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Providence Phoenix: Brown puts Italian epic painting online
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An article by Greg Cook in the Providence Phoenix details the Brown University Library’s work digitizing the Garibaldi Panorama.
“Two years ago, Brown University’s John Hay Library received an enormous gift: a 273-foot-long 19th century panoramic painting depicting the dashing exploits of Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi. Historic panoramas, often of battles, were popular in the 19th century, but few have survived. So this was not only a big gift, but a rare one. The problem with an enormous piece of art, though, is where to do you put it?”
For the full text of the article visit http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid52461.aspx. To see the Garibaldi Panorama visit http://dl.lib.brown.edu/garibaldi/.
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“Turning Points” on display at John Hay Library
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A selection of works from Brown’s collections will be on display at the John Hay Library as part of an exhibition entitled “Turning Points: Bridging Intellectual Gaps Between the West and the Middle East in Early Modern Europe.” The rare items on display include Al-Makîn’s work: Tarîkh al-Muslimin, the first history of the Muslim religion written by a non-Muslim; Samuel Purchas’ Relations of the World and the Religions …, a seminal text in the study of Islam; and the first English language translation of the Koran by George Sale.
The John Hay Library is open 9 to 6, Monday through Friday and 1 to 5PM on Sundays. For more information contact Hay@brown.edu. -
Providence Journal: Brown University Library unveils digitized version of 19th century panorama
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The Providence Journal has published an article highlighting the Brown Library’s work digitizing the Garibaldi Panorama, one of the largest paintings in the world.
“The crowd that first saw the 273-foot-long painting unfurled was likely crammed in a church hall somewhere in Nottingham, England. It would have been sometime in 1860, just after the painting, known as a panorama, or “moving picture,” was finished.
Like modern-day moviegoers, the audience would have paid their admission and taken their seats to see and hear the exploits of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian who at the time was making headlines across Europe and the subject of the painting.”For the full text visit: http://www.projo.com/art/content/GARIBALDI_PANORAMA_12-10-07_1K84NF2_v43.1420d1b.html