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Garibaldi Panorama Comes to Life
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The Brown University Library and the Department of Italian Studies are collaborating to bring the Garibaldi Panorama, one of the finest surviving examples of panoramic art, back to life in its entirety. Precursors to modern day motion pictures, panoramas were the 19th century’s most visceral form of popular entertainment. But for years the Garibaldi Panorama, a 4 ½ feet high, 273 feet long, double-sided watercolor depicting the life story of Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi, has lain dormant. After the late Dr. James Walter Smith donated this panorama to Brown University in 2005, library staff developed a plan to use the latest in digital technology to make this exquisite relic available to the world in a revolutionary way. Special funding enabled library staff to fashion a makeshift photo studio in the central gallery of the Ann Mary Brown Memorial, as they painstakingly unrolled the panorama — six feet at a time — in order to take digital photographs that would be later melded into a continuous image. Soon, Garibaldi, who played a major role in the unification of Italy, will be available to students, scholars, and virtual visitors via the fully digitized “moving” panorama. -
Selling in Wartime, John Hay Library Exhibit
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Selling in Wartime:
Advertisements in The Sphere, 1914-1918
July 2 – September 28, 2007
John Hay Library
Wars are good for business and many companies employed military and war themes to promote their products, appealing to the patriotic and nationalistic sentimentalities of the public. Advertisements from the British weekly illustrated newspaper, The Sphere are examined in light of various themes.
The exhibit runs until August 28. The exhibit is curated by Peter Harrington. See the accompanying online exhibit.
The John Hay Library is located at 20 Prospect St., Providence, RI. Library hours are Monday-Friday, 9-5. For more information contact Peter Harrington. -
Glimpse at Museum Objects at the John Hay Library
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A small selection of clay tablets from the John Hay Library is on exhibit now through the end of August. Among the items are cuneiform tablets and cones from ancient Mesopotamia. The Hay is open 9-5, Monday through Friday. It will be closed on Monday August 13, 2007.
For further information contact hay@brown.edu