Volumes & Issues

Month: April 2013

  • The Melancholy Beauty of the Past

    A few months ago, Dumbarton Oaks announced the new online exhibit of the Nicholas V. Artamonoff Collection, available via their website.   This will provide scholars access to documentary images from archaeological digs from 1935-1945.  This is not especially exciting.  Such types of projects are always being announced on email lists.  Many such are in…

  • Flowery Encouragement

    Here in New York City, spring has been slow to appear.  Bryant Park finally has pansies and daffodils, but it’s still been cold and blustery most of the month.  We thought some embroidered spring flowers would help coax the real ones from their warm ground. The English have a history of being passionate gardeners.  Gardening…