrected via the site which aims to bring them back into the public's consciousness.

The creation of the gallery exposes our intrigue with lost or amorphous art. While part of the fun of the website is to navigate your way around the virtual crime scene, our obsession with researching and rehashing the stories behind the artworks' loss, ultimately adds to their mystique. Beyond the deliberate erasing of temporary artworks by the artist, the exhibition evokes appreciation of the improvements being made in digital design to conserve the physical artwork, while raising questions about its role in the conservation of contemporary artworks. Tate Media who launched the exhibition in collaboration with Glasgow-based ISO, hope that the extensive research on which the project is founded, engages a wide audience to learn more about art history and tests the frontiers of art through the tentative suggestion that there is scope to present art, online.
http://galleryoflostart.com/

Highlight of the Week - Sculptures and Installation Art

Information on the artists currently exhibiting at 'Light Show' in the Hayward Gallery, London, can be found on the exhibition website alongside an exhibition guide that's free to download.

'Light Show' which is at the Hayward until 28th April 2013 brings together works by artists who share an interest in experimenting with light to sculpt and shape space. A collection of free-standing sculptures and installations make up an exhibition that is all about the viewer's sensory experience, exploring how light can affect our state of mind and our perceptions of reality.

The phenomenon of light as an artistic medium is foregrounded through visitors' interaction with the artworks, many of which date back to the 1960s. Be illuminated by the information held on the website link below or download an exhibition guide here. Each have images of the artworks and information about the artists involved including David Batchelor, Olafur Eliasson and Leo Villareal.
http://www.haywardlightshow.co.uk/

Observing the Eighties

A retrospective look at the 1980s as remembered by the people who lived through Thatcher's Britain is the basis of a new digital archive project. The project combines previously distinct collections from the Mass Observation Project, British Library Oral History Collections and the University of Sussex Library to create an open access resource for teaching and research purposes.

The most historically relevant materials from the Mass Observation Archive – a collection of diaries and observations commissioned from volunteer writers about life in Britain - have been selected and digitised for website visitors to explore. This content is complemented by oral history recordings from the British Library's sound archive collection, comprising interviews with members of the public on themes associated with the 1980s.

Subjects covered include the Falkland’s War, Thatcher’s Britain, AIDS, Charles and Diana’s wedding, the miners’ strike, terrorism, unemployment and immigration. The online collection of printed and written materials includes period ephemera from University of Sussex Library such as public information leaflets, pamphlets, posters and tickets. In addition, 'infographics' created especially for the site, and a social media feed give some context to the period.

Rather than being a nostalgic nod to a decade still ridiculed for its naff fashion and clunky technology, this resource puts renewed emphasis on the socially historic importance of the 1980s, a time which saw the highest levels of unemployment since the 1930s and widespread public protest. In a Britain experiencing another wave of austere Tory cuts, it seems appropriate that we learn from our not so distant past through these types of resources.
http://blogs.sussex.ac.uk/observingthe80s/

Best Foot Forward - Europeana Fashion Blog

We love the new Tumblr blog from Europeana Fashion which provides a fantastic online resource for all fashion and textiles students. The blog has been created in collaboration with Europeana.eu, a consortium of 22 partners from 12 European countries, representing the leading European institutions and collections in the fashion domain.

The Tumblr blog will feature a monthly theme, with the first showcasing shoes! Three of the world's best shoe collections from Europeana.eu-partner institutions have been brought together to form this post's content. Firstly, there is the Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, home to the largest collection of shoe heritage in the world, featuring more than 12,000 shoes from Egyptian footwear to contemporary British design. Next, a selection of shoe designed by Rossimoda S.p.A. and on display at Museo Rossimoda della Calzatura are offered up as examples of the current trend of transparent plastics in footwear. Emphasis is given to the final collection curated by the acclaimed Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, a fashion house which has seen its designs worn by Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe.

The blog promises new riches each month with plenty of good-quality images available for those with refined tastes in footwear as well as related fashion topics.
http://europeanafashion.tumblr.com/
http://www.northampton.gov.uk/museums
http://museodellacalzatura.it/
https://www.museoferragamo.it/en/index.php

Story-telling - Listen to Histories of the Women's Liberation Movement

Earlier in the month, we celebrated International Women's Day by dedicating a display case in the library to embroidery design graduate Dorothy C Smith, a student of the school during World War II. To mark the same occasion, the British Library have released an oral history of the Women's Liberation Movement which  captures the stories of the feminist campaigners of the 1970s and 80s through filmed interviews, accessible to play on the website. 

The 'Sisterhood and After' resource forms part of a wider Leverhulme Trust-funded project to create an original and extensive oral history archive documenting the stories of a unique and formidable generation of women! The interviewees talk about their roles in key campaigns for women's rights, their relationships- personal and political, their experiences of adolescence, body image and identity, and their views on the diversity of the movements in different parts of the UK.

For access to some of the political images stored in the archives, use the timeline function to select the year or political movement and click on the link to view image in the pop-up box. The information provided by the timeline helps to contextualise the image and will often make recommendations for further reading which is an invaluable help when researching information on the period. Explore the site to discover the key events and movements that have marked women's strive for equality and expression. 

http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/sisterhood/index.html

Interactive iBooks - Graphic Design for Learning

We're fascinated by the launch of the first interactive iBook of Research from the Oxford Internet Institute, the academic centre for the study of the implications of the internet on society.

The iBook, entitled 'Geographies of the World's Knowledge' uses the most innovative technologies to make its content more visually engaging than the traditional research paper. Instead of dense screeds of text, the iBook uses moving graphics and brightly-coloured diagrams. Readers are able to select how much more detail they wish to view on screen, through the use of special interactivity functions on the iPad. For example, if a reader required information not visible from an overview map of the world, they could tap to reveal a pop-up label providing a further level of detail. The result is a highly visual resource that encourages self-paced learning, thereby making Oxford Internet Institute research accessible to a far wider audience than may arguably be found through traditional publications.

The institute custom-made their own interactive elements which could be used to further enhance the software provided by Apple for users to design iBooks. In doing so, they have created a prototype which provides a benchmark for other iBooks to follow and effectively revolutionised the future of academic learning tools! Download the book for free from Apple's iBookstore at this link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/geographies-worlds-knowledge/id508820339?ls=1 .

Other interactive visualisations of research data from the centre can be found on the institute's website are at the link http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/vis/.

In Conversation with John Byrne

GSA alumnus John Byrne will be in conversation with theatre critic Joyce McMillan on Friday 22nd March at Summerhall, Edinburgh's newest arts venue and cultural hub. The Glasgow artist and playwright who attended Glasgow School of Art from 1958 to 1963 will be offering insights into his many creations spanning the period from the 1960s to the present day.

The GSA Library catalogue holds a number of John Byrne titles from artist monologues studying his painting and prints, to the BAFTA award-winning TV series 'Tutti Frutti' to examples of his plays. Of these, his script for 'The Slab Boys' is written with the artist's personal experiences of work for carpet manufacturers Stoddard and Co in mind. Alongside, lending holdings for John Byrne, the library also hold the in-house library of carpet manufacturers James Templeton and A.F. Stoddard as part of our Special Collections. Designers for the carpet manufacturers would have used the library to gather initial ideas and spark off the creative process. Its inclusion in the library complements any research into the life and works of John Byrne.

For further information about the event or to book tickets, look on Summerhall's website for details at the link below. For those interested but unable to make the journey, the repartee between the artist and another GSA alumnus, Peter Capaldi, recorded for BBC2 and held in our DVD section offers an anecdote of what to expect from the event.
programme@summerhall.co.uk, http://www.summerhall.co.uk.

Covering Lolita - 185 Book and Media Covers

“Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name”. Vladimir Nabokov’s comment in 1977 continues to be confirmed with the online ‘Covering Lolita’ exhibition detailing the 185 book and media covers since the publication of the scandalous first edition by French avant-garde publishers Olympia Press in 1955.

Compiled by Germany’s leading Nabokov expert Dieter Zimmer, the exhibition illustrates not only the pictorial aspect of Nabokov’s art but the extent of the ‘Lolita phenomenon’ (from the Japanese fashion craze, to perfumery [Marc Jacobs]). A highly-respected lepidopterist (the technical name for butterfly collector), Nabokov was also an art lover and his numerous butterfly drawings for his wife Vera, such as the one pictured here on The Annotated Lolita (Penguin, 2000), reveal a fragile and sensitive side to his often distorted public image.

Nabokov was affected by synaesthesia, a condition whereby a person has the sensory ability, for example, to ‘experience’ colours when reading words or to ‘see’ sounds. The condition seems to seep through his sumptuous written style containing wonderfully lucid description.

What is perhaps most remarkable about the exhibition is the disparity of the covers amassed over 56 years - ranging from coquettish, lollipop-holding girls to stocking-sporting women who seem well into maturity. Given reports of the hostility that Nabokov is receiving in Russia at the moment, this exhibition reminds us of just how pervasive, and contentious, Lolita remains in the public psyche. For more on the interplay between Nabokov and art, search the GSA Library catalogue for additional book and DVD resources.

http://www.dezimmer.net/Covering%20Lolita/LoCov.html

Dorothy Smith Cabinet Display in Library

Today, 8th March, is International Women's Day and to celebrate, we've dedicated a display cabinet on Level 1 of the Library to Dorothy C Smith, a former GSA student in the Department of Embroidery & Design during World War II.

On display is a selection of interesting ephemera curated from materials found in the library and the school's archives. Library books which we believe were consulted by Dorothy Smith in her days as a student from 1940-44 complement the school's archive materials which include a textile sample, the design for a print as well as Dorothy Smith's actual student notebooks. We've provided a blurb and captions providing more information on our famous female alumnae; these can also be found in the 'Library Display Cabinets' folder as part of the Archives and Collections course.

Watch out for more posts about our cabinet displays which we hope to fill with lots more interesting items over the coming months. Each display will aim to make links between our library collections with those in the Archives & Collections Centre and will cover a broad range of taught subject areas, and GSA alumni. Ask at the librarians' office or at the Archives department if you have any questions and check the newly-revamped ACC blog for further inspiration.
http://gsaarchivesandcollections.wordpress.com/

Counterculture online - British Library's Comic Books and Zines Collections

The underground nature of some counterculture press materials such as zines, alternative comics and graphic novels can sometimes make their contents seem elusive.

A handy route into the thriving arts scenes evident in some of these publications is possible through the British Library's website, which groups educational information about the growth of independent and often self-published magazines under subject-headings and provides useful links through to the websites of the individuals and communities responsible for their circulation. The names of significant contributors to the scene are provided and a selection of some images are available.

GSA library hold some publications from the alternative publishing scene in the Mackintosh Library. From our blog page, click on the word 'zines' in the word cloud to see all our previous postings on this area of the arts. The information provided  is likely to be of use to visual communication designers and those interested in the history of print culture more generally.
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/zines%28part1%29/zines1.html

Zandra Rhodes Digital Study Collection on VADS

Works by internationally-acclaimed fashion designer Zandra Rhodes are to be made available on the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) image repository. Amongst other collections, VADS is a great resource for obtaining contextualised images of textile and fashion-related items.

The Digital Collection Project is a collaborative venture between the University of Creative Arts in London (UCA) who host VADS and the Zandra Rhodes Studio which has been a powerhouse in fashion over the last 50 years. Zandra, who trained at one of UCA's founder colleges is one of the most famous names in British fashion, designing haute couture costumes for celebrities, royalty and even for opera. Her interests in fashion education are apparent through her close links with UCA and this recent effort to share in a project that uses digital technology for the benefit of teaching and research.

500 images of the designer's most iconic designs will have open online access selected from her back-catalogue, which stretches back to the 1960s. The resource is a great opportunity for emergent and aspiring fashion and textile designers interested in British fashion heritage.

For more information, visit the project's Wordpress blog below and keep checking VADS for the collection to make its colourful entrance.
http://zandrarhodesarchive.wordpress.com/
http://www.vads.ac.uk/

Completed Library Project Documents New York City's Gilded Age

At the turn of the 20th century, New York City emerged as a cultural hub for artists and a lucrative international art market boomed. The ephemera left over from this epoch in American art history and now archived by the Frick Art Reference Library and Brooklyn Museum Libraries is made up of exhibition catalogues, checklists and pamphlets from the period. These items which document the artistic movements and artists of the day as well as the economic markets, and some social history have now been made digital by the New York Art Resources Consortium (NYARC), an association of libraries and archives in the city.

The digital collection spans the period from 1875 to 1922 and has just been completed to include 363 new documents and an online exhibition chronicling the role that New York institutions had in forming the history of the city's 'Gilded Age' art scene. The exhibition is useful for providing easily-digested amounts of information about the featured artists, including the final section, "1922: One year in the Galleries in New York City" which contains a flip-book of the exhibition catalogues from that year and a Google map function showing the locations of the related art galleries.

Read on at NYARC's website and follow the links to the resources below:
http://nyarc.org/content/nyarc-continues-document-gilded-age?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewYorkArtResourcesConsortium+%28New+York+Art+Resources+Consortium%29