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FEATURED RESOURCE: Gale NewsVault
Gale NewsVault delivers the definitive cross-searching experience for exploring Gale’s range of historical newspaper and collections. Users can simultaneously search or browse across the following databases:
- 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
- 19th Century British Library Newspapers, Parts I and II
- 19th Century UK Periodicals, Series I & II
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive (1842-2003)
- Times Digital Archive (1785-2006)
FEATURED RESOURCE: Burlington Magazine issues Feb. 2009-current are now available online
Watson Library has upgraded its Burlington Magazine subscription to include online access to all issues from February 2009 through to the current issue. The current issue often appears online before the print copy arrives in the library.
JSTOR access to the back issues of Burlington includes all content through December 2006. With an upgraded subscription, we are now able to provide online access to almost the entire run of this very important journal.
All researchers may access these online issues while here in the Museum. Museum staff have the additional privilege of accessing Burlington from home (see Remote Access Instructions http://libmma.org/portal/remote-access-instructions/ for more information).
To access Burlington Magazine online, see the following pages in WATSONLINE:
Burlington Magazine (1948-current): http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1115196
Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (1903-1947): http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1308054
DIGITIZATION PROJECT: The Chromolithograph
The Chromolithograph was a weekly publication issued from Nov. 23, 1867-Sept. 1868. It was intended as a journal of “art, literature, decoration and the accomplishments,” and it lived up to this broad self-description by providing a variety of exhibition reviews, artists’ biographies, articles on artistic themes, technical essays, and “illustrated lessons.” Also included are a number of plates with chromolithographic prints which illustrate various techniques and themes discussed throughout the journal. These 12 issues provide an in-depth look into what was then a novel printing technique, as well as a glimpse into the artistic, literary, and commercial milieu of 1860’s Victorian England.
We digitized the first 12 issues of The Chromolithograph (Nov. 23, 1867 – Feb. 8, 1868), comprising over 250 pages of content.
Access to these items is available through WATSONLINE and WorldCat. The catalogs are full-text searchable in Watson Library’s digital content management system, CONTENTdm.
Digitzed Chromolithograph issues from Watson Library Digital Collections
The Chromolithograph record on WATSONLINE
This project was undertaken by an IMLS Practicum/Internship Scholarship recipient, William Blueher, from Pratt Institute’s School of Information and Library Science.
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Helsinki, 1930–1933.
Watson Library Special Collections:
N4. D66 v.1 no. 7 1930; v.2 no. 1–10 1931
Finnish industrial design and fine and decorative arts periodical featuring the work of Henry Ericsson (1898–1933), Maija Grotell (1899–1973), and Waïnö (Vallio) Aaltonen (1894–1966). Issues include an overview of the Finnish Parliament Building (J. S. Sirén, 1931), a tribute to Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931), and an anniversary celebration of Art Industries Ornamo (now Finnish Association of Designers).
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Elevator Cars, Elevator Entrances: catalogue no. 56
Cleveland: The Tyler Company; New York: Bartlett Orr Press, 1927.
Watson Library Special Collections: TJ1370.T95 1927
In chromolithographs and line drawings, the Cleveland-based Tyler illustrates their opulent elevator entrances, lighting fixtures, paneling, ornamental friezes and pilasters, and ventilation grillework. Architect William Van Alen utilized Tyler technology to great effect: the Chrysler Building’s (1930) distinctive elevator doors are Metylwood, a patented Tyler product. The Museum’s collection also includes a full Tyler elevator car originally used at Rockefeller Center.
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FEATURED RESOURCE: Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Oxford Islamic Studies Online (OISO) offers unrivaled online access to the history and culture of Islam and provides full-text access to great Oxford reference and scholarly works, including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, two classic interpretations of the Qur’an, a Concordance of the Qur’an, and What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam.
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Kōgei
Tokyo: Jurakusha, Shōwa 6, 1931–1951
Watson call number: Bookcage NK 1071.K63, Numbers 1–120.
First published in 1931, Kōgei celebrated the Mingei folk art movement, and was issued monthly, except for a three-year hiatus during World War II.
Keisuke Serizawa (1895–1984), whose work in katazome (stencil dyeing) influenced the periodical’s distinctive cover designs, served as editor from 1931–1932. Many covers of Kōgei carry stencil-dyed patterns; each of the 120 issues bears a cover unique from the next. Ranging from plaids to solid colors, from abstract prints to stylized portraits and floral motifs, vibrant materials and dynamic designs highlight the creative nature of this publication. Covers are cotton textile or kozo paper; issues are printed on kozo.
Among other topics, Kōgei ‘s content examines ceramics, printmaking, bookbinding, calligraphy, Japanese paper, tea ceremony, embroidery, Kurashiki carpets, handmade textiles and dyeing; as well as the Mingei movement outside Tokyo. Articles and individual issues focus on the work of Serizawa, Kanjirō Kawai (1890–1966), Shikō Munakata (1903–1975), Shōji Hamada (1894–1978), and British Ceramicist Bernard H. Leach (1887–1979).
Watson library is one of few institutions worldwide to own a complete set of this periodical.
Issues shown above: 91-96, 101-106 (Please click on image to see all covers).