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Gordon Bunshaft and SOM
This nuanced portrait of Gordon Bunshaft and his work for the architecture firm SOM explores his role in defining the built aesthetic of corporate America.
Library and Archives Collection Development Policy
This policy serves 6 functions: to describe the Library and Archives of the National Gallery of Canada, the satellite libraries in the department of Prints and Drawings and the Restoration and Conservation laboratory, and the affiliate library of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography; to summarize the scope and nature of existing Library collections; to outline the Library's collection development objectives and priorities within a long-range, systematic plan; to identify areas of collection strength and weakness, and provide for their development within the broader context of balanced, coherent collections overall; to facilitate coordination of Library collection development efforts within the Gallery; to provide the basis for cooperation with other institutions.
Cover to Cover
Tiré du site Internet de Printed Matter: "A performative exercise and masterclass in "photo-bookmaking", Cover to Cover follows artist Michael Snow through a series of disorienting, domestic self-portraits. Snow, who remains quietly composed throughout, is depicted in various ordinary scenarios made ethereal by artful gestures in composition and lighting. Bookended by two closed doors on front and back cover, Snow makes obvious his intent to focus not on beginning or end, but the transitional space between."
Rethinking Professionalism
The first collection of scholarly essays on women and art in Canadian history.
Drawing on Architecture
How architectural drawings emerged as aesthetic objects, promoted by a network of galleries, collectors, and institutions, and how this changed the understanding of architecture. Prior to the 1970s, buildings were commonly understood to be the goal of architectural practice; architectural drawings were seen simply as a means to an end. But, just as the boundaries of architecture itself were shifting at the end of the twentieth century, the perception of architectural drawings was also shifting; they began to be seen as autonomous objects outside the process of building. In Drawing on Architecture, Jordan Kauffman offers an account of how architectural drawings—promoted by a network of gall...
Conservation of Library and Archive Materials and the Graphic Arts
Conservation of Library and Archive Materials and the Graphic Arts is the proceeding of the Cambridge 1980 International Conference on the Conservation of Library and Archive Materials and the Graphic Arts. This symposium explores the advancements in the field of conservation of historic and artistic works. The book covers related topics such as the employment of different methods for the preservation of paper such as bleaching and alkaline buffering; the repair, relaxation, binding, handling, and display of articles made of vellum and parchment; and the conservation of books and binders. The text is recommended for archivists, librarians, and museum curators who are interested in the scientific advances in the field of conservation and how it can help them in their profession.
