Tag: National Gallery of Art

The Title Page Through Time

Title Page. noun. 1594: a page of a book bearing the title and usually the names of the author and publisher and the place and sometimes date of publication.All books begin with one. It is most often the first printed page one sees when they begin reading a book. An exhibition dedicated to the title page is about to wrap up at the The National Gallery of Art. Announcing the Text:  Development of the Title Page, 1470–1900 Selections from the National Gallery of Art Library presents "select examples of early books of the 15th century through modern books of the...

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The Camera Work of Allen Ginsberg

W. S. Burroughs at rest in the side-yard of his house..., 1991, gelatin silver print,  © Copyright 2010 The Allen Ginsberg LLC. All rights reserved. A new exhibition of the photographs of Allen Ginsberg opened this week at the National Gallery of Art. The exhibit, titled Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg,  features 79 black-and-white portraits. Most were donated to the National Gallery by Gary S. Davis who acquired, via the poet's estate, one print of every photograph in Ginsberg's possession at the time of his death. Most of the usual suspects of the Beat Generation are represented.The exhibition is divided...

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