Survey of Scottish art libraries. Part 1

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-39
Keyword(s):  
Fine Art ◽  
Local History ◽  
George Washington ◽  
French Renaissance ◽  
Corner Site ◽  
Foundation Stone ◽  
Victoria Street

The Foundation-stone of the City’s Central Library was laid in 1887 by Andrew Carnegie and in June 1890 the library opened its doors. The architect of this French-Renaissance style building was George Washington Browne.The Central Library is “Subject departmentalized” - there being libraries devoted to Local History, Scottish subjects, Music and Fine Art. The latter library occupies the top floor of a corner site on George IV Bridge/Victoria Street and was opened in 1935/36.

Umar, Madiha (1908–2005)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nada Shabout
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Art Education ◽  
Women Artists ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
Fine Art ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Ibn Sina ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Washington University

Madiha Umar was the first Iraqi woman to receive a governmental scholarship to travel to Europe, where she officially studied education but also began art lessons. Subsequently, she pursed art education in Washington, DC, at both Corcoran School of Art and George Washington University. Umar made her debut at the Ibn Sina Exhibition held at the Art Institute in Baghdad in 1952. The exhibition included four other women artists. Umar participated with 48 paintings, which introduced the contextualization of the Arabic letter in Iraqi modern art. Umar has been credited with the initiation of the use of the Arabic letter in art through a number of works she started in 1944, thus considered a precursor to horoufiyah, the style of visual manipulations of the Arabic letter in fine art widely employed during the second half of the twentieth century and a long-lasting trend. A naturalized Iraqi from Syrian parents, she was an Iraqi diplomat’s wife who studied and exhibited in Washington, DC, while her husband was on post there.

Belarusian scientist Nikolay Kasperovich about Formation of the Latvian national art

2014 ◽  
pp. 200
Author(s):  
Alexander Lisov
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fine Art ◽  
Local History ◽  
Central Bureau ◽  
Regional Studies ◽  
Baltic States ◽  
Cultural Experience ◽  
Concept Understanding ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

In summer of 1927 the Belarusian philologist, historian and ethnographer Nikolay Ivanovich Kasperovich (1900-1937) effectuated a mission to Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to study local history practices and pedagogical experience of neighboring countries. At that time he held the post of Academic Secretary of the Central Bureau of Regional Studies at the Belarusian Academy of Sciences. This trip to Finland and to Baltic states lasted from June 28 to September 10, 1927. In Latvia N. I. Kasperovich stayed in Riga and Daugavpils. Several of his publications are dedicated to Latvian literature and to prose and poetry of the Belarusian-speaking writers from Latvia. Special article was written by him about fine art in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, it was published in 1928. Evaluations given there by N. I. Kasperovich are very noticeable in the context of his understanding of the problems of formation of national art, comprehension of the content of this concept, understanding of similarities and differences of the formation of national schools of art in Latvia and in Belarus. Here we also can see important parallels with art of Estonia and Lithuania. This article attempts to analyze the views of N. I. Kasperovich on the problem of forming of national art school in Latvia. Through this it is possible to consider ideas of the scientist about formation of national art in Estonia, Lithuania and Belarus. A trip to young Baltic states neighboring Belarusian SSR, a study of their cultural experience created the prerequisites for comparative analysis.

Forensic Identifications Aided by Scanning Electron Microscopy of Silicone-Epoxy Microreplicas of Calcified and Cornified Structures

1975 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 678-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.F. Sognnaes
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Forensic Science ◽  
George Washington ◽  
Epithelial Surface ◽  
Extended Application ◽  
Tissue Surfaces ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Surface Changes

Sufficient experience has been gained during the past five years to suggest an extended application of microreplication and scanning electron microscopy to problems of forensic science. The author's research was originally initiated with a view to develop a non-destructive method for identification of materials that went into objects of art, notably ivory and ivories. This was followed by a very specific application to the identification and duplication of the kinds of materials from animal teeth and tusks which two centuries ago went into the fabrication of the ivory dentures of George Washington. Subsequently it became apparent that a similar method of microreplication and SEM examination offered promise for a whole series of problems pertinent to art, technology and science. Furthermore, what began primarily as an application to solid substances has turned out to be similarly applicable to soft tissue surfaces such as mucous membranes and skin, even in cases of acute, chronic and precancerous epithelial surface changes, and to post-mortem identification of specific structures pertinent to forensic science.

The collection of rare publications in local history of Kostanay Regional Universal Scientific Library

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darikha Dyusibaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Local History ◽  
Rare Book ◽  
History Of ◽  
Small Holders

The origins and characteristics of the rare book collection of L. Tolstoy Scientific Library are discussed. The focus is made of the unique publications in the local history of the late 19-th – eary 20-th century. The publications cover the history of the region and comprising vast document array. Several publications are described in detail, e. g. «Migrant small-holders in Turgay Oblast», «Essays in the Natural History of the 1- st and 2-тв Maurzum volost of Turgay Oblast», statistical reports, land management instructions, «The Proceedings of Kustanay Society of Local Lore and History», etc. The problem of the collection preservation and digitization is discussed.

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