ART @ Fairfield

 We are delighted to announce that copies of the beautiful book, The Creative Photograph in Archaeology, ed. C. Antoniades (Benaki Museum, 2008) have arrived from Greece and are now available for sale at the Fairfield University Bookstore for $60.00.  This publication includes full-page illustrations of all the photographs exhibited at the Walsh Art Gallery in 2007, as well as illustrated essays by K. Glowacki, K. Schwab, H. Papaioannou, D. Mille, A. Szegedy-Maszak, and S. Mavrommatis.  Hurry over to the bookstore while the supply lasts.  For further information, contact Carey Mack Weber at cweber@fairfield.edu.

Exciting News: Last week the Metropolitan Museum of Art notified us of their decision to convert the status of eight plaster casts from “loans” to “gifts.”  This tremendous development brings the total number of casts gifted to the University through the munificence of the MMA to 27.  We     are also fortune enough to hold a further 30 casts on long-term loan from Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as 16 casts – both gifts and loans – from private donors.

The eight casts in the current gift are of objects from the Medieval and Renaissance periods, and are described below:

Five plaster casts of the Jamb Statues at Chartres Cathedral including a male and female prophet, the clustered pilasters below their feet, and the frieze scenes of the Passion above their heads, from the south bay of the west façade of Chartres Cathedral, 1145-1155

Nicola Pisano (active 1258-1278), The Crucifixion, plaster cast from the original marble panel of the Pulpit of the Siena Cathedral, 1265-68

Benedetto da Maiano (1442-1497), Madonna and Child, plaster cast from the original marble shrine of San Bartola, Church of Saint Augustine, San Gimignano, 1495 (Pictured here, is slated for installation in the inaugural exhibition of the Bellarmine Museum opening in October.)

Andrea della Robbia (1435-1525 or 1528), Annunciation, plaster cast from the original glazed terracotta in the Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence, 1493

The Art of John “Crash” Matos weaves together the roots of graffiti and tagging growing up in the South Bronx with the immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the bold colors of Pop Art. His career spans over three decades, starting with the subway trains of New York City to renowned galleries across the country and all over the world. 

Mr. Matos will probably give a related talk (TBA) as well as working with 4 students from Bridgeport schools to create an installation that will be part of show and will probably made into a video to run on a continuous loop during the exhibit.

Thomas J. Walsh Gallery, January 28-February 28:

The Art of John “Crash” Matos.

 Opening reception: Thursday, January 28, 6-8 p.m.

We hope you like the new look of the blog. We are going to try to keep you up to date on all ART related happenings at Fairfield University, as well as select ART news from the world. As we get closer to the opening of the Bellarmine Museum in October there will be more and more museum news as well.  If you haven’t visited the Bellarmine Museum’s new website:

http://www.fairfield.edu/arts/bell_index.html

and become a fan of the museum on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fairfield-CT/Bellarmine-Museum-at-Fairfield-University/86342054030

 please do that now!

A new collaboration between ARTstor and the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation and Estate has now made 800 images by the artist available in ARTstor.

Check it out at: www.artstor.org

ArtBabble is hosted by the Indianapolis Museum of Art and has such illustrious partners as MOMA, SFMOMA, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the New York Public Library and PBS’ ART:21. You can search by artist or by “Channel” which breaks the videos down by subject and period. A great feature is the notes that accompany each video, directing the viewer to online links relating to the subject.

Here is the link: http://www.artbabble.org/

Monument of Oscar Wilde, Library of Congress

The Library of Congress’ Photostream has over five thousand public domain images on Flickr. These images range from President Lincoln through the 1940s. Check them out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

LIFE Photo Archive available on Google Image Search

A description from the smARThistory website:

smARThistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional and static art history textbook. Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker began smARThistory in 2005 by creating a blog featuring free audio guides in the form of podcasts for use in The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Soon after, we embedded the audio files in our online survey courses. The response from our students was so positive that we decided to create a multi-media survey of art history web-book. We created audios and videos about works of art found in standard art history survey texts, organized the files stylistically and chronologically, and added text and still images.

You can find the website at:  http://smarthistory.org/

What is a reverse image search you ask! Let’s say you find a small (way too small to put in a presentation) image and you want to find a bigger one, use this tool and it will search the entire web for a higher resolution copy of your image. Check it out at http://tineye.com/faq