Over the course of his career, from 1628, the first date appearing on certain of his etchings, to 1665, Rembrandt produced more than three hundred prints. Thanks to the specificity and wide distribution of these engravings, he rapidly became famous.
Digital facsimiles of complete manuscripts, scanned directly from the originals This site provides access to over 80 early manuscripts now in institutions associated with the University of Oxford. Please read the information about using this website. Between 1995 and 2000 the Early Manuscripts Imaging Project created high resolution digital images from manuscripts which were selected as major treasures from their respective libraries, to create wider availability for originals which may otherwise be too fragile for handling.
Witty, satirical, subversive and hugely talented, William Hogarth remains one of the most fascinating and innovative artists from the eighteenth century. This superb exhibition is the most comprehensive showing of the artist’s work in a generation and incorporates the full range of Hogarth’s work.
Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan Island, 1970/2005 Produced by Minetta Brook in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art On view September 17-25, 2005
The vast Danish botanical work Flora Danica, begun in 1761, consists of 3,240 engravings in folio of all the wild plants that grew in the kingdom of Denmark.
Great Britain entered the Age of Ice in earnest in 1818, and over the next ten years the Royal Navy dispatched ten arctic expeditions-- eight by sea, utilizing thirteen ships, and two over land, using sledges, canoes, and York boats.
Le musée du Louvre consacre, pour la première fois en France, une importante rétrospective à Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), le principal représentant des idées de la Renaissance en Italie du nord, dont la carrière s'est déroulée entre Padoue et Mantoue durant la seconde moitié du XVème siècle. L’exposition s’attache à montrer, à travers des peintures, mais aussi des dessins, des gravures, des manuscrits et des sculptures, le parcours de cette figure d'exception, les influences qui ont compté pour lui et l'ascendant qu'à son tour il a exercé sur plusieurs générations d'artistes.
Panopticon Lavoisier aims at creating a virtual museum of the collections of the French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) scattered throughout the world. A detailed chronology of Lavoisier's life and works, the catalogue of Lavoisier's manuscripts (ca. 6000 items), laboratory apparatus (ca. 500 items), library (ca. 3000 items) and minerals (ca. 4000 items), the digital edition of Lavoisier's collected works, the bibliography on and of the French chemist (ca. 2000 bibliographic records) as well as his complete iconography are integrated in one relational database, Pinakes , and made available to remote users.