[Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University] [sculpture]
Black-and-white photographic and photomechanical prints collected over a period of 100 years from many different sources for the study and teaching of the history of painting and drawing at Harvard University and its art museums. This part of the Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library d...
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[circa 1865-circa 1995]
[circa 1868-circa 1995] [circa 1870-circa 1995] [circa 1880-circa 1995] |
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| Summary: | Black-and-white photographic and photomechanical prints collected over a period of 100 years from many different sources for the study and teaching of the history of painting and drawing at Harvard University and its art museums. This part of the Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library documents painting and drawing of the Western world with an emphasis on Italian and Spanish artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods; and to a lesser extent, the Flemish, Dutch, and German painters of this time. Other important groups of images cover Byzantine and early Christian art of the Middle Ages; Romanesque and Gothic frescoes; French masters of Romanticism and Impressionism; the post-Impressionists; English and American landscape painters; and major modern artists such as Matisse and Picasso. Images show oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, ink and pencil drawings, and other media in major art museums and galleries throughout Europe and the United States representing the work of nearly 3,000 artists Black-and-white photographic and photomechanical prints collected over a period of 100 years from many different sources for the study and teaching of the history of sculpture at Harvard University and its art museums. This part of the Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library documents the sculpture of the Western world, including Islamic sculpture, with an emphasis on Classical, Romanesque, and Renaissance styles of sculpture. Images show busts, statues, reliefs, and other forms of sculpture created from wood, marble, bronze, terra cotta, and other mostly traditional materials. Many works are depicted in museums, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, New York Metropolitan Museum, British Museum, Musée du Louvre, Vatican Museum, National Archaeological Museum of Athens, and Iraq Museum in Baghdad; other works, such as reliefs, monuments, and memorials are in situ. Famous sculptors from Donatello, Michelangelo, and Bernini to Rodin, Picasso, and Alexander Calder are represented along with many lesser known artists Chinese art dates from Neolithic period pottery and jade to late imperial China paintings. Of special note are photographs of Buddhist wall paintings, sculpture, and rock-cut architecture in the Dunhuang and Yun'gang caves Indic art images show mostly rock-cut architecture from Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain cave temples; other Indian architectural features, such as stupas and toranas; reproductions of archaeological site plans; sculpture; and Indian temple wall paintings. Also included are some Mughal paintings Japanese art chiefly covers the Heian to Edo periods, focusing on Buddhist sculpture, various styles of pottery and porcelain, ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and painting, from emakimono hand scrolls to the works of Hokusai Mostly black-and-white photographic and photomechanical prints collected from many different sources for more than 100 years and used at Harvard University and its art museums in the study and teaching of decorative arts. This part of the Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library documents decorative or minor arts made of gemstones and semi-precious stones, glass, clay, porcelain, metal, wood, ivory, leather, textiles, and other materials. Works include jewelry, mosaics and tiles, enamels, ceramics, coins and medals, religious articles, doors and panels, furniture, carpets and rugs, tapestries, costumes, lace, and other decorative objects from various periods and regions, with an emphasis on Ancient Greek, Etruscan, and Roman pottery. Many of the works are depicted in U.S. and European museums, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, New York Metropolitan Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum, Musée du Louvre, Vatican Museum, and National Archaeological Museum of Athens Mostly black-and-white photographic and photomechanical prints collected over a period of 100 years from many different sources. The images document works of art, architecture, and material culture from the ancient world to the modern. Used for the study and teaching of the history of art and architecture at Harvard University and its art museums, the collection includes mostly images of Western art and architecture, with an emphasis on medieval architecture and Renaissance and Baroque painting. It is also strong in Asian and Islamic art and architecture. The architectural images in particular reflect the work of many important and notable 19th-century photographers Mostly black-and-white photographic and photomechanical prints, with some color woodcuts, collected for the study of Asian art, architecture, and archaeology. Many of the prints were formerly part of the Rübel Asiatic Research Bureau. Emphasis is on Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Buddhist art, but the collection also includes some images of art and antiquities from Afghanistan, Korea, Tibet, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Images show archaeological sites and ancient artifacts, Indian temples and rock-cut architecture, sculpture, painting, calligraphy, scrolls, rubbings, woodblock prints, silk tapestries and embroidered robes, ceramics, bronze works, jade, and other decorative arts. Many of the works of art depicted are held by the Fogg Art Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Freer Gallery of Art, British Museum, and other major art museums in the United States, China, and Japan |
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| Item Description: | Chiefly gelatin silver and albumen prints, with some collodion, platinum, carbon, and salted paper prints; also, collotypes, photogravures, and other photomechanical prints, including many in postcard format Collection title devised Images from various identified and unidentified sources, including museums, libraries, subscription services, private collections, Harvard University academic departments, and faculty members, notably Arthur Kingsley Porter. Some prominent studios and photographers include: Fratelli Alinari, Domenico Anderson, Romualdo Moscioni, Max Hirmer, Adolphe Giraudon, the Marburg Institute, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), and Gabinetto Fotografico Nazionale (GFN) Images from various identified and unidentified sources, including museums, libraries, subscription services, private collections, Harvard University academic departments, and faculty members, notably Paul J. Sachs, Edward W. Forbes, and Arthur Kingsley Porter. Some prominent studios and photographers include: Arxiu Mas, Fratelli Alinari, Marburg Institute, and Neurdein frères; Romualdo Moscioni, Giacomo Brogi, Adolphe Giraudon, Osvaldo Böhm, and Max Hirmer Images from various identified and unidentified sources, including museums, libraries, subscription services, private collections, Harvard University academic departments, and faculty members, notably Paul J. Sachs, Edward W. Forbes, and Arthur Kingsley Porter. Some prominent studios and photographers include: Fratelli Alinari, Marburg Institute, Domenico Anderson, Romualdo Moscioni, Giacomo Brogi, Adolphe Giraudon, Osvaldo Böhm, and Max Hirmer Includes modern copy prints from original negatives Includes modern copy prints Labels attached to mounts include classification number and identifying information Labels attached to mounts include classification number and other identifying information, such as title or subject, artist, repository, location, historical period, and photographer Labels attached to mounts include classification number, material, country of origin, century, collection, photographer, and other information Labels attached to mounts include classification number, title or subject, artist, collection, photographer, and other information Labels attached to mounts include classification number, title or subject, sculptor, location, photographer, and other information Media include: chiefly gelatin silver and albumen prints, with some rotogravures, color offset, and other photomechanical prints Media include: chiefly gelatin silver prints, with some albumen prints, collodion prints, a few platinum and carbon prints, and photogravures. The collection also includes Ogawa Kazuma collotypes and several hundred color woodblock prints from Kokka, an art magazine published in Tokyo. Issues published from 1889-1973 included one or more woodblock reproductions intended to illustrate the original color of Japanese and Chinese paintings and prints Media include: chiefly gelatin silver prints, with some albumen prints, collodion prints, platinum prints, a few carbon prints, and photomechanical prints Most of the images were transferred in 1965-1966 from the Rübel Asiatic Research Bureau in the Oriental Department of the Fogg Art Museum, which acquired them from various identified and unidentified sources, including the James C.M. Lo Archives, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Tokyo, Archaeological Survey of India, and other museums, libraries, subscription services, and private collections. Past faculty members who photographed and made significant donations of Asian art images include Langdon Warner, Benjamin Rowland, Pramod Chandra, Michael Meister, and James Cahill. Notable studios and photographers include: C.T. (Ching Tsai) Loo, Bourne & Shepherd, Johnston & Hoffman, Asuka-en, and Eliot Elisofon Other images of decorative arts that were not cataloged or mounted can be found in the Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University: additional Western art Other images of paintings and drawings that were not cataloged or mounted can be found in the Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University: additional Western art Other images of sculpture that were not cataloged or mounted can be found in the Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University: additional Western art Photographs from various identified and unidentified sources, including museums, libraries, subscription services, private collections, Harvard University academic departments, and faculty members, notably Paul J. Sachs, Edward W. Forbes, and Arthur Kingsley Porter. Some prominent studios and photographers include: Arxiu Mas, Fratelli Alinari, Marburg Institute, Bourne & Shepherd, Johnston & Hoffman, Neurdein frères, Maison Bonfils, Valentine & Sons, Francis Bedford, Francis Frith, Jean Laurent y Minier, Dr. Franz Stoedtner, Domenico Anderson, Romualdo Moscioni, Giacomo Brogi, Adolphe Giraudon, Osvaldo Böhm, and Max Hirmer |
| Physical Description: | circa 121,640 photographs : photographic and photomechanical prints on cardboard mounts, some color ; prints 27 x 37 cm or smaller, mounts 28 x 38 cm circa 28,800 photographs : photographic and photomechanical prints mostly on cardboard mounts, some color ; prints 27 x 37 cm or smaller, mounts 28 x 38 cm or smaller circa 36,900 photographs : photographic and photomechanical prints on cardboard mounts, some color ; prints 27 x 37 cm or smaller, mounts 28 x 38 cm circa 37,840 photographs : photographic and photomechanical prints on cardboard mounts ; prints 27 x 37 cm or smaller, mounts 28 x 38 cm or smaller circa 394,970 photographs : photographic and photomechanical prints on cardboard mounts, some color ; prints 27 x 37 cm or smaller, mounts 28 x 38 cm or smaller |
| Related Items: | Forms part of: Core photograph collection of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University |
| Finding Aid: | Core photograph collection shelf list available in repository |