Archive for: August 2017

  1. “A library is a pleasure dome…”: Germaine Greer and libraries

    Sarah Brown – Archivist, Germaine Greer Archive “Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/08/21/a-library-is-a-pleasure-dome-germaine-greer-and-libraries

  2. Finding Dürer’s Perspective

    In the early 16th century Nuremberg-born artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) changed the landscape of his artistic practise – literally. Taking his cue from Leon Battista Alberti (1404 …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/08/13/finding-durers-perspective

  3. Parisian Past-Times: Chronologie Collée and the Leeds Album

    As part of the Cultural Collections Projects Program, I have been given the opportunity to catalogue an album of 17th century French prints under the guidance …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/08/07/parisian-past-times-chronologie-collee-and-the-leeds-album