FOOD dal cucchiaio al mondo = FOOD to Space MAXXI – Museo Nazionale dell Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy May 29-November 8, 2015 An exhibition that tells us about how food crosses, changes and influences the body, houses, streets, cities, and the landscape of the entire world. Over 50 works by different artists and […]
Month: May 2015
Fine Arts Databases from Proquest at Avery Library
Proquest Research Databases (for Columbia University affiliates, or visitors to the library) contain periodical indexes useful to Art Historians. The search entry titled The ARTS includes cross-searching of 24 databases. You can view and change the databases searched by clicking on the “24 databases” tab at top. 1. ARTBibliographies Modern (ABM): This database is the only […]
Fine Arts Databases from Ebsco at Avery Library
EBSCOHost Research Databases (for Columbia University affiliates, or visitors to the library) contain periodical indexes useful to Art Historians. To access this conglomerated resource, get into CLIO, type “ebscohost research databases” and click on the first URL found under the CATALOG section. Once in, click on the words “CHOOSE DATABASES,” deselect all (unless you are […]
Avery Library remembers Henry Ogden Avery, Jan. 31,1852- Apr. 30, 1890
Henry Ogden Avery was born January 31, 1852 in Brooklyn. After studying at the Cooper Union (1870-1871), then in the office of Russell Stugis, he went to France in 1872 to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He returned to New York and worked in the office of Richard Morris Hunt where he assisted […]